The Steel Guitar Forum

After a long waiting of 1,5 years I finally got my new "Something Special"! A dream to play, soft as butter, cabinetdrop almost zero, stays in tune, light weight and sounds like to die for! It's not cheap... but it is worth every penny I have paid! A real happy camper here!

Amazing!!

I seriously considered one when I was shopping for a uni, but they didn't do any 12-stringers. Beautiful thing.

That is a beautiful pedal steel Andy! Congratulations!!!!

Holy moly! A palace with strings! Happy days.

Very very nice!

Congrats on your new Schild!

Looks very neat, couldn't be anything else than Swiss!

How much does it weight and any pictures of the case?

Case = 20.95 pounds
Steel 2x10/9/7= 41.9 pounds

that's pretty light!

What a Beauty! Congrats!

It appears that the changer is intonated like a regular guitar. Does that mean that it is best tuned straight up?

Shawn Brown wrote: It appears that the changer is intonated like a regular guitar. Does that mean that it is best tuned straight up?

No, the changer is not "intonated" in any way. It has a regular (single) changer axle, and a single axle roller-nut.

Here you see him at work.Schild guitars are unmatched mechanically by any maker today. My humble opinion.

Ian Rae wrote:I seriously considered one when I was shopping for a uni, but they didn't do any 12-stringers. Beautiful thing.

Ian, Peter Schild DOES make 12-strings.

Schild makes a 12 string? I WANT one . . but I don't need one. . .

A Beauty!!

That sets the bar pretty darn high! Man that thing screams precision! Enjoy.

Having been born and raised in Switzerland with an Engineers degree from St-Imier... a loooong time just before I left, I can just say, that it indeed looks very, but VERY "Swiss".

Kind'a like a Swiss "Excel".

I hope we get to HEAR her some day?

Thanks for showing! ... J-D.

Btw: www.schildsteel.com

Andy, wow, what a beauty!
High precision made in Switzerland.
Andy, would be great to see the copedant.

Thanks for sharing.

I love the "Swiss cheese" pedals, drilled out to lighten the weight, I presume!

Ditto every comment here Andy. It’s “Other Worldly”. I notice the ‘soft shoe’ pedal rod connection, onto a flat belcrank’s beveled oval = keeps that pivot point silent. Unique app. Very

I'm glad someone resurrected this thread so I could look at this gorgeous guitar again! Perhaps the sharpest, most elegantly built guitar I've seen in my life.

Nice!!! Congratulations!!!