The Steel Guitar Forum

Yeah, I think it's the warm, liquid tube tone that I'm in love with, and not just the Fender Super Reverb. From what I've read, 12" or 15" speakers are the way to go for steel guitars. I don't understand why. But I'm no longer content with solid state tone.

p.s. It's been fitted with a 15" speaker. I don't know which one.

I've been playing my lap steels through various amps; a Roland Jazz Chorus, a Carvin 2x12, all solid state. My band leader rearranged his studio recently for rehearsal and I ended up playing through his vintage Fender Super Reverb. My GeorgeBoard S-8 and Melobar Rattler have NEVER sounded so good! :...

OK, I'm going to rephrase my question. Given that there often isn't enough room on the stage for me to bring three amps, is there a effects pedal or rack module that will emulate steel guitar amp tone when played through my Roland KC-550? Perhaps this is an impossible request, but I know a lot of pe...

I play several instruments, and due to small stages, I try to limit the number of amplifiers that I bring. Here's my current setup and my question. :) Keyboard through BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer to Roland KC-550 keyboard amp. :) Goldtone PBSM resophonic guitar with Jerry Douglas Under Saddle Pickup th...

My first lap steel was a Chandler RH2, and I like the sound. For a real fat sound, that sounds good overdriven, I got a Melobar Rattler, and replaced the Bill Lawrence pickup with a Seymour Duncan 59 model. Very nice sound. Eventually I got interested in 8-string lap steels and quit playing the 6-st...

Beautiful guitar! I love Tele's (I have two of them) and yours must sound great. Since my original post a lot has happened. I got an 8-string steel guitar (GeorgeBoards) and lost interest in 6-string steel guitars. The only 6-string I play any more is a Gold Tone solid mahogany resophonic guitar, an...

I bought the lady-of-ill-repute guitar, an S-8 console, and had it repainted. It is now bright blue with fade-to-black on both ends. I've been gigging with it for several months, and the tone is TO DIE FOR! Thanks again.

I've decided to get a Goodrich volume pedal. I'm playing a GeorgeBoard S-8 console (LOVE IT!!!) and a Melobar Rattler. The GB has a Lindy Fralin single coil pickup, if I remember correctly. I'm putting a Seymour Duncan 59 model humbucker in the Melobar, because the Kent Armstrong sounds a little wim...

I also have a GeorgeBoard S-8 with legs. I have only played 3 different steel guitars--there are none in the stores locally here, but my GeorgeBoard has tone TO DIE FOR. :D I am totally in love with the tone and playability, both clean and overdriven. I'm playing "Boot Scootin' Boogie" and...

I just read this thread. I also am playing keyboards, nonpedal steel, harmonica and mandolin in a 5-piece band. I use Shure in-ear monitors. I don't want to carry 3 amps around, so I'm thinking of using a preamp/DI box for the steel guitar. Mack, what gear are you using now?

I love using in-ear monitors. I use the Shure E-3s and E-5s. For keyboards and guitar the E-3s are OK for me. For playing bass, I want the E-5s. We use the Aviom system at church, and the Behringer headphone amp for rock and country gigs. I much prefer them over floor monitors, because I can keep th...

I'm playing keyboards and lap steel in a country band. I got a GeorgeBoard--with tone TO DIE FOR. :) I have a keyboard, a keyboard rack mount rig, a keyboard combo amp, my GeorgeBoard on its legs, and at times a Melobar Rattler on my lap. Here's my question. I'm trying to get really good tone, but a...

The video clip I saw was Carrie Underwood singing live at some awards ceremony. The steel guitarist was playing a 6-string Lap King Rodeo model, no pedals. The actual guitar builder noted the video clip on this forum, I just can't find the thread with the search function here. It's a beautiful guita...

Oof! Pardon my small brain, but I didn't find the links mentioned above very helpful. I've been playing C6 tuning on a non-pedal steel for about 6 months now, first on 6-string, and now on 8-string (ACEGACG, low to high). Here are 3-note chords for the C-major scale, in an ascending scale: [tab] I I...

Here's the content of the email I sent to the seller: If you want to have a successful relationship with eBay, you should be honest in your advertising. This guitar goes for $265 brand new on the Internet. I don't believe you are fooling anybody by claiming that LRW actually "collected" th...

I read the original post just fine. I read that the customer never plays slants. I also read that you were asking our opinions. :) Mine are: 1. It's a cool-looking guitar in a Picasso sort of way. 2. It would be OK for the one guitarist you mentioned, but who else wants a steel guitar that you can't...

I can't find it on YouTube. I read about the clip in a post on this forum a couple months ago. In any case, the brief camera shot of the steel guitarist showed where he was playing up the fretboard, and that was all I needed to figure out the chords.

It seems like it would just make playing slants harder. For instance, a reverse slant near the nut, or a forward slant above the 12th fret would be very difficuly. And I don't see any real advantage to the setup.

Yeah! That's one of the best parts of the song. I saw the steel guitarist for a couple seconds on a YouTube video, right when he was playing that phrase. It helped to know that it was they were intervals from a B7 chord (playing the song in Em). Here's the four bars that contain that lick: [tab] C E...

I started out in December with my first lap steel--a 6-string in C6 tuning. By April I bought an 8-string--also C6. I'd say get a 6- or 8-string. If you play a lot, your going to want a better guitar (better tone) and likely 8-strings before too long. I just got a GeorgeBoard, and the tone is TO DIE...

I figured out how to get the spacing right: [tab] Guitar Break A E S S E E S S E E S S |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-14-13s14-13-14-13s14-13-14-/13s14-| |-----------------------------------| |-14-13s14-13-14-13s14-13-14--13s14-| |----------------------...

Here's my tab in 6-string open G (GBDGBD, low to high). I just bought an 8-string GeorgeBoard which I play in C6 (ACEGACEG, low to high). It looks like it will be a smoother arrangement in that tuning, but I haven't written it out yet. I hope this helps. <font> Guitar Break A E S S E E S S E E S S |...

Fortunately George Boards Piburn straightened me out. He does not use George L pickups. He tells me, "I am the only manufacture to utilize a Custom Vintage Fralin retro 50’s hotrod pickup. Lindy and I designed this pickup in 1994 and have refined it slightly over the years." I don't know w...

I'm buying my first high-quality steel guitar--a Georgeboard. Has anyone experimented with different pickups, for instance, a horseshoe pickup rather than the George L that it comes with? I'll be selling my Chandler RH-2 because I decided I needed 8 strings. I was playing open G (GBDGBD low-to-high)...