A pedal steel banjo? Really???

Peter den Hartogh · Post by **Peter den Hartogh** » 30 Sep 2013 9:09 am

http://www.banjotailpiece.com/

Jack Devereux · Post by **Jack Devereux** » 30 Sep 2013 9:11 am

I saw this thing at the IBMA Trade Show. Pretty useless as a musical instrument. Watched a bunch of guys (including the builder) sit down and try to wrench a tune out of it, nobody had much success. It was beautifully constructed, really top notch workmansip, but as functional instrument, not so much. Maybe somebody will come along and really figure out how to play it, but I kinda doubt it.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 30 Sep 2013 10:50 am

I actually would like a steel guitar that was styled like that, as a piece of furniture. The banjo part should hang on the wall, where it belongs.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 30 Sep 2013 11:26 am

Alvin Blaine wrote:... Kieth tuners on every string. The idea of it that I liked, is that I use about four different tunings on banjo so just holding down a couple of pedals, or knee levers, I could have all kinds of tunings...

I wonder if you could fit a Hiplock Trilogy onto a banjo. That way you could get a multitide of different tunings at the the flick of a few levers.
Another idea would be to put a Duesenberg Multibender onto a banjo so that you have palm levers.

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 30 Sep 2013 5:49 pm

Jack Devereux wrote:I saw this thing at the IBMA Trade Show. Pretty useless as a musical instrument. Watched a bunch of guys (including the builder) sit down and try to wrench a tune out of it, nobody had much success. It was beautifully constructed, really top notch workmansip, but as functional instrument, not so much. Maybe somebody will come along and really figure out how to play it, but I kinda doubt it.

The hardest part about it was the foot pedals were so far away that, unless your about 6ft6, you could only reach one pedal at a time with your toes. No way to get two at a time or rock between two. That's the only way you could use it to play melodies to be able to get more than just one string change at a time.

Edwin Allen · Post by **Edwin Allen** » 30 Sep 2013 7:27 pm

It seems like you'd.need to raise the action and use a bottleneck slide on that Beast!

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 4 Oct 2013 9:43 am

Buck Trent would faint dead awayâ€¦

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 4 Oct 2013 10:29 am

Mad Max 3.....

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 16 Jan 2023 3:50 pm

Can't wait to hear "Bucks Bounce"!

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A pedal steel banjo? Really???

where's the steel ?