All the years I've played Pedal Steel Guitar many name brands have ceased production and are no longer being made. Here's a list I'm starting of the ones I can think of. I'm sure there are some I've missed. Feel free to chime-in and add it if you see one I don't have listed. Can you tell I'm just bored and can't sleep at 3:45am in the morning.
From the picture I saw, the new Sierra is the same in name but not the same design as the older Sierra guitars.
Big list, Nick.
GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat, SIT Strings (all for sale as package)
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit
Nick, The Rains is still being built one at a time by Curtis Hogue North of Ft.Worth, Tx. He is a Forum member and can be contacted thru it by PM. J.R. Rose
Black Performance SD-10, 2002. Peavey LTD 400 with 15" Eminence EPS 15-C, Sho-Bud Seat, Goodrich L-120 Pedal, Sho-Bud Bar, Picks, Cords. Nothing else.
I didn't see Bigsby on the "never again" list, and Mosrite built one or two as well that would certainly qualify them for the list.
Oh yeah, and add Cougar as well, built by Freeman Cowger best known for his crappy Market Rite guitars, but his Cougar pedal steels were of much better quality, and from what i know of them were ok for a lower priced pedal steel... bob
I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!
no gear list for me.. you don't have the time......
Add Anapeg to the list. Noel Anstead has retired and no-one took over the business.
The steel guitar is a hard mistress. She will obsess you, bemuse and bewitch you. She will dash your hopes on what seems to be whim, only to tease you into renewing the relationship once more so she can do it to you all over again...and yet, if you somehow manage to touch her in that certain magic way, she will yield up a sound which has so much soul, raw emotion and heartfelt depth to it that she will pierce you to the very core of your being.
Cool post Nick! Your list is pretty thorough, I would start to think of one you might have missed and then check the list, and lo and behold, there it was.
