Cats and the pedal steel guitar

KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 5 Feb 2008 7:45 pm

I love my cats,and they can come in,and lay on cases,amps,and on top of the guitar covered,and make themselves at home.

I love my {kids}cats.

Michael McNeill · Post by **Michael McNeill** » 6 Feb 2008 3:29 am

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 6 Feb 2008 7:35 am

I 2nd the tin foil recommendation

John DeBoalt · Post by **John DeBoalt** » 6 Feb 2008 7:58 am

My cat normally doesn't get to share my steel, as it is in my office in the barn. Right now we're living in our travel trailer in TX., and the instrument is set up in the living room. I have a cover for it, and the cat can lay on it all she wants. She doesn't seeem to be able to affect the tuning. A couple of weeks ago she sat on the pack a seat, leaned over, and plucked a string witn one of her front teeth. I wish I'd had the camera handy. Our last cat probably has more seat time than me. He'd lay on it all day while I was at work. My wife went through a lot of masking tape keeping the seat hair free. John

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 6 Feb 2008 8:04 am

Tuna fish and steel wool.

Lynn Griffith · Post by **Lynn Griffith** » 6 Feb 2008 11:42 am

Mike P, maybe the cat could use a .22 caliber slug for a steel. I guess technically, cats have built-in fingerpicks. Cool picture !

Cliff Kane · Post by **Cliff Kane** » 6 Feb 2008 12:00 pm

Here's some rockin' cat action:

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1805914&fr=

Well, these cats very diligent in their resting habits. I think I'll get a D2F cover and fagedaboutit.

Leon Roberts · Post by **Leon Roberts** » 6 Feb 2008 12:37 pm

This was taken by my wife some 23 years ago. "Bandit" lived to be 17 1/2 years old.

Jim Taylor · Post by **Jim Taylor** » 6 Feb 2008 2:09 pm

My cat got on top of my PSG the first day I had it. Jim Palenscar recommended putting tin foil on top. I put a towel over it first and then the tin foil. I left it that way for about a week and then used a fitted PSG cover. That was over 6 months ago and the cat has not tried to get on it since then.

Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 6 Feb 2008 4:05 pm

John Billings wrote:I just keep mine covered now. Doesn't bother me if they like sittin' there!

John: Whats that long lever under your guitar. Got a short leg ?

I know about cats. We were called The Footloose Band.
In later years we were the Vintage Band.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 6 Feb 2008 4:12 pm

Bill, I have not figured out why that lever is so loooong! But, mines loooonger than yours! It's a freak!

Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 6 Feb 2008 6:50 pm

Thanks John;
Don't know why I said that .

Lamar Colvin · Post by **Lamar Colvin** » 6 Feb 2008 6:56 pm

Here's how I keep cats off my steel guitar

Robert Leaman · Post by **Robert Leaman** » 6 Feb 2008 8:01 pm

My wife and I had poor luck with our cat in 2007. We looked at the selection process on ASPCA and decided that a Ragdoll was the best choice and time has confirmed that it was a good choice. Here is Keiko, a blu-creme torti female pedigree Ragdoll. She is 10 months old and her personality is as lovely as her picture. Keiko weighs about 12 pounds but she doesn't affect the tuning.

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Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 6 Feb 2008 9:21 pm

So far, my new baby tabby cat "Hank Williams" has managed to stay off of my steels...amps are another story.

Lastnight, my roommate's cat "Admiral Douche-ington" was sitting on the keyhead of my Pro-1. I wasn't really thrilled about that.

Here is a pic of me & Hank Williams:

Here is a picture of me with my friend Erin's cat. If this cat was on your guitar, it would probably crack it in half!!! It put the MASS in MASSIVE!!!

John Richmond · Post by **John Richmond** » 6 Feb 2008 9:38 pm

Furry steel pickers, huh? Nice pictures, everyone. Good luck with that dilemma Cliff. Micky, it looks like Lilly has got her paw-blocking down pat! Cheers

John Richmond

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 6 Feb 2008 11:32 pm

This is Zoey. She's not so much into lying on my steel when I'm not playing it, but when I practice she sometimes likes to play with my feet. She used to do this more when she was younger. She's 17 now and mostly just lies abut the house.

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 7 Feb 2008 7:54 am

My girlfriend is already allergic to the pedal steel w/out any cats.

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 8 Feb 2008 4:30 pm

Does anyone know how to stop cats from scratching on amps...besides buying covers for them all???

My roommates cat, the aforementioned Admiral Douche- ington, seems to take great pleasure in scratching my amps. I could've killed her the night I walked in & saw her scratching the heck out of my brand-new looking LTD 400!!!

Any help, especially firsthand knowledge, is greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much,

Casey

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 8 Feb 2008 6:27 pm

hot sauce, they lick their feet and thats the end of that

kevin ryan · Post by **kevin ryan** » 9 Feb 2008 12:37 am

Hey Leon, Isn't that my franklin your cat is sitting on...? I remember I got a nasty rash when I got that guitar back from you.. now I know why...hehe, how are you doing my old friend!

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 10 Feb 2008 1:05 pm

We have seven cats at the moment. When my daughters were young they used to adopt about every cat that came their way, and I was too softhearted to say, "No!" Now the girls have grown up and left home and I'm stuck with the cats. They never get near my instruments, which are in the basement and sub-basement. Four of the cats stay outdoors and the other three are only allowed upstairs.

You're at great risk by just laying a towel over your steel. Sooner or later they will decide to mark their territory and it could ruin its appearance.

I recommend that at the very least you buy one of those vinyl PSG covers that Bobbe Seymour sells. They're completely waterproof.

I have several of them. They're excellent and very durable. Here's one covering and protecting a Miller while I'm working on a Fender on top. As you can see, I have very little room in my workshop. It could be said that there's not enough room to swing a cat, but, as I've mentioned, there are no cats in the sub-basement to swing...

Steve Nelson · Post by **Steve Nelson** » 10 Feb 2008 2:12 pm

You always could just leave the case open, my cat LOVES that!!! 'Course, that starts yet another problem.
Hey, I tuned into this subject thinking, hey it must be about Jim Vest from the Nashville Cats. Boy was I wrong!
BTW, loved that bit about Dolly Parton from Mike Perlowin.

Steve Nelson

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 10 Feb 2008 4:19 pm

Hey Steve, would soy sauce work or would it be too strong?

Leon Roberts · Post by **Leon Roberts** » 10 Feb 2008 4:57 pm

Yo Kevin, That is your FRANKLIN you brought over for me to adjust your return compensators. Nice hearing from you. I will be at the Dallas Show so we can get togather if you attend. I just had my 73rd birthday and enjoying better health than I deserve. I hope you are doing well and still burning that E9th neck up. Hope to see you soon. Leon

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