The Steel Guitar Forum

So sad :( My deepest condolences. He was a super nice guy and so talented, and we had some interesting conversations about motorcycles as well as steel guitars.

You might want to consider getting your steel lowered-- this involves someone shortening the legs and pedal rods. Forum member Chris Allen Burke did a great job on mine (previous owner was 6'5", i'm 5'7"). He's in Long Beach CA, which is not real far from you.

Yet another software engineer over here, background in network security and HPC storage (hard drives for supercomputers), currently contracting in the agriculture industry. Also learning how to make western boots and embroidered cowboy suits. Setting up a custom westernwear design collective, have s...

I haven't had one of the tricones but i've bought two instruments directly from Republic (one a metal body "duolian" and the other a wood single-cone squareneck) and they are just so sweet. I'd strongly encourage you to contact the owner, Frank, at the contact info posted on republicguitar...

I have an Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer pedal (with power cord, wooden case, and probably manual) , works great-- pretty versatile but not for everyone. Might be real useful if you plan on doing a PSG interpretation of the Flash Gordon soundtrack or if you've got a Karlheinz Stockhausen ob...

Aw man i'm with ya! And i guarantee you're loads better at PSG than i am. Been learning since Feb of this year but don't have much free time. Mostly find myself practicing in the middle of the night. It's a little bit frustrating-- certainly humbling, so ridiculously humbling-- to go from an instrum...

OK, so the young kids are not so bad. But what about that horrible stuff they call music? I don't have a comeback for that one ;) I will say though that the Ubuntu Community Manager plays in a somewhat alarming heavy metal band, and that the Chief Architect of the OpenLDAP project rocks some wicked...

I sure wouldn't say that "nobody is stepping in" or even that the project leaders are all old... It's a pretty lively scene! As all meritocracies should be ;) Another cool thing, as OSS becomes more and more ubiquitous, is that more and more commercial companies are stepping in to fund dev...

My pain is a lot more localized than that of your girlfriend, from left elbow down to almost mid-palm. When it gets bad i wrap my forearm in a real hot towel and take a couple advil for the swelling... then a tight ace bandage later. This has always helped a lot. I've been very fortunate in that it ...