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Pedal Steel Companies
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 7:25 am
by Charles Kurck
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 7:28 am
by Jack Stoner
Although limited production, Weenik steels, Martin ("Mike") Weenik in Florida builds pedal steels. He's probably built around 15 in the last 8 or 10 years.
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 12:48 pm
by Jim Smith
We built and shipped at least 30 pro guitars a month for the 3+ years I was at Dekley, and another 50 student guitars a month for a year or two. Rough guess would be 2-3,000 guitars total, maybe more.
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 5:50 pm
by Brett Day
Jackson is still going strong and they still build great steels! My steel was built in 2010. David and Harry Jackson, along with David's daughter Dawn Jackson started building steels again in 2005 after taking a break from building steels after Sho-Bud closed
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 6:15 pm
by Jim Cohen
Rusler and Rus-Ler, Magnum (Carter), Marrs, Fuzzy, plus what was the name of that really lightweight axe that Scotty used to sell...?
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 7:12 pm
by Ron Pruter
Jim,
That would be the Helium 6000.
Fred Justice has made 100+ also
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 9:20 pm
by Skip Edwards
Endicott. I played Leo LeBlanc's once, years ago.
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 9:37 pm
by chris ivey
ETS?
Scotty SGI steel??
Posted: 24 Feb 2015 11:05 pm
by steve takacs
Jim, I think Scotty sold the very light S-10 and D10- SGI guitar. steve t
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 12:07 am
by Bob Hoffnar
Ernie Ball made a couple models of pedalsteels.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 2:55 am
by Dan Beller-McKenna
Blanton,Framus. Must be others too.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 3:58 am
by Charlie McDonald
I'm hoping Lone Star will be added to the list....
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 4:26 am
by Jeff Garden
Jim Flynn built steels under the Flynn name
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 4:38 am
by Jim Cohen
Bethel.
ps. Steve T: yes, SGI, thanks.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 5:05 am
by Charlie McDonald
Thanks, Jeff.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 5:28 am
by Doug Rolfe
Wasn't the Flynn started by Harold Flynn? I don't know, maybe my memory is wrong.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 5:31 am
by Jeff Garden
Bill Ray (who has since passed on) from Jacksonville(?) FL built the Rayline pedal steel.
**right you are Doug (nothing wrong with YOUR memory). Upon further review, I have my Flynn's mixed up...it was Harold that made the Flynn steels.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 5:50 am
by Jim Cohen
Two Swiss-made brands: Wiesner & Schild
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 6:03 am
by Norbert Dengler
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 6:19 am
by Jim Cohen
Cougar.
CW (built by Carson Wells)
p.s. by the way, you might want to change the location for Promat from Yugoslavia (which no longer exists) to Serbia.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 6:29 am
by Jeff Garden
Thomas
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 6:33 am
by Marco Schouten
RayLine or Ray Line.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 8:18 am
by Jim Cohen
What was that brand that had a Doug Jernigan model for a while?
Found it: Nashville LTD
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 9:01 am
by Jack Stoner
The Nashville LTD, if I remember correctly was Gary Rittenberry. I remember trying the demo they had at St Louis, one year.
Posted: 25 Feb 2015 9:24 am
by Craig Baker
George Sell, who recently passed, built many GES steel guitars back in the 60s and 70s in the Philadelphia area.
The late Big John Bechtel made several "Big John Specials" in the late 60s.
Craig
