The Steel Guitar Forum

I have a lot of the Remington materials, mostly from his Fun Tab 1 and Fun Tab2 books. I was able to hook up with Herb back in about 2007 and spent a lot of good instructional time with him via long distance calls from me to him. He was a great guy and I miss him. The materials include about fifty o...

I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. In the 60's there was almost a beer joint om every corner. I could walk into a place, sit down and order a cold one and listen to good old honkey tonk songs on the jukebox. I bet I could sit there for a couple of hours and hear Stonewall Jackson singing "Don't ...

Bill, I sure would like to take a look at it when it gets built. I play lap steel, strait guitar and I still play some bass but it is not as much fun when you just play at home like I do. I have seen some of those lap steel basses and have grown interested in possibly getting one some day. I live in...

I will never forget those good old days around 1974. I would come home from work and listen to The commander and his Lost Planet Airmen on my brand new, purchased from Radio Shack, stereo with the turntable. I still sing and play on my flat top, those old songs e.g. "Smoke Smoke Smoke That Ciga...

" Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley"

Nice playing and I loved the walk on by the pudy tat!

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I just remembered that the type of wood the tone bar is made from is mesquite. it is pretty hard but not too heavy.

After reading your posting, I found an old bar in my "junk drawer" upstairs. I bought it almost 15 years ago when I started playing steel. It is made from a piece of some kind of hard wood from Texas. I forget the name. Anyway it is 3 3/4 " long and 1" in diameter. I never was ab...

I also have nerve damage due to neuropathy. I had to quit playing my steel for a few years. I just could not grip the bar along with other issues. I have somewhat recovered and about two years ago started playing my steel again. I had an old Shubb bar stashed away and started using it. It was just f...

That song has Herb Remington's sound all over it!
Thanks for posting this. I am going to start learning
it this week.

I just had another thought about the Remington now owned by Joshua. In addition to the initial purchase price of about $700, I later bought an aftermarket case from Herb himself. I paid $140 for it. That kind of brings my price evaluation to that guitar to the upper range of my estimate or around $1...

Back in 2007 I bought a new single neck from Herb for about $700 M/L. It is a great guitar. I later sold it to my friend and SGF member Joshua Clements. I took an ill fated dive into pedal steel for a while and later had to quit playing due to Peripheral Neuropathy. I was only able to play chord voi...

Nice job Norm! Sounds like country music used to sound back in the days of my rowdy youth!

Nice guitar Joshua. It looks like you are going to have a lot of fun with it. I still have your old Melbert that first belonged to me before I sold it to you several years ago.
I sure am glad I got it back!

How much do you want for that puppy?

I normally play A6 tuning for most of my Western Swing, Old Country and gospel. I change to C#mi9 tuning simply by lowering string 3 from A to G# and raising string 6 from C# to D. That gives me E C# G# F# E D. The 7th and 8 string would be tuned to B and E, but I don't need them for the 6 Hawaiian ...

Hi Joshua, I have the Melbert steel SN #337 that I bought first from Bob a few years ago and later sold it to you and now I have it back. It has the George L SS10 pickup and it it probably the best pickup for that kind of lap steel. Lots of luck with the new Melbert Frypan. I am sure Bob will do a g...

Thanks for posting this Tucker. This is probably part of the program that I watched so long ago. Floyd was a great songwriter and singer. When I started learning to play the non pedal steel around 2007, I had some contact with Herb Remington and learned a lot from him. He introduced me to a guy, Jim...

My favorites have always been Bob Wills and Hank Williams Sr. I would also have to put Floyd Tillman right up there with them. My favorite songs to play on my 8 string lap steel are " Cold Cold War" and "I Love You So Much". When I get out my archtop and start singing I usually a...

I stopped by a local music store a while back. I got there just as they were opened and went in just to buy a set of guitar strings and get out. I new where the strings were and what I wanted I ran in a got them and carried them up to the cashier. He rang up the sale and the amount was $6.78. I hand...

What I remember about the chord progression was that the 4 chord which would be F in the key of C. It was often substituted for the 2 chord. This would amount to substituting a major cord for a minor chord. In the key of C the progression would be C Am F G7. This was, as remember, the same chord pro...

I got them last week and put them to work right away. What a nice bar ! Smooth as silk and easy to hold onto. All of my other bars are now in the junk drawer with all the loose change, old keys, guitar picks and partial packs of Certs, lifesavers and gum. Thanks Michael for doing a great job and get...

Don Helms played non pedal steel on all the Hank Williams recordings that he played on. Hank died new years day 1953 and in that same year the pedal steel made its debut on a record "Slowly" . That was the beginning of pedal steel for country music. Don played a few more years with Ray Pri...

The wait wasn't all that much. Tommy first told me two weeks and it ended up being three weeks mostly due to a health issue with Tommy's Mother. Not bad!