Where to get lessons

[Carter Cole]

i’ve been playing for a short while now but i’m wanting to take it more seriously. i believe that the structure of lessons would help me a great deal, but i’m unsure of where to start. remote lessons would be fine, but if anyone is/knows someone in the fort wayne indiana area that could give me lessons, i would appreciate any leads. if not, give me some recommendations for someone who could give me remote lessons.

many thanks,
carter

[Richard Sinkler]

John McClung in Washington does Skype and maybe Zoom lessons. I've known John since the 1970's, and he is a great player, and has a great reputation as a teacher.

Then, there are the online courses from Paul Franklin and Travis Toy.

All these players are forum members.

[Lary Marshall]

I am currently signed up for the full Paul Franklin Method. I started out with his introductory class, then the tool box class and finally went for the full Method. For me, this has been an outstanding class. As I work through the course material, I can take as much or as little time in each session as I need. I find that as I progress, many times I return to previous lessons to actually learn what I thought I knew until a later lesson makes it clear that more time was needed on previous material.
You can stop the lesson and practice a part or technique, back it up to listen again, and you can slow down the video when you really want a close look at what he is doing. Additionally, there is a private Facebook group that you can (and should) join where you can ask Paul directly for advice/help on specific areas. At 70+, I had refused to set up a Facebook account, but I finally did for this course. I highly recommend this course.

[Steven Miller]

Hey Carter,
I'm trying to get started with Pedal-steel Too. I'm a guitar and 6 string Lap-steel player and am located in Fort Wayne. Did you ever find some one nearby to get Pedal steel lessons from ?

[Brendan Mullins]

I am a new player who has been researching lessons as well. For $5/month on Patreon you can get a ton of lessons and tabs from Johnny Up at https://www.patreon.com/pedalsteel/posts. I listen to a ton of newer "alt-country" acts (or whatever you want to call the newer neo-traditionalists) and he has awesome tabs for them and the classics. You can also pay for lessons at a reasonable cost, which I will eventually do but haven't tried yet.

[Jeff Rady]

I teach pedal steel lessons, I do zoom or in person, I'm in Denver so in-person wouldn't work. I've been teaching for about 15 years. I have my own teaching site too for guitar and pedal steel. You can check it out here:

https://jeffsguitarandsteel.com/about-pedal-steel/

Thanks,
Jeff

[Andrew Goulet]

I am a new player who has been researching lessons as well. For $5/month on Patreon you can get a ton of lessons and tabs from Johnny Up at https://www.patreon.com/pedalsteel/posts. I listen to a ton of newer "alt-country" acts (or whatever you want to call the newer neo-traditionalists) and he has awesome tabs for them and the classics. You can also pay for lessons at a reasonable cost, which I will eventually do but haven't tried yet.

Just a word of warning, Johnny Up has been banned from the Steel Guitar Forum for ripping people off (according to this thread by b0b): https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=187021

[Brendan Mullins]

Andrew, thanks for the warning. I appreciate you bringing that up to me. I will tread carefully.

[Jeff Rady]

I’ve seen some good Johnny Up content online. I just maybe wouldn’t buy a Sho-Bud Maverick from him.

[Mike Polansky]

Rich Hinman’s Patreon has really high quality lessons that do a good job of mixing theory and technique with practical examples from classic recordings. It’s the best online instruction I’ve seen.