Our New British Forum now up and running!!!>>>>

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 10 Dec 2008 12:30 am

After being bounced about by MSN and railroaded to Multiply Our Fearless leader Uncle Roy has found us a new site with all bells and whistles! We are all very proud of him and hope some of our USA friends will come and visit now and then

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 10 Dec 2008 12:49 am

how bout' a link John ?

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 10 Dec 2008 12:56 am

http://thebritishsteeliessociety.com/home/YaBB.pl

There she is Crowbear... its an infant at the moment...but I reckon the guys will wake up to it today

Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 10 Dec 2008 1:36 am

Thanks John,
Thanks too, to Uncle Roy for all the hard work.
Lets make this a great Forum.
It is open to everyone so how about some of our U.S. cousins dropping in.
Billy

John P. Phillips · Post by **John P. Phillips** » 10 Dec 2008 2:12 am

Great going guys,
I'm looking forward to new friendships from across the Pond !
Good to see you posting John.

Bill Stroud · Post by **Bill Stroud** » 10 Dec 2008 5:28 am

I joined this forum, it's looking good, great job.
Keep up the good work
Bill

Don Sulesky · Post by **Don Sulesky** » 10 Dec 2008 5:39 am

I want to thank Roy Heap and the British Steelies Society for the article about me in this month's issue.
It was an unexpected honor.
Many thanks to my friends across the pond for your interest in my Tab Books and CDs.
There is a copy of the article on my home page
web site: http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dsulesky/
Don

Sam White R.I.P. · Post by **Sam White R.I.P.** » 10 Dec 2008 5:44 am

It is going to be nice to be able to talk to our neighbors abroad.I will be looking forward to meeting new freinds and Steel players.Maybe I can go over there and run a Steel Guitar Association. HA Just kidding.HOW do you get on as a Guest and how do you become a member????
Sam White
Pres.NESGA

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 10 Dec 2008 6:34 am

Hey Sam, Remember when I came over to the RISGA and scooped the 50/50 door money?? Maybe you could come to one of my meetings and do the same?? only thing is, be a lot less than 120 bucks

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 10 Dec 2008 6:59 am

I joined today! Best of luck and I'll try to make some tab posts soon to help this thing out.

Greg

Sam White R.I.P. · Post by **Sam White R.I.P.** » 10 Dec 2008 2:28 pm

Yes John I remember you comming with Tommy Cass and taken our money. WE had to pay you not to play. HAA Just Joking you.AS you can see I have a new Steel Guitar Club now and we are doing excellent with it.WE have 6 to 8 Mini Steel Guitar Jamborees and a Steel Show each year and have 39 members now and gaining. John tell me how to get on your forum.
Sam White
Pres. NESGA

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 11 Dec 2008 12:30 am

Hi Sam, Well done with the new club I know its a lot of work to get one going!
Yeah your right! most people prefer to pay me not to play... but I don`t usually get so much!!
Re the new Brit forum still trying to figure it out myself but I guess you just sign up and join same as here but the navigation is a little different and there may still be a couple of bugs in it but our man is "on the case"
Regards,John

Bobby Bowman · Post by **Bobby Bowman** » 11 Dec 2008 4:34 am

It keeps rejecting me,,,,,LOL!!!!!

Sam White R.I.P. · Post by **Sam White R.I.P.** » 11 Dec 2008 7:10 am

Hey John and Bobby it does the same thing to me. Just think if Wayne Morgan trys to get on and it will reject him too.HA He is a good guy I'm just busting about Wayne he is a great freind of mine.I will keep trying to get on John.You are right it is a lot of running around to get these Steel Shows going. How much is it going to cost me this time you got my $15.00 that I put in that 50/50 you won on me I should have won. I'm a sore losser John.No Just joking you.
Sam White
NESGA

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 11 Dec 2008 12:09 pm

Bobby's no reject, he's on the members list ..

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 11 Dec 2008 3:29 pm

Samuel E. White wrote:It is going to be nice to be able to talk to our neighbors abroad....

You already can. There's nothing American about the Steel Guitar Forum, other than the fact that the database is maintained in California. All those folks in the British forum are already signed up for our forum.

