The Steel Guitar Forum

I want to let everybody know that I have reactivated my website: http://www.LapSteelGuitar.com.

This website offers music and many photos of lap steels, along with historical and pictorial commentary, links to other informational websites, current eBay listings...more and more info as time goes on...

Also, be sure to check out the "Universal Chord Mapper" website, also accessible via a link on the homepage, which is useful for most stringed instruments, fretted and unfretted, and has special provisions for the steel guitar, including the ability to create your own custom tunings by adding/deleting strings (14 max), raising/lowering the pitch of each string and lengthening/shortening the fretboard. It also displays a few basic animated chord progressions complete with backup tracks (I will be adding more animations as time goes on).

Both of these websites are a work in progress.

It's all free and presented for your enjoyment...

Please make it so the music can be turned down or off easily. I often listen to music or podcasts while I web surf and suddenly having other music suddenly playing is a pet peeve.

Otherwise, it looks good!

Thanks Paul,

I hear you and have made it so that music will not play by default.

Like the book, fun to see all the old ones. That Carvin dbl 10, pretty cool.

Loved that Carvin D10, but the string spacing was a little too close for me. That, along with a somewhat longer scale, made it harder to execute the slants.

Yea, I'd like to find a Carvin like that (and have the money to buy it!).

My singing group's travel sound system was all Carvin. 12 channel powered mixer, small Carvin amp for monitors, 2 15" mains, 2 12" floor monitors, 4 Carvin mics. Other groups envied our sound.

Check back for more lap steel info and pics...

Like the National Triplex cord changer too. Love looking at old lap steels. They are too cool.