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Topic: More newbie musings |
Brick Spieth
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San Jose, California, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 3:32 pm |
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OK, so a few short months ago, three max, I had never touched a pedal steel guitar. Something snapped in the ol brain and out of the blue I decided to try to play one. I went back and forth on the best way to get into PSG, and decided to get a Stage One to begin with. While waiting for the Stage One, I had a total stranger offer to loan me a Carter Starter,so I got a head start.
Like I said in an earlier post, a CS is a whole lot better than no PSG. It works, and if that is your budget, I wouldn't hesitate to get one. The Stage One is a significant upgrade, and if I didn't have the means to go pro, I could have played this guitar for a year easy. I had a pang of regret packing it up after two months of 2 hr a day practicing. For me it was a good comfort price point at which to enter this crazy world. In hindsight, I would do it again. This guitar is what got me really hooked. I don't know if the Starter would have.
But, OMG, what a pro guitar is like. My new EMCI is just alive acoustically, and the quietness and smoothness of the underside is just a joy. I purchased this guitar from Jim Palanscar at Steel Guitars of North County for the peace of mind buying from a dealer gives me. Maybe I'll know enough next time to brave the open market. I truly can admire this guitar because I went through the upgrade process and learned a lot along the way. Doubt I'd do anything different. Zero to two grand is a big jump into the unknown. |
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Tracy Sheehan
From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 4:14 pm Re.
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I doubt many beginners would believe some of the junk many of us old time steel players started on.If i had had one of the starter guitars made now days i would have thought i had died and gone to heaven.
Any of you old timer steelers feel as i do?
Also as i have posted before,i first started on piano,then to fiddle.I learned on a 3/4 size fiddle that was loaned to me which was a cheap made one but it got me started.
Get the point?If so,get a steel and pick.LOL.
BTW.Not to give a commercial but from personal experence i can tell any one they will not go wrong dealing with Bobby Seymore.And he will give you excllent advice and if you should decide to buy something from him he stands behind what ever he sells 100% as some others do,and he will take your order over the phone. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 8:01 pm
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| Congratulations Brick. EMCI is a great guitar. Can't wait to see it. |
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Jeremy Long
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 1:17 pm
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I'd like to ditto Tracy's "commercial". I got my GFI from Mr. Seymour a couple years ago. I barely scraped the money together for the guitar and didn't have enough money for a seat! Bobbe went home and searched his garage that night and the next day he GAVE me a seat, no charge. We are talking about a very sweet man here.
Jeremy |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2008 6:03 am
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Brick,
I know guys that have an EMCI and there is not a one that would part with it. You are very lucky to own one. |
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Brick Spieth
From:
San Jose, California, USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2008 9:03 am
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I'm trying to decide if EMCIs are really good guitars, or if black guitars actually play and sound better, or both.
You know, this may seem petty, but I REALLY like the look of the mica on the pedalbar. Very classy looking. I guess anything that makes you want to play more is good. |
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