Well, this is the first time I've been embroiled in a Forum drama! How exciting!
I don't really know why Richard is offering this Pedalmaster for sale but showing off all the things he considers negative. His post here isn't asking for remediation, which Scott offered weeks ago. Blowing off steam on the forum does no one any good, except providing fodder for Forum Drama Queens.
I also don't understand why Forum members would jump in and cast aspersions on both the seller, Scott McRee, and myself. You don't know Scott or me, you've never done business with either of us, so your uninformed opinions have little value. Scott and I both respect other steelers and in business want buyers to be happy.
First I'd like to repost my testimony about the guitar, which I still stand behind. This is one of the best sounding and playing guitars I've ever touched. Read through the list of attributes I stated which make it so great: I can't think of one modern brand that has all this going for it. If you play universal or extended E9, and are satisfied with a 7 pedal, 5 knee lever guitar, THIS is about as good as it gets! To see my photos of the guitar right before I shipped it back to Scott, go here:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... edalmaster
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I'm the "steel player of 42 years" Scott mentioned.
This steel guitar is a true gem. If I could have moved all the pedals to the left a couple of inches for ideal positioning of a zero pedal, and easily added 2 staggered knee levers, I would have bought it, but that was going to involve a lot of re-engineering with custom machined parts, and it was more project than I can take on right now.
Chances are your copedent needs aren't as extravagant as mine; if so, this guitar will suit you fine.
I had it for a couple of weeks and really got to know it, and I was in constant touch with its maker, Roy Thomas in Louisiana. Here are more things that make this a special guitar:
• It's a solid aluminum frame (similar to MCI's and EMCI's) with a die-board top. Die board is much harder than any other wood and far more expensive, Roy tells me, so the body has amazing stability, and almost no cabinet drop anywhere. GFI and Pedalmaster were the only builders willing to spend the money to use die-board. Gene Fields and Roy Thomas were partners for 12 years, so there are very smart people behind this wonderful but often overlooked brand.
• It's a 25-inch scale neck, and sustains much longer than either my Carter SD-10 or Mullen pre-RP D-12. Beautiful high end. Perfect strong harmonics.
• Gauged roller nut rollers.
• Dual mono output jacks, one for your amp, one for a tuner, or for dual mono signal chains, (wet-dry, etc.).
• With that Danny Shields custom humbucker pickup with a 3-way tap switch (full tone-brighter-brighter still) and dual adjustable pole pieces, the tone and string volume can be exactly how you want it. Easy to get a bright, Bakersfield-style tone on this baby.
• The 13th changer finger provides for 5 half-stops on any pedal or knee lever you want, without add-on mechanical devices. My Carter has this feature, and I love it! Almost eliminates the need for splits using screws or rods.
• Every part of it is heavy duty, not a shortcut or flimsy part anywhere, yet the guitar alone weighs just 40 lbs. (65 in its case).
• Mechanically it's flawless and pedal and lever action is very easy, but not TOO easy. Just right, I'd say. It was built in 1995, so it's not even that old.
• It's named "Old Maude". Builder Roy Thomas tells the charming story behind the name.
There is one very minor issue: the right rear leg's tightening collar isn't holding perfectly solid, there's no full-stop when you tighten the collar. A couple of minor interior parts for the leg will remedy that.
This is a lot of guitar and wonderfulness for the price being asked. Highly recommended!! I was very reluctant to pass on it, and may regret that decision eventually.
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Note my calling out a minor problem I did find on the leg collar? Except for the slight bend in the changer bracing fin, which I didn't happen to notice and it certainly had no effect on playability, and the gouges across the keyhead front endplate, which ARE nasty but just cosmetic, caused by a lack of wall bracing in the case interior when shipped to me, there are no problems with this Pedal Master. LEARN A LESSON FROM THIS EVERYONE: ALWAYS brace the walls between the body and the legs & rods, and the body and volume pedal compartment, with made-to-fit wood blocks to prevent the body crashing through and causing damage.
Here's the kind of guy Scott McRee is. He agreed to send me this Pedalmaster to try out for a couple of weeks, and if I didnt't want it, I just had to ship it back to him and he'd refund my payment. He's that kind of decent and more-than-fair business person.
I know he also reached out to Richard, offering to do everything to the guitar to make him happy with it. The list of things Richard posted here in this post were his concerns, but why he didn't take Scott up on his offer to make things right, I don't know.
Last note: Richard's photos are extreme closeups, hard not to notice the dust, but that's easy to clean up. This older guitar (built in 1995) is otherwise in great shape, and all the undercarriage parts are solid and thicker than on any other brand of steel I've seen. The action is smooth and light.
Someone make Richard an offer, he doesn't appreciate what he has, but you'll be getting an amazing 12-string SD-12!
If you want to have an ongoing discussion, please email me, don't use the Forum messaging which I detest! 
