The Steel Guitar Forum

Built by Domique Chevalier, luthier in Caveirac France, a work of art and a hell of an instrument.

I think everyone will be interested in hearing the sounds your new beauty can produce, Bernard!

I love the creativity that is oozing from Steel Without Pedals.....very nice, cool, unique instrument.......very well made.....

Absolutely Beautiful Bernard. I love the lines and the simplistic look. You are pleased no doubt.
WOW!
gary

Love the dot markers, the hollow fretboards and the pickups.
What is the scale?

The scale is 22.5, the wood is walnut, with suspended maple fretboard that leave the soundboards free to vibrate. the frets are ebony inlay with abalone dots.
The big issues for the luthier were the 2 seprate sound chambers and the mecanics. It is a very compact instrument, 32 inches long. I have a gig bag for it and it fits in the overhead compartment of airplanes.
Actually I got this beauty on monday in France and took off for California on wednesday to visit my long time musical friends in Long Beach. If you are around here I'll be playing with them at the Mirage Cafe on East Bigsby in Long Beach, May 4th, 7 to 9:30 pm. I'll be happy to meet any southern California steelers and present you the instrument.
Other than that, I'm planning to go to Jim Palenscar Oceanside shop on tuesday May !st, I'll be there as soon as 10 am, with the steel.
Jim's shop is steelguitar paradise to me and there is no shop like this back in France !

it would be cool if Jim had skype at his shop......or live stream.....

I gotta ask... how do you mute the far neck? Washrag?
That would work... very cool guitar, salivating here.

I wonder how much the strings ring sympathetic......

I have a double neck resophonic "dobro".....6 & 8.....G & G6......there is some string vibration on which ever neck is not being played, but since the tunings are very closely related.....it produces a very pleasing sound......it's like having a little bit of reverb.....