S10 versus SD10 comfort

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John Billings
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Post by John Billings »

"I don't know why I'd even want to rest my wrist except between tunes."

I rest my hands on my lap.
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"74 Bud S-10 3&6
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Brett Day
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Post by Brett Day »

I'd played an Emmons GS-10 and a GFI Ultra D-10 before I got my current steel, my Jackson Blackjack Custom, which is an SD-10 with three pedals, four knees. When I was getting ready for my Blackjack Custom guitar, Dawn Jackson asked me if I wanted a pad on it, and at first, I kinda had my doubts because I wasn't sure how my left hand would be able to reach across the pad because of cerebral palsy. Then, I finally said yes to having a pad, so when I went to the Jackson Steel Guitar Company, David and Harry Jackson had set up a few guitars for me to try out, and the first one I tried out was my current guitar, the Blackjack Custom SD-10, and I found out the pad helps me a lot! I love the pad because it's a place to lay my bar down while getting ready to play and it works!
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Post by Mike Perlowin »

Allan Kirby wrote:We are all different and need to find our own comfort zone.
Allen speaks the truth. There is no "one size fits all."
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Charley Bond
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Sierra Rest Pad

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In the beginning, I always bought D10s & leaned on the C6.
Then I bought an S10 Dekley, in Seattle. I made a Rest Pad for that Steel. It was great.

My next two (2) Steels were SD10s, a MSA & a Sierra. Then I bought a S12D Sierra & enjoyed that for quite a while. The boys quit playing or practicing, so I sold my gear.

Early this year, I got myself a nice Sierra S10. I just didn't enjoy the ergonomics, so I put a Pad on it... it is very comfortable now...

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Post by Jack Aldrich »

I played on a wood neck ShoBud ProI for at least 10 years (75-85). I had a choice between it and a ShoBud LDG. Red Rhodes, from whom I bought it, recommended that I should take the ProI. I believe that a SD10 is heavier, and you might as well have a D10.
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