How many pedal steels - which one ?

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 4 Feb 2012 3:48 pm

This might be interesting.
How many steels do you own? Brand, # necks, # strings, # pedals and KLs, color and which do you use the most?

Mike Kowalik · Post by **Mike Kowalik** » 4 Feb 2012 4:06 pm

Only one....a lacquer push pull with metal necks....8 pedals and 5 levers.

Don't need anything more.

Only other guitar I would love to have is a Sho-Bud Permanent.

Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 4 Feb 2012 4:35 pm

My main PSG is a CLR,S12, ext E9..5+5 Red, #2 is A MSA S12"The Universal" set up ext E9, 5+4 green, both laquer, I keep the CLR at Church, the MSA is my practice rig.
Bill

Ben Lawson · Post by **Ben Lawson** » 4 Feb 2012 6:47 pm

A good friend of mine passed away in December. He had eight pedal steels in his collection, I only have two; '76 Emmons P/P D10 9&7 and an MSA S12 3&4 (set up as an E9th 10 string).
His are;
Jackson Madison D10
Mullen RP D10
Emmons LeGrande III D10
Emmons LeGrande III D10
Emmons LeGrande II D10
Emmons P/P D10 Wood
ShoBud D10 8&3 (really old permanent?)
One Emmons P/P that his wife is keeping.

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 4 Feb 2012 7:22 pm

I forgot to list mine.
I have two. Both are Carters. A'96 D10 Black Formica and an '03 D10 Green Formica both have 8 and 8 and are customized for me. I prefer and use the '96 more. At my age, I plan to have both left in my estate.
Bill Ford,
I have always thought that that green stained MSA is the prettiest steel ever made.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 4 Feb 2012 8:35 pm

I have three now:

Sierra Olympic S-12, 5+5, black formica, F Diatonic tuning

Desert Rose S-8, 5+5, brown wood, D6 tuning

ETS S-10, 3+4, burgundy paint, E9th tuning

I perform and record on the Desert Rose, and teach on the ETS. I rarely touch the Sierra.

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 4 Feb 2012 9:28 pm

#1 recording guitar_Emmons D-11 wraparound, 8-4.
#1 playing (pedal) guitar, Sho-Bud D-10,11 Professional 8-6.
Recording guitar, formerly for film score work, Sho-Bud D10 Super Pro 8-6 (very modified and had MIDI).
Sho-Bud T-11-11-16, 11 pedals and no knees, yet.
Emmons D-11 cut-tail 10-6.
Wright Q-8 7-peds.
Wright T-10 3-peds.
Marlen T-10 11-3.
Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10 (about to be rebuilt,again).
The guitar that gets played the most is a heavily modified Dekley D-12 that has had the peds and knees removed.

Wait til Chris Lucker weighs in.

Ron Scott · Post by **Ron Scott** » 4 Feb 2012 11:08 pm

Just one right now and it is a Franklin Double 10 ,8 and 5. Hey Bob what is a ETS ? Sorry I've not heard of one. Don't get out much. Ron

Brett Lanier · Post by **Brett Lanier** » 5 Feb 2012 1:46 am

I have three

Fender 1000, 8 pedals
Fessenden d10, 8x8 black
Emmons cut-tail d10, 8x5 black

Mostly, I just play the Emmons these days. I really like them all though.
If I were to get anything else it would probably be a Sho-bud, ZB, or Gibson console grande.

Steve Broatch · Post by **Steve Broatch** » 5 Feb 2012 6:33 am

1975 D10 (8+4) ZB Custom (faded cherry/walnut? lacquer)
2005 D10 (8+6) Emmons LeGrande III (black mica)
2008 D10 (8+4) Mullen Royal Precision (blue burl mica)

Use the Mullen for practice in the house, the Emmons for studio and gigs and the ZB only rarely.

I play the Mullen the most because it's the only one that I have permanently set up at home. Love them all but the Emmons is my favourite.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 5 Feb 2012 7:11 am

I have 2.
Zum D-10 8&7 (currently on loan to a student)
74 MSA D-10 9&5

I appreciate that the MSA is easier to change copedent on: the back neck is currently shifting to a 10-string truncated Bb6 Universal (1&12 omitted). Note to those thinking of adding loadsa pulls to one neck of a D-10: load the front neck. It's a BITCH to work 37 pulls around all those knees.