Not wishing to be a wet blanket but I don't see the necessity for a British Steel Guitar Forum. It's just one more forum to have open up. With a global forum, like we have now, you can communicate with everyone at the same time. All that a regional forum of any sort does is cut down on the number of people you can contact, and waste one's time having to open up multiple forums (fori ?)

Members from the UK have never had any problem advertising local events on the SGF. In fact, by not using a local forum you'll entice participants to come and visit.

There are quite a lot of steel guitar societies and bulletin boards out there. I don't have the time to keep up with them all. I joined the French forum, with the best of intentions, but have never participated. What links us all together is the love of the steel guitar, not our location.

Hal Higgins · Post by **Hal Higgins** » 11 Dec 2008 4:03 pm

I just joined this forum...today, 12-11-08. It loos very good.....hope to hear some great things about their forum....and am very thankful to bOb for creating this forum for all of us to enjoy and be a part of..........I've learned some great things from this forum and hope to learn more from this one and from the British Steelies Forum as well. HAL

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 12 Dec 2008 12:43 am

Alan,, just for the record, there are a few european steel forums
dutch, scandinavian, german, french & probably italian & spanish
for those that don't have english as a mother tongue, it's quite usefull for them to be able to gather & communicate in their own language
they also have a few happenings that need to be advertised in order to promote the instrument in the various countries
granted that b0b's sgf IS the mother ship
i'm sure our good Capt' is tickled pink, to see all his offspring
what's wonderful to see, is perfidious albion & the arrogant frogs sharing the wealth, love & passion fer musik & the steel

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 12 Dec 2008 1:15 am

" All those folks in the British forum are already signed up for our forum"

Alan maybe some of us are but the BSS membership is numbered in thousands not all active on the forum but we have had our own forum on MSN for quite a few years now, its only through MSN messing us about that this baby has been born.. I doubdt if your average American steelplayer could name more than a handful of Brit players but they are out there.
If we had this level of communication 40 years ago I reckon Gordon Huntly would be in your "Hall of Fame". I reckon its because of him we have such a massive interest in the instrument over here and every now and then a David Hartley or Sarah J pops up! IMHO anything that promotes/advances and progresses the steel guitar is a good thing. I too have tried the French forum but found the language barrier too much for me.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 12 Dec 2008 1:35 am

perfidious albion & the arrogant frogs

From an EU compatriot that's a better turn of phrase than the German Finance minister's!

Derrick Frank · Post by **Derrick Frank** » 12 Dec 2008 4:39 am

Don't panic fellas, stiff british upper lip and all that.
The web sit is taking shape, but even I have trouble getting on, as it won't accept my pass word.
But never fear, the site is being sent to Bletchley, so the folk who broke the ENIGMA CODE can work on it.LOL.It will be accsessable soon for all to see.Slim.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 12 Dec 2008 7:52 am

Mr. Pickins, you have to RE-REGISTER at the new site and re-enter a name and password..
That's the word from Bletchley, John Davis, Harold "Kim" Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy Burgess—the so-called "Cambridge Four" confirmed that..

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 12 Dec 2008 11:20 am

John Davis wrote:" ..If we had this level of communication 40 years ago I reckon Gordon Huntly would be in your "Hall of Fame"....

Well it not my hall of shame, I'm English, living in California, and in fact I nominated someone English to the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame last year, in the hope that they would start acknowledging British steelers. If the British Forum had been available 40 years ago I would have joined. I was living in Birmingham at the time, and never met or heard of any other British steeler at the time, even though, ironically, I passed Basil's house on my way to work every day and had never heard of him at the time.

CrowBear Schmitt wrote:Alan,, just for the record, there are a few european steel forums
dutch, scandinavian, german, french & probably italian & spanish. For those that don't have english as a mother tongue, it's quite usefull for them to be able to gather & communicate in their own language...

For those who do not speak English, I can understand, but the Steel Guitar Forum is in English, so English people are using their native language. I also imagine that most English steel guitar players are playing Country & Western or Hawaiian music.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 12 Dec 2008 11:49 am

Alan,I joined today mostly Because of all the Gordon Huntley stuff,He's in my hall of fame,Are they gonna sell Gordon T-shirts?Stu

Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 12 Dec 2008 9:43 pm

I just joined, looking forward to the fellowship with you chaps

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