The Steel Guitar Forum

Dickie Overby played steel on this record./

A sus4 or susanything refers to a note that appears in both the chord in question and the previous chord. Usually the suspended note is tied across the measure bar and resolved (if it's resolved) in the bar following the tie. A note that does not appear int the previous chord is not a suspension but...

Guys, Weldon tunes his 2nd string to C# and raises it twice. He told me that he and Hal Rugg started doing that because the early changers would raise and return better than they lowered and returned. That is also why some guys raised their 4th string but didn't lower it and lowered their 8th string...

The trick I think to copying steel on a lead guitar is to not bend. If you listen to steel players, they are not pushing those pedals slowly most of the time, but usually pretty quickly... remember- the whole time the note is being bent it is out of tune. Use mostly hammer ons and pull-offs. There w...

It was Jim Vest who played Slide Off. He did tune the 10th string so it raises to a A with the pedal down. Ithappens to fall at about an F# before you raise it. He used the same trick on a couple of Vern Gosdin songs. I'm currently doing the Paycheck gig such as it is. I say thart because John is si...

If you're talking about Slid Off Your Satin Sheets by Paycheck it was Jim Vest who did steel on that record.

If you're talking about Slid Off Your Satin Sheets by Paycheck it was Jim Vest who did steel on that record.

Rick, The steel player on most of Vern Gosdins records was Big Jim Vest. I think Paul did one called In the Garden? but Vest did far and away most of them. I don't know about any tab available. Just two things I can clue you about. (1) Jim doesn't use a "C" pedal like most of us do. He has...