The Steel Guitar Forum

This is SO COOL…the Memphis Minnie pickup AND an original blade pickup! This when it sucks to live in France.

Good luck with sale. Someone is going to get a rare gem.

I just received this guitar (and related bars, picks and ephemera) today...in France. Waiting for strings before I can see/hear what I've got. It is in relatively good shape and has some excellent pearloid going on!

Interesting tail piece, any special functions there? This looks to be a Hipshot Trilogy bridge. when set up correctly you can get 3 pitches per string and literally dozens of tunings available on the fly with great stability. I had one (6 string) for many years and it worked great. This is a beauti...

Dream rig!! But France is long way away. GLWTS!!

Good idea Ricky...if I still lived in Dripping Springs I'd be all over it. But its a LONG drive from SW France.
Beautiful guitar.

Great guitar!! Good luck with the sale.

If you are thinking of permanently relocating, typically you are allowed to bring in ONE container without VAT as part of the relocation process (we did it when we relocated to France from TX in 2017). Of course, each country in the EU is slightly different and I don't know what the details are for ...

I think this is a really beautiful guitar. Kari is a fantastic designer and luthier...a rare combo that has resulted in excellent instruments.

Michael Stevens has built the new one ("Old Blue") and is hand delivering it to Junior today/tomorrow (with the plan that Junior will use it at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday).

The old one has not yet been recovered.

Congrats Noah! Outstanding...and the neck selector! ENJOY in good health forever. What a rig

I'm hoping someone can help me identify this most interesting steel. D-8 with sliding/adjustable pickups. It looks to me to be 1940s or 1950s but that is just a guess. Thanks

Merci Steven. Je comprends. Bonne chance avec le vente.

Can you tell me what it weighs in the case? I'm in France...
Merci. Beautiful guitar.

Both pickups are DeArmond model 1000s, one of the most popular floating pickups for archtops in decades past. They were not available installed at the Gibson factory but many were added by players over the years. They could be purchased with attached controls, as seen on that L-5, or without. They ...

I agree with the "go for it" sentiment Mike. I think you are the kind of musician that can and will inspire players to look beyond the "Hawaiian" or "Western Swing" tonality and repertoire of lap steel and get folks to see the instrument with fresh eyes and ears. In fac...

VERY COOL Erv. It is at times like this that I am "pained" by living in France. Happily, the pain passes quickly though.

Best of luck with the sale.

Great track and video. Thanks for sharing,

Herb had one of the greatest "musical vocabularies" and senses of humor that I have ever witnessed. He would quote jazz, pop, country and rock songs in his solos with such musicality. A joy to see and hear. One of the best parts of living in TX was seeing Herb live. #legendary

Greg Gefell wrote:The amp is mono and the reverb is stereo so it was definitely added at mixdown for sure. I think no effects in this case refers to pedals between guitars and the amp.

Live and learn.

#NoFX #fixitinpost #additinthemixISeffects

SSCCCOOOOOOOOOOORRRREEEEE!!!!

congrats. its a great guitar.

I think the "reverb" is just the way the cabinet is miked in the room. They are not using the speaker in Leo's original amp.

If Jason says there are no effects...there are no effects. SO it must be studio/miking.

Thanks for posting! Glad to know this exists and where to find it.

Eric Ebner is great people; makes/made amazingly great and innovative products and keeps/kept his shop/tools in fantastic condition. I know 'cuz I was there...more than once. Hope the new shop business comes to be, if that is what you want, Eric. I'm half a world away now and still love my Tribotone...

Tres jolie!