The Steel Guitar Forum

John,
I think all of the "old timers" knew all kind of stuff we don't know.

Lloyd is another one that can get a ton of music out of a 50 pound steel.

Craig Baker 706-485-8792

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Craig Baker wrote: I've often thought that Charleton sat up on the edge of the bed at night thinking. . . "now let's see. . . if I stick to 2 pedals and one knee lever. . . how can I baffle them tomorrow".
Never get tired of Buddy Charleton's music. Here are several of those tunes:

I've always loved ET's band and this is pretty much exactly what I'd love to be able to play on pedal. If I could only play Buddy's licks from two of those songs I'd be happy.

Anyone know of any teaching material/tabs that concentrate on this particular style. Can you really play must of this with AB and an E lower?

Much of the time you might not even need the lever.

There is a lot of difference between the older and newer Mavericks. The old ones, with the solid maple bodies, were very cool guitars, even without a knee lever. The later models, which were made of vinyl-covered particle board (?), were not nearly as good. My very first PSG was an old birds-eye maple Maverick with a non-roller nut. It was a great sounding guitar -- as long as you kept that nut oiled.

Back in the early 80s, when I was between steels, I used a friend's Maverick for a couple of years. It was an old maple one. After playing a Fender 800 for 15 years, I thought the Maverick was the best guitar in the world.

At the same time, another friend had an MSA Sidekick. That guitar wasn't worth taking out of the case. The entire top was a piece of plywood. The tension of the strings split the plywood from the front of the guitar to the back, making it beyond repair.

Craig