He Built a Pedal Steel Guitar... Video 👀

[Doug Beaumier]

--Video---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0lBgr_0sNA

[Jack Hanson]

Ho, ho, ho.

[Doug Beaumier]

Must be his Christmas gift to himself. 🎅

[Lee Baucum]

I ran across that video yesterday.

Interesting.

[Larry Dering]

Kinda sounds like my playing. Haha, nice effort. Just needs a little polishing.

[Jimmie Hudson]

Sounds good for playing in the C Clamp Scale.

[Doug Beaumier]

Even his dog left the room!

[Dave Meis]

Wonder how long it takes him to set up?

[Doug Beaumier]

Probably a while. Those C-clamps are a nuisance!

[Bob Carlucci]

Gotta give the guy a A for effort.. He needs to rethink his copedent a bit to be able to go from I toIV to V and maybe a relative minor.Use a real bar as well, and certainly LOSE the big C clamps...bob

[Doug Beaumier]

Gotta give the guy a A for effort..

I agree. He's getting some interesting chords in open position, but he really needs to work on his playing technique. He would be so much better off buying a student model pedal steel. But... then he would probably tear it all apart and put in his own parts, maybe even cables! Some guys are more interested in tinkering and cobbling than actually learning to play the steel.

[Russell Adkins]

Whoever made this i applaude his efforts and his creativness a work in progress for sure

[Ross Shafer]

I love it, A+ for effort all the way. Some of the rube goldberg shenanigans I come up with to try things out are right outta this playbook.....been that way since I started making stuff 45 years ago and I ain't changin' now!

Merry Christmas to all y'all!

[Mark McCornack]

I'm with Ross! This is where innovation begins. This is far more effort than I would have ever put forth. If you don't take the first step, you don't move forward. I'd love to see the underside "buisness" end of it!
Ross, you may have a nice CNC machine, but I'll bet this guy owns more c-clamps than you do!

[Marty Broussard]

Can’t throw out the c-clamps. He needs one more and it will sound like a wrap around!!! Lmbo!!

[Andrew Goulet]

I'd be interested to see how it sounded with a better bar, some reverb, and more practice. As long as the pedals did their job well enough, you could coax some real twang out of it. I wonder what kind of changer it is...

There would be a distinct advantage to having a steel that could be built/repaired almost completely from hardware store parts.

[Mike Bacciarini]

I’m with the dog. Still pretty amazing!

[Patrick Thornhill]

Check out his other videos. I think he may be a mad genius....

[Doug Beaumier]

Check out his other videos. I think he may be a mad genius....

Wow! I think you're right. He seems to be a Rube Goldberg of weird homemade instruments and electronics. And he looks to be younger than I would have guessed by watching his PSG video.

[Dan Kelly]

Black C-Clamps sound WAAAAAY better! Plus... we have another barefoot player!

[Doug Beaumier]

Yes, the black C-clamps definitely have a warmer tone. It’s like, push, pull, <i>and</i> clamp.

[Jon Zimmerman]

I like his ‘Pak-a-Couch’ 😎