When I find an S-12, that'll probably become my gigging guitar. Due to weight, I prefer schlepping the Zum. I kinda like the MSA tone better.

DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE!!!

Bill Moore · Post by **Bill Moore** » 5 Feb 2012 8:41 am

I've sold some instruments in the past year, here's what I have now:

1981 Emmons D-10 P/P 8x4, walnut mica.
Rittenberry, SD-10, 3x5, black/red.
Desert Rose, S-10, 4x5, brown lacquer.
Emmons Student Model, S-10 P/P, 3x4, white mica.

I don't play the D-10 too much, I alternate between the others, but the Rittenberry is my favorite. The Emmons Student model is the one I use when weight is an important consideration.

Larry Baker · Post by **Larry Baker** » 5 Feb 2012 9:06 am

Ron, ETS is East Texas Steel, I believe yet another started by Bud Carter. I'm sure someone will chime in and confirm or denounce.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 5 Feb 2012 9:31 am

Ron Scott wrote:Just one right now and it is a Franklin Double 10 ,8 and 5. Hey Bob what is a ETS ? Sorry I've not heard of one. Don't get out much. Ron

ETS is East Texas Steels, a new company. See www.steelguitarshopper.com/ETS-S10.

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 5 Feb 2012 8:18 pm

I do believe that if you have more than one, one of them will have at least a slight edge over the
other(s) whether in actuality or in your mind...........one just fits better.

Ron Scott · Post by **Ron Scott** » 5 Feb 2012 8:24 pm

Thanks Bob,very nice guitars. If they sound as good as they look they are great.Ron

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 5 Feb 2012 9:28 pm

I own two-

ZumSteel U-12 black/blackstone 2005
RusLer S-11 black/ mother of pearl inlays 1976

Ray McCarthy · Post by **Ray McCarthy** » 6 Feb 2012 3:09 am

Just one--a Derby SD-10 I got second hand from Billy Cooper's about 4 years ago.
Emmons setup, blue mica, nothing special, just great tone and playability.

Ray McCarthy · Post by **Ray McCarthy** » 6 Feb 2012 3:10 am

Just one--a Derby SD-10 I got second hand from Billy Cooper's about 4 years ago.
Emmons setup, blue mica, nothing special, just great tone and playability.

Ray McCarthy · Post by **Ray McCarthy** » 6 Feb 2012 4:53 am

Why do I keep getting these double posts? When I click on "submit" it takes forever and then it says "oops, this page is broken". Later I find that it posted twice. Can anyone tell me what's going on here?
B0b

(I bet this will post twice too.)

Adam Sorber · Post by **Adam Sorber** » 6 Feb 2012 4:57 am

I gots two:
Shobud Pro II custom D10
Shobud Pro II custom SD10

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 6 Feb 2012 6:30 am

I have two....a 1975 D10 Emmons PP, 8&4, "satin" walnut mica, purchased new from Ron Sr. and just recently acquired BMI "Flight Ready", 3&5, black mica. Presently, I'm playing my BMI, both stage & studio.

Sonny Priddy · Post by **Sonny Priddy** » 6 Feb 2012 8:19 am

I Have Two Sho-Bud LDG. New GFI Ultra. Three Amps Webb- Session 400- Nashville 112. Sonny.

Dave Grafe · Post by **Dave Grafe** » 6 Feb 2012 9:41 am

I have two distinctly different guitars and use them for distinctly different purposes.

For true country music, for the C6 neck and anything else that calls for a clean, bell tone I generally pull the '74 Emmons out of my studio, it is a D10 with 8+5 and George L humbuckers installed, and is the guitar I practice with.

For down-and-dirty roadhouse and fast blues-oriented sounds the ShoBud Pro I gets the call every time. It is a '78 S10 with 3+2 (knees on the right side) and has that classic single-coil growl, a very edgy tone that some have told me they identify with my playing style (maybe I'm taking it out TOO much). It makes a good jam guitar as it is also lighter and very quick to set up, also the right knee levers make for faster dominant 7th passing patterns.

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