The Steel Guitar Forum

I had the week between Christmas and New Years off from work in 1997, and used the time to create the first version of The Steel Guitar Forum. That version hasn't survived, but you can see other pieces of my web site from that era on The Wayback Machine.

24 years and counting...

Thank you bOb for the Steel Guitar Forum. It has been a blessing to me for several years.

The benefits are immeasurable. Thank you, b0b.

Your efforts and creation has been a major contribution to the steel world. Thank you so very much!

I remember day 1..ha...and I joined, when my Austin Neighbor Herb Steiner clued me in on what was going on(course I was living down the road from Ralph Mooney in Mansfield,Tx with my first wife at the time).... LOVED It then and Still Love it.
Thanks so much b0b for what you do bro.
Ricky

b0b, you’ve made an immeasurable contribution to steel guitar but more importantly, to the people/us who play or just love the sound. Thanks to you and Mrs. Lee…Carl

Hi Bob,
Your creation of this excellent publication is the real reason I believe at least 10,000 + old and new Pedal Steel hopefuls enjoy playing such an instrument day after day.
Your contribution to this has and always will be a token of love, admiration, thought, caring, and affection for your fellow musicians.
Thankyou Sir for these 24 years of bliss in music.

Ashley D'Silva
Western Australia

Bob, The Steel Guitar Forum has been an invaluable resource for steel guitar players world wide since you first built it. Thank you for all you have done for the steel guitar community.

Equally impressive to me as creating the Forum is how b0b has managed it over the years, never letting the inmates take over the asylum, ruling with a deft, firm, fair and compassionate touch. Bravo, Cap'n!

THANK YOU BOB! This forum is such a great resource for all of the steel guitar community.

I was a little tardy for the party, having stopped playing for several years. Since then I've benefitted and separated from more than a few dollars, having bought a few amps and guitars and too much assorted gear.

I've also benefitted from the wealth of knowledge that resides here, with age old discussions AND an argument of several on how and why to tune a certain way. Discussions on copedents (Sorry Junior) I always find interesting, and of course discussion on things I hadn't yet thought about.

b0b, I dare say we'd all be MANY steps behind without what you've done for this community. THANK YOU, for your vision to develop and hone the Forum into what it is today.

The Forum makes one feel like part of a family.
Before the Forum, I felt like kind of a bastard calf!
Erv

I remember the early days. You posting on the old AOL "forum" about your site. I was one of the early ones as we abandoned the AOL group for this forum.

b0b,

Thank you for what you do. It's always professional and you run it with a strict, but fair, process. If there was still a SGHOF, I think you should be in it because of the contributions you've made to the steel guitar community.

RC

Thank you bob for all you do. Love the Forum. Hope your New Year is a Blessed one!

b0b, I just want to tell you how grateful I am for starting the Steel Guitar Forum in the first place.
I am so into this forum I would find it very hard to adapt to life with out it.
Thank you from the heart b0b. God bless you.

You guys are all so great! Thank YOU for the support and participation. It couldn't have happened without YOU.

Bob, this Forum has given me endless resources to tap the knowledge and share the experience of playing steel guitar. I can't begin to express my appreciation for the friendship and connection to a community much larger than my mind can comprehend. Thanks for the creation of this wonderful Forum and its amazing membership.

B0b, you made us all a big family.
Thank you!

You have done so much for the Steel Guitar.

I think for number #25 we’ll have to crowd fund a pedal steel shaped cake for you b0b. It will be tuned to D6 of course.

Congrats on a job continually well done!

Colin Swinney wrote:I think for number #25 we’ll have to crowd fund a pedal steel shaped cake for you b0b. It will be tuned to D6 of course.

You can tune a fish but you can't tune a cake.

Thank you b0b. What a wild crazy family this is.I'm on here multiple times a day,you folks truly are family.

Thank you bOb. You created something that is a part of many people's daily lives. And we thank you for that. Congrats.

How much richer we steel guitarists are for all the work done by folks like b0b, Tom Bradshaw and Scotty.
Thank YOU!!!