The Steel Guitar Forum

Dickie, I have a "Little Buddy" E9 guitar. 3 pedals, 3 levers.

And yes, I'm trying to tune with the nylon tuners at the end of the rods.

I have been struggling for the past few months to learn PSG. One of the biggest barriers is that I can't seem to get the thing in tune. Specifically the third pedal, which is supposed to raise the E to an F# and the B to the C# only raises the E to slightly flat of F, and B to slightly sharp of B. I...

Tony Middleton wrote:Since you already play standard guitar, here is a video you should watch:

"The Pedal Steel Guitar E9 Nashville Tuning Demystified for Standard Guitarists Video"

http://www.steelguitar.com/resource/vid ... tring.html

Very helpful introduction. Thanks!

Ok, next newbie question... what does "MxN" mean? I see it a lot in PSG chatter. pedals x levers?

I'm in San Francisco.

I want to learn how to play PSG, but I don't know where to start. I can't get the sound out of my head and it's driving me nuts. Here are the gear-related things I need to know: Should I buy a starter PSG, or just go straight for something that I could play for a while? Is there a standard pedal/lev...