The Steel Guitar Forum

Steve is doing well, living in Walnut Ridge, AR now. He's opened up a studio downtown and is swamped with clients. Still playing PSG and guitar for local events and groups.

Hey Mr. Barcus, Thanks so much. You are totally correct all the way around, I'm still kind of unsure of my moves, plus I was working with a software amp simulator that just sounds way too harsh and makes things sound way too sensitive, so I was constantly changing my touch. And with all of that to c...

Wow, this post is from 1999 and nobody has said anything in 14 years. Well, here's something I came up with after much Googling, I take no credit for this tab, found it on Paul Sisson's website along with some other great steel tabs that I wish I could play... LOL. Hope this can be of some help. The...

Howdy guys and gals, I've been fiddling with my PSG for a while now and finally feel comfortable to put up a couple tracks of my steel work on the web. The two I'm most proud of are Mansion on the Hill, which I figured out from a YouTube vid the old fashioned way, and Together Again, which I transpo...

I usually refer to it as trying to play a set of bedsprings, ten strings all with individual minds. But the monophonic oscillator is one I've not heard before Joey, very creative.

At a recent steel jam, I had the opportunity to talk with Larry Prater from Missouri and he recalled: Once when a group of new folks came to their weekly show and they were just enthralled with the way the steel guitar sounded but they didn't know what it was, and so after the show, they were talkin...

Howdy all, The regular monthly meeting/jam of the Five Rivers Steel Guitar Associations will be held Sunday, January 16 at the Old Schoolhouse in Biggers, AR. As usual, everything will kick off at around 1PM and we hope to see everyone there for alot of great fun, fellowship, and of course, music. S...

Wow, what a time. The October Steel Jam for the Five Rivers Steel Guitar Association was a rousing success. In addition regular attendees LeRoy Wilkerson, Joe Douglas and Ron Plumley, we had the pleasure of having fellow forum member Robert Jones from Conway come up and play. Lots of fun was had by ...

Howdy all,

The Five Rivers Steel Guitar Association will have it's monthly meeting/jam on Sunday, October 24 at 1PM in the auditorium of the Old Biggers-Reyno High School in Biggers, AR. Everyone is invited to come out for some great times and wonderful music. Hope to see you there.

Thanks so much to all the great pickers who showed up and made the first steel guitar jam/meeting such a wonderful event. Much fun was had by all and we're hoping it only gets better as we go along. Don't forget that we'll be doing it again next month. Pictures from the event will follow shortly.

Just a reminder to everyone that the Five Rivers Steel Guitar Association will have its first meeting/jam at the old Biggers-Reyno High School in Biggers, AR on Sunday, September 26, beginning at 1PM. Lots of great pickers will be on-hand and a great time is sure to be had by all. Memberships to the...

Howdy All, The Five Rivers Steel Guitar Association will hold their September meeting/jam on Sunday, September 26, at the old Biggers-Reyno High School in Biggers, AR. All steelers are welcome to attend the event and more information will be posted very soon. Any questions can be directed to jpmasio...

To anyone who's interested, I have a Mackie 808M 8 channel 1200 watt powered mixer that I am trying to sell. It's in perfect condition and still works like a charm. I'm looking to upgrade to a larger board because I've outgrown this one and I don't want an extra piece of gear lying around that someo...

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Hey Guys, Just got a chance to try these great suggestions and licks, and they work like a charm. I'm so pleased with the result. I wish I had a whole bag full of little tricks like this that are super simple to pull off but make people turn their heads and say, "W...

Thanks for the input Dave, I think I just answered my own question though with a little help from the Crown Audio website. All those power amps I was seeing are not hooked together like I thought, instead, they are only powering a couple speakers each, usually split out from the main signal by a sig...

Hey Dave, Yeah, I can fully understand that. I always try to keep the stage volume at a happy medium, loud enough to hear what you're doing but also low enough that you could stand next to someone and carry on a conversation without having to scream, and let the mains to the punching. I usually keep...

Totally understandable, however, this feedback comes when I have the monitors totally off though, so that rules out that it couldn't be the monitors, and also there is no outboard gear onstage initially because we're still doing the setup and first dry run with the system before fine tuning it. Plus...

Hey Folks, For all the sound engineers, or anyone in the audience who's worked with large scale pa systems, say large concert hall size or so, I have a burning question that has always confused me and I'm desperate for an answer. Here goes... I've noticed in large pa systems they generally have flyi...

I totally agree with you Bill, P.F. totally nailed the steel work on this song. If I had to pick one part of the song that was my favorite, it would have to come close to the very end of the song after the next to, next to last "and people are crazy." when Paul does that wonderful 7th chor...

Thanks so much Ray, and it makes perfect sense. So let me see if I have this straight for a transposition, lets say key of G. Start 5th fret, string 5&6, pedals down, slide up to fret 8 pedals up, then up to fret 10 pedals up, then pedals down to resolve into the G chord? Please tell me that sou...

Hey Joe,

I'm over in Pocahontas on the northeastern corner. Been here all my life. Nice to see another fellow arkie on here.

Howdy Folks, Just thought I'd drop a little note and introduce myself around, cause I might be picking your brains here shortly. I've "attempted", and I use that word very loosely, to play pedal steel for the past 5 years or so, and have not come very far in my opinion. Naturally I can fin...