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Well It's Here
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 5:16 pm
by Randy Stephens
Well folks here it is- my first steel. This crap is hard. I've been at it about two hours. I've got down the Together Again break but it sounds baaad haha. I'm waiting for my bar to get here so for the time being I'm playing with a glass bottleneck slide which makes the strings buzz, which just makes it worse. But I couldn't be happier!
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 5:25 pm
by Tom Beck
Your steel looks real nice. What kind is it?
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 5:48 pm
by John Booth
Congrats,
Let me know if I can help Buddy.
JB
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 6:02 pm
by Randy Stephens
It's a Baggett
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 6:15 pm
by Larry Jamieson
Randy,
How many knee levers? Can you raise and lower
the E strings?
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 6:25 pm
by Randy Stephens
4 levers. And yes you can
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 6:46 pm
by Drew Pierce
Don't give up. It gets better. Slowly. But it does get better. Make sure it's in good tune. It can't sound good if it's out of tune.
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 6:57 pm
by Edward Rhea
That's great Randy! It's a lot more complete than my first steel. You're gonna do great, enjoy!
Posted: 10 Jun 2015 7:07 pm
by Randy Stephens
Thanks for all the support guys!
Posted: 11 Jun 2015 1:52 am
by John Booth
Yep, you're starting out much better than I did.
I had a Maverick with a vice-grip for a single knee lever.
Work on that right hand as much as anything else.
Good luck Brother.
JB
Posted: 11 Jun 2015 2:47 am
by Tim Russell
What are the changes on the 4th pedal and on the knees?
Posted: 11 Jun 2015 6:36 am
by Randy Stephens
D pedal raises 1 and 7 1/2 step, LKL raises 4 1/2 step, RKL lowers 8 1/2 step and RKR lowers 2 1/2 step
Posted: 11 Jun 2015 8:12 am
by Rich Upright
Hey Randy...Thank you for your part in keeping our "lost art" alive. I remember my first good guitar back in the mid 80s; a G.E.S. D-10. I sat at that thing 24/7 for 6 months through the NYC winter & learned enough to play it onstage with confidence very quickly. You need to become obsessed in the beginning (& you WILL!) and you will progress quickly enough that it will inspire you to practice even more.
Your guitar almost looks like a Sho-Bud Pro 1, with the "Gumby" headstock & fretboard. If I can be of any help, feel free to PM me anytime.
Posted: 11 Jun 2015 8:16 am
by Rich Upright
"I had a Maverick with a vice-grip for a single knee lever. "
I got you beat. My Maverick, which cost me $10, came without pedal rods, & I had to make them by bending coat hangers straight!
Posted: 11 Jun 2015 8:53 am
by Randy Stephens
Rich Upright wrote:"
I got you beat. My Maverick, which cost me $10, came without pedal rods, & I had to make them by bending coat hangers straight!
That's awesome haha
Posted: 11 Jun 2015 12:02 pm
by John Booth
Rich Upright wrote:"I had a Maverick with a vice-grip for a single knee lever. "
I got you beat. My Maverick, which cost me $10, came without pedal rods, & I had to make them by bending coat hangers straight!
My Maverick broke in half right down the middle when a drunk fell on it in a bar fight
