The Steel Guitar Forum

Without wanting to sound a bit "me-too", I'd also look at vintage on ebay. I got the majority of my collection for under $150 on ebay, and all of them are killer (mostly valco non-branded, or Supro branded). With so any fine vintage steels, why get a new one? I can see why someone might pr...

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Gents, If you've replaced the pickups in your 'paul, 335, or SG for something a little more special, I'm interested in your set. Why? I have a 1979 ES-335 Pro that has some of the hottest pickups known to man in it that might be a little bit too temperate for my liking. I never thought I'd say it, b...

I have a similar one to the e-pay item, and it sounds quite good (nothing on a Supro, however...)

At $175, not too bad...

Hey Ben - thanks for the post. This one came in at (I think) something like $380 shipped...to Australia, and has been a joy ever since. It went from a "toe in the water" to a "keeper", to a "maybe bury me with it" guitar in a matter of days. The little lady forbids me t...

At its current price it's a bargain...












....for an Ernie Ball volume pedal

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It's a great little guitar this one - It's embarrassed many a guitar owner with weissenbergs and Koneys (what I call the clones out there). I'm not sure if this one is exceptional in terms of Mastertones, but everyone who plays it remarks on how great it sounds

Ahhh...Tighe! I now "totally" get it (for other, what might be an "in joke", not a reversion to teenagerhood)

It seems a bit funny to me now - are we all talking about one guitar, not two? Am I now: Andrew, King of Pifers??

I know I shouldn't be surprised that it is identical, but: Wow, Tighe! It's identical to mine. Looks like we're the Pifer Special Brothers, huh? Is yours the one that Wyn is talking about? I bought mine from eBay about 10 mths ago, but I do not remember it have that kind of provenance attached to th...

That's my Pifer (possibly literally - it's identical). Camera at work, so no photo today

I recently told a good mate (and better player - Jeff Lang) that I'd "picked up a sweet Pifer", he asked "What's a Pifer??""

"Eating, obviously" (budda-tish)

Hey Brad,

I'll get some - having had kalamazoos and mastertones previously, there's no doubt to me this is gibson made - something I probably didn't make clear in the post.Tonally, it has a nice deep bass response, and singing mids and top end. Great bang for the buck.

Cheers

Andrew

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has come across a "Pifer" before? I have one that I've had for a year or so, and just adore it. All mahogany construction, square neck, silk-screened fretboard ala the mastertone hawaiian's gibson made. I'm keen to find out if anyone know anything about t...

Wow! I'm guessing the dog will love this pitches!!

Thank Marc - looking forward to getting home and getting tuned tonight

this is slightly confusing uponfurther reflection...the 4th string appears to be tuned to the high E of a guitar, the 3rd to Ab, 2nd Eb, the 1st to F# - are the 1st-3rd at higher pitches than the E?

Hey Bob,

after realising my mistake, I found the link to the PDF - makes perfect sense now. I'll try it out when I get home.

Thanks!

what a way to make an entrance into a forum...

Boy..is my face red! It is a sidekick!

Hey Charles,

Thanks for the nice welcome!

I'm guessing it's a maverick - it has a maverick badge on the front, an MSA badge on teh over side, and came in an MSA branded case. I'd guess it's from the 70's.

Cheers

Andrew

Greeting all, Having played non-pedal steel for quite a while, and having had some playing experience on a few other pedal steels (including one I got in a guitar trade that resembles the offspring of a 70's Chinese restaraunt and a 70's standup Space Invaders cabinet) and B/G bender guitar, I've fo...