The Steel Guitar Forum

I currently own 3 but do to lack of playing jobs as of late I'm thinking of going to only one.
Jackson Commemorative
Jackson PRO IV
Show pro Custom

Two. One stays set-up so I can tackle it on a whim.

Gorden, I have 4 pedal steels
1953 4 pedal with Harlen changer
Cougar 5pedals 4knees
One I built 3pedals 1knee
Carter 12 string
they all play nice it's hard to get rid of them! My wife of 50 years thinks I'm crazy, Chuck

Holding at at 2 at the moment:

My beloved Sho Bud Pro I

And

a MSA D-12 that is in the midst of being restored. Unfortunately for me, I've been in the midst of restoring it for over a year now. It was a filthy mess when I got it, the undercarrage was covered in the heaviest residue of nicotine and smoke I've ever laid eyes on. I disassembled it and have cleaned up all the parts, now I just need to reassemble it. Hopefully by 2010!!!!!!

I have 2 steels....

1 PSG - Shobud Maverick that I bought back in 1975 (E9th)
1 Lap Steel - 1954 Silvertone 6 sting
(C6th)

b0b wrote:

1. Rickenbacker S-8, 6 pedals
2. Fender 1000 D-8, 8 pedals
3. Sierra Olympic S-12, 5+5
4. Williams 400 D-12 crossover, 5+5

Soon to add a Desert Rose S-8, 5+5.

Oh, I forgot to mention the hacked up Sho-Bud Maverick (S-10, 2 pedals, 1 knee lever) that I keep at my sister's house in South Carolina. So I guess that makes 5 total, soon to be 6.

It's sorta like being pregnant, I guess.

2 for me. nashville ltd sd10 and a fender 1000 that never gets played.

Chris Lucker wrote:Sixteen in the herd now.
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Alan Brookes wrote:Wow, and you managed to get all these past your wife. Someday we're going to have to exchange methods.

Alan, what was the name of that Tammy Wynette song?

'59 Sho-Bud Permanent, 6 and 1
'63 Sho-Bud Fingertip, 9 and 3
'67 Sho-Bud S-10, 6 and 2
'74 Sho-Bud S-10, 3 and 6
'80's Kline Uni, 6 and 7

Arch,
I don't want to disappoint you so here goes:
I have sold some of my p/p's so I'm down to the following:
1975 D-10 lacquered Emmons p/p
2005 re-issue D-10 Emmons p/p
2005 Emmons re-issue D-10 p/p
1967 black mica D-10 Emmons p/p
S/N 119 D-12 Emmons p/p
1966 red mica D-10 Emmons p/p
1966 black mica D-10 Emmons p/p
1971 lacquered D-10 Emmons p/p (11 foot pedals)
SD-10 Emmons LeGrande
D-10 Emmons Black mica LeGrande
D-10 Emmons Blue mica Legrande
S-10 Sho~Bud
SD-10 LDG Sho~Bud
D-10 Pro II Sho~Bud
D-10 Pro III Sho~Bud
D-10 black hybrid ZumSteel
D-10 lacquered Fulawka
D-10 white mica Excel
SD-10 lacquered Williams
D-10 lacquered Williams

I maybe have some more around somewhere but these are the ones that come to mind.

BTW: I have as many or more non-pedal guitars also.

I've only had two in twenty years. The first was a very strange S10 Sho~Bud Professional with six pedals and no knee levers. It was pretty beat up but I only paid $400 for it. It wasn't a very good guitar to learn on and it spent several years in the closet. That guitar was sold to buy a used 2000 Carter which is what I play now. I'll be getting my first new guitar later this year...the deposit is paid and construction is underway.

I currently own 7 pedal steels. I have 2 D-10 Carters, one laquer and one mica, one sd-10 carter, one MSA Mille sd-10, one MSA Classic laquer D-10, one BMI D-10, and one Fender D-10 with all pull changer.

Previously owned:

- Emmons ('84) P/P S-10 loafer (never should have sold that one!!)
- Carter D-10
- Emmons (late 70's) P/P D-10 fatback

Currently own:

- ZB Custom (mid-70s) D-10
- Derby ('07) D-10
- Sho-Bud (mid to late 70's) LDG

I do miss my Emmons and would like another P/P someday, but I don't think I'll ever get rid of the three I have now, they are all super guitars in their own right.

My first was abirds eye Maverick then a s10 sho bud pro, a borrowed Gibson electra Harp, a single neck Emmons with 4 on the floor, traded that for a '78 Emmons pp, owned that and a Emmons Le Grande III until last year when I traded the PP to Herby Wallace for a Mullen G2 as a down payment. So as of today I own the LeGrande and a G2. It will arrive any day now. Placed the order oct' 4 2008. Who wants to bet on the day of arrival? Don D.

I've just added to my stable a very old pull-release Marlen (which I'm currently in the process of making playable)

WEll you can only play one; so this is all I have.

I own two- S10 Carter
- D10 Carter

Love them both!

Terry

Just the three, have seen alot more I would like but I would also like to stay married

when i got into playing steel, i told myself i was NOT going the same route i went thru with guitars and other instruments - i only needed ONE steel - for guitars, i could always justify needing an acoustic, electric, jazz hollowbody, a tele, all for variety of tones - (i ended up with 12 guitars...not cheap ones either!) - if lloyd green only used one steel, that was good enough for me (btw, do you ever find it ironic that the top recording pro's usually only have 1 instrument, and all the "semi-pro's" feel the need to have a dozen. Lloyd said he never owned more than 1 guitar at a time, even doing hundreds of sessions a year - although now, i think he has 2, probably "retired" the LDG.

but anyway, i have 2
a '65 Emmons S-10 (Cassified) and a beautiful sunburst lacquer '92 D-10 Emmons Legrande. they both sound so good i cant imagine why i would need any more.

Previous, in chronological order:

Howard S10 2+2 -70's?
AWH S10(-70's swedish maverick style)3+1 added to 3+3
MSA Classic SS D10 8+4 1982(should have kept)
Franklin D10 8+5 1981
Carter SD10 3+5 2006
Carter D10 8+6 1996

Present:

Emmons Legrande SKH D10 8+5 1983
ShoBud pro I S10 3+4 ca 1980

I've managed to keep it to two at a time.

Mullen D10 G2
1966 Marlen D10
PAC Custom D10

Thanks, Erv. I know counting can be a bit laborious at your tender age.

Arch.

7, down from 10 recently.

Number I can play: 0.

I've sold 2 Mavericks, an Emmons Student, a BMI and 5 ZBs over the years. Looking back, if I'd just kept the first ZB S-10 (hi Chip in NorCal) and the Emmons student (hello in New Zealand wherever you went), life would have been so much easier.

Table steels, lap steels, acoustic steels, resonators? You'll have to call Price Waterhouse Coopers.

b0b wrote:...It's sorta like being pregnant, I guess.

What's the gestation period, from lust to consummation ?

3 to 4 months, apparently.