Looking for a new pedal steel

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Stu Schulman
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Newsome looks pretty cool also,BMI,GFI,as my brain kicks in I'll add more.
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Johnie King wrote:Here’s a steel that just came up for sale on the forum that I would consider!
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Thanks Johnie, I agree with you :D
Paul Pearson
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New steel

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Sir i would take long hard look at the Mullen discovery it comes standard witj 3 pedals and 4 knee leavers and can be added 1 more pedal a 1 more knee lever its very light weight and all pro guitar you want be sorry give Mullen a call they can answer all of uour questions great people to deal with I've been doing business with them dack in the mid 90s
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Post by Zachary Smith »

Heads up OP you don’t need any pedals or levers for the stuff on cold roses, it’s all lap steel on that album.
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Drew McGrath
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This is LONG overdue but I wanted to thank you, all of you, for your advice, sharing your years of knowledge and passion for this instrument that helped me finally get what I was looking for. I wound up finding a Williams SD10 with 4 pedals and 5 knee levers which include a vertical taking the B’s down to B flat and a Franklin pedal. I couldn’t be happier with this steel. Here are some pictures:

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Stu Schulman
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Drew,Ya' Done good with that Williams..Beautiful guitars,Have fun with it.
Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952.
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Oh crap. Don't you realize what you've done? You've just thrown away your best excuse, that's what you've done! You went out and bought a great guitar that will do just about anything, so now you can no longer say..."Sure, I could play all that stuff and sound just as good as _________ ...if I just had a better guitar". :lol:

Nice axe! 8)
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To be honest, I have never heard a keyless guitar that I thought sounded good...I have heard some top pros playing keyless & thought "Man; they would sound so much better on a different guitar"
But, that's my opinion. Sound is subjective, plus I am a big advocate of PP sound, although I don't own one anymore.
A couple D-10s,some vintage guitars & amps, & lotsa junk in the gig bag.
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Rich,I have never owned a keyless guitar but I recently got to hear Pete Burak,and Chuck Back play keyless guitars Pete on an Excel,Chuck on a Desert Rose,and they both had it goin'on,in fact Chuck just finished building a keyless S-10 3+5for me,so I'll let you know what I think about a keyless pedal steel guitar.Be safe!
Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952.
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Is that a 400 Series model? I have a 700 Series Williams. Lots of nice guitars out there. Good luck.
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