The Steel Guitar Forum

I've been playing for 50+ years and I feel I'm a pretty good player. It's only been my avocation and not my vocation. I have found a tremendous amount of Paul Franklin's materials of use to me. I never had any instruction, so I learned the instrument the hard way.........putting the needle down on t...

I support everything Bryan wrote. Course is well worth the money. Students deserve the Master and Paul Franklin has created that opportunity for us all. I'm loving the course even though I consider myself a seasoned player after 50+ years behind this amazing instrument. I learn something every time ...

If I wanted to listen to some of the best pedal steel players in Asheville, NC, who are they?

I'm trying to locate an acrylic/plastic bar that Bobby Seymour used to sell with his BoBro dobro effects unit. Anyone have one for sale or have knowledge of where I can purchase a new one? Thanks much!

I'm interested in this guitar. It belonged to the father of a good friend's wife. He recently passed away. I want to make sure I give her a fair price for the guitar since it was her father's. Could those in the know on this Forum give me some idea what it might be worth? I've included some pictures...

I have just become aware of a video that Lloyd and Tommy recorded some time ago........seems like 2001. I was wondering if anyone on the Forum might know how I could get a copy of this preferably in DVD? I am of the understanding that it is no longer in print. Does anyone on the Forum have a copy th...

Anyone know what kind of lap steel Terry was playing? Sounded really great!

A very nice married couple who perform and minister to Cowboy Churches has three such engagements in Aug/Sept 2014 in Nevada. August 31 and Sept 1 in Fallon, NV. Sept 7 in Reno, NV. They are in need of a pedal steel player to perform 6-8 songs with them during the service. The pedal steel will be th...

At the time I played there it was owned and operated by a great person named Dale Brown. He used to have his own band called Dale Brown and the Sundowners. But he booked major national acts into that club as well. I don't know who had it after Dale sold it. But he was a country music legend in Puebl...

At the time I played there it was owned and operated by a great person named Dale Brown. He used to have his own band called Dale Brown and the Sundowners. But he booked major national acts into that club as well. I don't know who had it after Dale sold it. But he was a country music legend in Puebl...

And.........thank you Paul Wade as well. Didn't see your post until after I posted to George and Ray. The Sundance Saloon was a fun gig with Rancho Deluxe Band.

Thanks George and Ray for your kind words. I had a great time Saturday night with your band George. You folks still know the meaning of "Keeping it Country"! Got to play at an old club called that used to be called the Silver Saddle in Pueblo, CO. As a youngster I played there many years a...

There is a cut on this album that features Paul Franklin on what I guess is lap steel. It's called "That's What Broken Hearts Do". Paul has a great over-driven/distortion sound to his fills and solo. I'm just wondering if anyone knows how he achieves this sound. What device is he using to ...

Mr. Fishell Thank you for undertaking this project and thanks to all of the musicians who contributed. For people like me, a steel player of 45+ years now, I was just a 13 year old boy the first time I saw Jimmy Day and Buddy Emmons. Jimmy with Ray Price in Pueblo, CO. Buddy with Ernest Tubbs later ...

Ok.......this is pitiful!

I guess all of the country music has left colorado.

Check me out...........explain why I'm not working!

www.reverbnation.com/paulcarestia

And, I'm a nice guy! LOL!

Amazing! And about time. An astronaut interested and playing steel guitar............out of this world! I anxiously await the release of this one! I can see an Academy Award......at least in the steel player world of reality! Rocket science can be learned in a few short years. Pedal steel take a lif...

OK, I wish I lived in Texas because if I did I'd be playing in a good country band. But I don't and I'm not! I have over 40 years of professional experience all over the Midwest. I now live in Colorado. I'm looking to hook up with a country/country rock band of top caliber musicians (why, because I'...

Was at your website today. Planning to order some instructional materials from you. Please tell me if the E9th and C6th Speed Picking/Solo Series are new materials as compared to the old tape cassette instruction for C6th and E9th that you released many years ago which also addressed speed picking. ...

My like new 89 Franklin and my brand new (1 year old Zumsteel)

Paul Carestia

I had the pleasure of being able to hear Brent Mason and the Players at a Guitar Show in Copper Mountain, Colorado a couple of years ago. Paul Franklin was there with him obviously. Well, to my utter dismay, my disgust, my anger they had Paul so low in the mix you couldn't even hear his solo's. I co...

Absolutely spot on Mr. White. This is no different than the Chinese stealing US patents!

Would some of you on the forum who own and use the Peterson Strobo Flip tuner please tell me how well it works for pedal steel and how well you like it. If possible compare it to the Boss TU-12 tuner, which is the tuner I currently use. I'm finding a high degree of instability in the needle when try...

Tommy, I just finished watching again your Pedalhead video on E9th. Toward the end of that video you mentioned that you would be doing a C6th version. That was in 1999. Have you completed a C6th instruction video comparable to the E9th? If so, how do I purchase a copy? If not, do you still plan to d...

Dave, Became aware of your post from Jeff Valentine. I live in Canon City, Colorado. Been playing pedal steel for over 40 years. Unfortunately I have commitments on the dates you need someone. However, if you folks are ever in Colorado again or the nearby area, keep me in mind. Some folks on the for...

All are absolutely correct. I bought a new Franklin from Paul Sr. in 1989. I had the good fortune of having a business trip to Nashville shortly thereafter and I called Paul Sr. telling him I wanted to see the birthplace of my guitar. He invited me to his house. We sat for a long time and had iced t...