The Steel Guitar Forum

Found this on Facebook. James Burton on a Rickenbacker pedal steel. I’ve never seen one before.

This could be the same guitar, same curtins, same tie, same photo shoot? I wonder what it sounded like?

It looks like the same shoot. I’m betting someone on here knows about these guitars.

I don't anything about them but here is another picture.

Joe check out that Rickenbacker amp in the back ground quite a few older Ricky lap steels here north in Canada...they sound fine...d..

Didn't our host Bob Lee have a Ric with pedals??.. I could be wrong but I thought he or someone else around here had one and it wasn't too good a player.. I know they did make some pedal steels.. No knees most likely, and I think 8 strings..

Bob,
The picture I posted said that 10 string necks were available.
Erv

Garry Vanderlinde wrote:I wonder what it sounded like?

That would depend entirely on who was playing it.

Donny Hinson wrote:

Garry Vanderlinde wrote:I wonder what it sounded like?

That would depend entirely on who was playing it.

Yea, I wonder if James and Ricky played the guitar at all or was it just a photo shoot $ and if they did play it, what did they sound like

James did play some pedal steel, but Ricky did not.

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Interesting history anyway.