Show off your steel ! (Pros too)
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Rick,
You brought mucho nostalgia with that one. I played a D8 just like it in '49 backing a school chum singer from Chicago, at (would you believe) a mental institution, in Kankakee IL. On a 4th of July celebration for them.
And when He sang "America the free", one of them jumped up and said, "Free?.......................we sure 'aint' free!"
Knocked us all out; as we pondered why he was there.
c.
You brought mucho nostalgia with that one. I played a D8 just like it in '49 backing a school chum singer from Chicago, at (would you believe) a mental institution, in Kankakee IL. On a 4th of July celebration for them.
And when He sang "America the free", one of them jumped up and said, "Free?.......................we sure 'aint' free!"
Knocked us all out; as we pondered why he was there.
c.
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These are my 2 new Derby's
I'm starting to learn again, after my accident
last year which destroyed all of my memory.
I'm the one that does the Videos for Charlie Stepp
in the Derby Room in St. Louis each year and
also for Bobbie Reed at the SISGA each year.
Carl aka "Lucky"
I'm starting to learn again, after my accident
last year which destroyed all of my memory.
I'm the one that does the Videos for Charlie Stepp
in the Derby Room in St. Louis each year and
also for Bobbie Reed at the SISGA each year.
Carl aka "Lucky"
aka "Lucky Kay"--Custom built Rittenberry SD10 3X5, Walker S/S, NV-112, and Hilton Pedal
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My Marrs
Maybe someone on here knows who did the airbrush on this steel. I have a Tele I would like to have painted to match.
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Show off your Steel
Here's mine
Emmons LeGrande II, 8-5, Fender Steel King,Peavey Session 400 Limited (Mod), Goodrich- Fender pedals, Dobro,Lexicon 200,Boss DD-3, Space echo, profex II Empty wallet
- Mike Poholsky
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Ok, just couldn't let this thread go! We are damn lucky to have taken up such a freakin' cool instrument! They're all beautiful. Ricky I think the picture of your MSA in the snow (pg 25) is one of the best steel guitar pics. Here's mine. She's a little rough around the edges, but has served me well over the years and made me a pretty good chunk of change. There aren't enough MSAs on here!
Zumsteel 12 Universal
SGBB
ShoBud VP
'64 Fender Twin Reverb/Fox Rehab
Fender Steel King w/BW 1501-4
FX to Taste
SGBB
ShoBud VP
'64 Fender Twin Reverb/Fox Rehab
Fender Steel King w/BW 1501-4
FX to Taste
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Show off your steel !
This could well be my last steel, at 71 I dont think I shall ever get a better sounding steel than the Sho Bud, and light to boot, nice action, and just starting to enjoy the C6th neck after all these years it's been staring me in the face, well, about 12" away, but never got interested in it too much,now i'm starting to favour the back neck.
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mutant steel
Found this picture.I don't know if it's real or trick photography, but still cool to look at !
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#130...the only Franklin with cutaway corners
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- Alan Brookes
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It takes a lot of guts to build your own pedal steel guitar. Were you motivated to do that by the unavailability of pedal steels in England ? In all the 35 years I was living there I only saw one lap steel for sale in a music shop, and I never ever saw a pedal steel for sale anywhere.richard burton wrote:I found these old photos of a couple of my home-built steels, which have long-since gone on to pastures new....
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- Alan Brookes
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Me too ! I tried to build a pedal steel in 1972 with what tools I had, almost entirely in wood, and it never stayed in tune. The first pedal steel I could afford was about four years ago. I wonder how many people play non-pedal for decades simply because they can't apport pedals.richard burton wrote:...I was fascinated by the sound of the pedal steel, but I was also broke...
I've always had a yen to play the Vibraphone, but they're even more expensive than pedal steels.
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This is the guitar I played Professionally for 20 years.
It was the last body John Hughey build and was the cluster, an awesome guitar and hated selling it to a buddy John Towner on the Gold Coast of Australia (who I am now teaching) but with the road case just got to heavy as I am no longer on the road I went looking for a lighter guitar.
This was the Original Rosie as Jimmie Crawford called her.
Have found a great second hand JCH this time 8 x 8 so will be much lighter to handle.
Wayne
It was the last body John Hughey build and was the cluster, an awesome guitar and hated selling it to a buddy John Towner on the Gold Coast of Australia (who I am now teaching) but with the road case just got to heavy as I am no longer on the road I went looking for a lighter guitar.
This was the Original Rosie as Jimmie Crawford called her.
Have found a great second hand JCH this time 8 x 8 so will be much lighter to handle.
Wayne