The Steel Guitar Forum

This is my first post to the Steel Guitar Forum. I have been a lurker here from time to time; always impressed with the wide variety of interests and styles and especially so by the culture of the participants here.

Anyway I play dobro, Weissenborn guitars and to a lesser degree lap steel. I have been playing for longer than I would like to admit and I am just now getting around to writing some of my own tunes.

I look forward to exchanging information and ideas with y'all

Regards,
RobA

Welcome to the Forum Rob. I play dobro lap steel and peddle steel and this Forum has taken me further ahead then I would've been on my own for sure. Have fun!

Hi Rob, what a pleasent surprise to see you here!

For those of you who don't know Rob, check his website, one of the most informative resources for acoustic lapstyle players I know of.

Steinar

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Southern Moon Northern Lights

Welcome to the forum, Rob!
Glad to have you on board. Very cool web site . .

RA
Big Steel

Knew that name as soon as I saw it, had the site bookmarked for awhile. Welcome!

I agree. Rob's is one of my favorite sites. Nice to see him posting here.

Hi Rob,

Welcome to the forum. You have a wonderful web site chock full of good information for dobro and weissenborn players. I am very new to lap slide and you have been very helpful to me.

Cheers

Alan

Hiya, Rob, and welcome! How're your explorations with 6th tunings coming?

Welcome Rob,from Alabama.

Hey Rob, welcome to the forum.
I'm glad that you joined so i could get the chance to thank you personally for all the help your site has given me. I've been playing lots of acoustic lap steel (read: can't afford a dobro right now!) and all the lessons and info on your site have been a great resource. So thanks a lot for putting that out there on the web for all of us.

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Welcome, Rob! I look forward to your contributions here.

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A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars

Thanks everyone, for the warm welcome. I really appreciate it!

Good to see ya here, Rob! Welcome!

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Rob-Welcome to the Steel Guitr Forum.
Glad to have you on board....al


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Welcome Rob!

Hey... you are in Illinois. Why not stop by the HSGA Joliet Convention this October. You'll have a blast, make new friends, meet all the forumites who hang out here and improve your steel playing by 500%.

This year's guest of honor is legendary Hawaiian steeler Dick Sanft. Forumite and steel legend Jody Carver will also be in attendance on and off the stage.

HSGA - Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association Website

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'



CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association

<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 29 May 2006 at 02:00 PM.]</p></FONT>

Gerald:

I don't know anything about this but I am interested to learn more! Would a dobro/Weissenborn guy be welcome at this event? Are there jam sessions? What kind of activities are included?

Regards,
Rob

A Dobro Weisenborn guy is more than welcome!

Any type lap steel is welcome. Jam sessions are nightly and last till about 3-4 AM. Lots of food, drink and laughs at these informal get-togethers. Hawaiian, Country, Blues, Swing etc all played at the jams.

Go to the HSGA site and look at pictures of the last few conventions.

You'll have the time of your life. I guarantee!

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'



CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association

<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 29 May 2006 at 02:44 PM.]</p></FONT>

Welcome Rob, and many thanks for all the help I've gotten from your website! I'm a Swede living in the UK, and I got hooked on acoustic lap steel this year (after getting my first electric lap steel last autumn), and I don't know anyone who plays acoustic lap steel over here, so finding your website (through this great forum) was a revelation.

I just got a second acoustic steel (Oahu squareneck) that I will tune GBDGBD, so I shall start checking out your Dobro material shortly!

Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge so generously!

Fred.

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Thanks again to all for such a warm welcome. I really do appreciate it!

Gerald: I am definitely interested in the Joliet event and will do my best to make it this year.

Thanks for the heads up!

Kind regards,
RobA

Gerald-Thanks for the info on HSGA.

If Jody Carver will be at Joliet, I might try to get down there just to meet him in person.

I always hated going around Chicago's congestion but am sorry I didn't go a few years ago when Alvino Rey was there, but I heard about it AFTER he was there in the report on the convention.

Thanks for letting us know ahead of time about who will be there. Will LT. Zinn be there too?...thanks....al

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Rob,
You will not be the only Dobro player at the convention. I just wanted to let you know that so that you would not anticipate feeling all alone with your Dobro.

Al,
LT is at every HSGA convention on the Mainland and some in Hawaii. He has to be there to play rhythm guitar. (He good at this too) And remember to bring YOUR steel.

Aloha,
Don

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Welcome Rob.

<SMALL>and I don't know anyone who plays acoustic lap steel over here</SMALL>

Don't take that to mean there aren't any players here
there are MANY...
for instance, Martin Wheatley, probably one of the top 5 Tricone players in the world. http://www.hulabluebirds.co.uk/

And then there's this .. Hula Blues

Basil

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Rob, glad to see you've joined up here at the Steel Guitar Forum. Some great folks, and a bit of a different perspective from the reso websites where we run in to each other.

Rob has done a great service for us players with his website. If you haven't checked it out yet, hustle on over there, you will really enjoy it!

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