The Steel Guitar Forum

For years I've stuck to single neck steels, assuming that an SD was reserved for lazy old guys (soon to be one) to rest their arms. Not until I was fortunate enough to meet with an up and coming steel player named Dan Dugmore, that I was shown that the knee levers are set closer to you on an SD. I still prefer a single but in retrospect comparing it to an SD it does feel like you're sidling up to a pretty narrow workspace for your legs. You think single body steels are in the minority, for new production steels?

I think they might be in the minority. But there is probably a good solid customer base for single necks. There have been some builders that don't even offer a single.

The "theory" used to be that a single on double body, e.g. a Sho-Bud LDG, had better sound because of the extra wood. That theory was often quoted in the early 70's when I was in Nashville (and may still be today).

My wife has an S-10 GFI and I have to work at it to play it, not because it pedals hard, but just because its a single neck. It would be much better if it were an SD-10.

I was shown that the knee levers are set closer to you on an SD. I still prefer a single but in retrospect comparing it to an SD it does feel like you're sidling up to a pretty narrow workspace for your legs. You think single body steels are in the minority, for new production steels?

I don't think it's so much the knee levers being closer as it is the pedals and pedal rods being a little farther away. After all, when you play the inside neck on a D10, the levers are located in exactly the same relative place as they would be on a single neck! But in comparison, the pedals are shifted forward, away from you a little.

Either one works for me.

I have a S-10 Sierra, but I've had an SD-10 Sierra. I like them both. I added my self a pad top, to the back of my Sierra to give me that effect. I've done this to two guitars & I see that someone makes these pads. Good for them...

If I were going to buy another guitar, It would be a SD-10, maybe even an SD-12. The downside to any SD guitar is the weight, but remember this, The Piano Player & the Bass Fiddle Player have the worst of this malady...

But, I'm old now, so I just enjoy what I have...

I play both and don't prefer one over the other I have an ad 10 set up in church and a s10 I use when I play out the s 10 is easier to carry because of its liter weight have 4 and 5 on both I don't like to rest ,my arms on the pad I guess that's one advantage of the s 10 over the sd10 don't have to worry about a habit to get into my guitars are Mullen royal expression and discovery I love them to death

Charley,
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Erv

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Charley,
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Erv