The Steel Guitar Forum

As I understand it, only Lollar is making a true replica of "that pickup that everyone raves about". RIC hasn't made it for decades. The only one resembling a horseshoe pickup they currently make is for the bass, and that is only cosmetically. I don't understand how anyone can make and se...

For us new to steel, some of the names are icons to us Here is a list of players who appeared on records or played with road bands. These are the ones who did a great job playing and supporting the Steel Guitar, but, for what reason ever, they never made it real big. Fellow Steel Guitar Players and ...

no trouble in the USA, pulled aside in Japan and they went thru my carry on looked the bars over ask a few quesions and let me go, same thing in Manila pulled me aside and went thru my carry on.

Use some Bondo and like new, than shoot some primer and paint

what pickups did you use? i am in the process of building a Deluxe6 and have been looking at the Duncan duo-tone pickups wound the same as the original Deluxe 6 using the blend pot, these were used in the original Deluxe 6 i am told by Fender

Hard to beat these shotgun cases usually about $50 and flight approved

i live in the Philippines now and went to 2 guitar factories in China 6 weeks ago,and found this for $50 each in container loads about $20 each without the electronics and turners, that you could provide in the USA, try competing with that,the music instrument company's in the USA are going to Asia ...

i am wanting to add two Duncan Antiquity pickups to my lap steel but the 50s Antiquity is only made for single pickup, alto they have the Duo-Sonic and i am told it is the same as the 6 string pickups used in the Fender Deluxe, and if wired as a Deluxe 6, is as close as i can get, anyone ever use th...

would not be useful unless your wanting to play that type of music, a lap steel demo should be straight forward no effects at all, i ran into this problem when first looking at the lap steel, you can take a two by four with pickup and strings with effects and make it sound good, you need to demo the...

If it has a $4,000 sound no problem if not a $4,000 piece of Art for your wall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... AeYTrj9rj4 i am a new player and was wondering is this lap steel or pedal it was recorded in 1955

i am new to lap steel and have heard a lot about the tone of the early Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker lap steels, but i have noticed some of the best at lap steel changed to a new model or special made console, such as Larry Bird and Roy Wiggins did later on, were they better guitars

I don't use a volume pedal very often with my lap, so i ordered the new Dunlop DVD-1 #99.00 it has a new steel band drive,no strings or rachet gears, it has adjustable tension, low noise electronics http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/9124_DVP1_VolumePedal4f1ba289a46b29c5f22a04554a52645a1_2.j...

Marvin Rainwater had a hit on the country and pop charts in 1957 with a whistler, the song (Gonna find me a bluebird)

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i am looking for a plastic or metal fretboard, 22.5 scale,i can find every other scale but these,
i contacted a company who can make them, but i'm not wanting to get into the fretboard business just need one or two.

good job, it is refreshing to here someone play with out effects, i had a lot of trouble finding out the true sound of steels,pickups, with out playing them.
the only ones i found were Morrell, Remington, and one or two others on u Tube.

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