The Steel Guitar Forum

Hey - I have a Naylor Electra Verb 38 that I'd like to trade into a Gretsch Double Anniversary or something similar. Filtertrons/TVJones/Bigsby. That sort of thing. The Naylor is $2400 new. It's in perfect condition. www.naylorengineering.com for the specs. I have pics I can email. Thanks for lookin...

Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Door's" album. It came out when I was 2. I had the 8 track from about '74 on. I still love that album.

Later on Whiskeytown's "Stranger's Almanac" and Blue Rodeo.

Nowadays - Kathleen Edwards

One of the best things about this - to me anyway - is that I had no idea that there was this much debate about how to tune a pedal steel! If I've learned nothing else today - I've learned that there is no one true way that works for everyone. There's a lot of places to start from but then it's find ...

This has been so helpful. I think I've learned more about tuning my steel today than I have in the past year of playing it! I have a Peterson Tuner and didn't even realize that it had a preset in it. I'm going to start there. And I've been printing out the other methods. That Larry Bell website has ...

Oh, and what is this "Cabinet Drop" I keep reading about?

I am tuning to zero. I've gotten a few emails saying that's my first mistake! O.K. let's see - I understand temperament because I do tune pianos. But I was unaware that I would have to set up a temperament for the steel. I am in Orange County, CA but travel all over LA and OC playing and what-not. I...

Hey everybody! I'm new here and I've been searching around and reading posts and first off, I just want to say thanks for all the wonderful info on here. I've been playing lap steel for about 10-12 years and have been on the pedals now for about 1 year. I'm making progress but some intonation proble...