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Topic: Early pedal steels |
Willis Vanderberg
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Petoskey Mi
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Posted 27 Feb 2005 5:37 pm |
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I think it would be great if we could post photo's of some of the earliest pedals steels. I thinking of the conversions. Bent nails, singer pedals and so forth.There were some rather ingenious things tried. Maybe some of the early conversions that Shot did.
I played a Rickenbacker that belong to LLoyd Green . Shot had put two or three pedals on it. |
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Joey Ace
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 27 Feb 2005 6:07 pm
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Al Brisco made his first steel, and called it a Sho-Pal.
It's not one of the earlist, it's only early 1960s, but it sure is primitive.
Pictures and story are here. |
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db
From:
Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2005 7:38 pm
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I would like to know more about Jim Day's early set-up's . . . Tuning down to 'D' and the pedals that he used!
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Dan Balde
U-12/8&5, S-7/D 3&1, S-6/E,A & G3
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Jim Peters
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Mar 2005 6:57 am
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This fom Carvins guitar museum site:
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Mar 2005 8:49 am
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Thanks for the post ,Bud. Here is an early steel that I built in 1960. 45 years ago. It had 14 strings, a multikord 8 string 6 pedal changer in it, put in the middle. I hope this url will show it, it is part of my website. here is the link------
http://www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/almarcus4.htm
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My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Mar 2005 9:18 am
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The "Al Marcus" guitar is indicative of the amount of research he accomplished in leading the charge to a more stable pedal steel guitar. The addition of solid pull rods in place of the cable system is an example. The stability of the rod system over the cable, IMO, was one of the best innovations to the PSG. This adaptation, along with Al's tuning research, makes him one of the guys that stayed on the cutting edge of the PSG evolution. It's too bad that the brothers building MultiKord didn't apply Al's ideas into their manufacturing process. Maybe their heirs would still be in business. 
I believe history will prove Al Marcus to be a legend in the PSG archives. His website certainly proves "he's been there and done that" and I'm thankful to be able to call him my FRIEND.
fred
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"From Truth, Justice is Born"--Quanah Parker-1904
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