The Steel Guitar Forum

hello all,
We have some six thousand members in our great Forum.
i have been wondering how many of the members...........
1 regularly post? my guess is about 2%
2 Are full time players? my guess is about 0.1%
3 Have a regular day job and gig with a band 2or3 nights a week? my guess is about 50%
4 Are home only players.my guess is, the other 50%
I fall in to category 3,I gig 2nights each week.
Best regards
Billy

....and there is number 5, the category that I fall in: "Too old to cut the mustard anymore".

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Category 3.

..and I'm in number 6 : Have a regular day job and gig with a band 2-3 times a year !

Ole

#2...

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Mikey D...

well i play by myself. usually in churches and i speak also when allowed to do so. its hard telling i would say about 14 to 18 times a year its been more this year than last the numbers just keep getting bigger all the time.

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zum SD10 peavy session 400 peavy XR600G
if its not a zum steel it isn't real
just trying to steel for the Lord>

Number 4

Tony

A hybrid of 3 and 4... Practise a lot, and gig/jam when it can happen (probably average once a month).

#4

Full-time in music. Steel is my favorite part!

I am playing several nights a week.
I also have a little steel gig I do.
I post regularly, but you know that.
I also do production periodically.

I am a CAT 4.

I sell motorcycles for a living, the steels are there to help me unwind, and they do an excellent job of it. Great therapy!

A loaded Milennium and a couple Steel Kings would still be cheaper than a shrink!

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John Drury
NTSGA #3

Gene,

I'm in group 6. Never could cut the mustard. The only thing I can cut is the cheese.

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"I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back." --Henny Youngman

I'm a #1 and a #3. I post here a lot when I should be working LOL, and I play with a Praise and Worship band on Wednesday nights, two services on Sunday morning, and two Sunday nights a month. We also have rehearsals on Thursday nights. Five or six times a year we may play at other functions away from our church.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

edit ! I just noticed that this was pedal steel
topic ! I have been Non-ped for the last 8 years
pedals are to heavy for me .

I'm with Gene Jones - # 5 !
but refuse to lay down .

we get 30 to 50 gigs a year ,
the only time I suffer for it ! is
the late night stuff .

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Im playing for a Gospel band called - Debt Free out of Ridgeland Ms, We just about go anywhere anybody will let us, so that we can play. I don't know what my number would be, I feel good about myself today so I'll just be number 1

I guess that I fall somewhere between groups 3 and 4. I retired from teaching last year. We have a regular comedy/entertainment gig 12-15 times a year (25 years together) , but I play with two other groups on a volunteer basis twice a week at Lifecare and the VA Hospital. Country music from the 40's to the 60's. I started using the Superslide about a year ago, and I've promised the guys that they would see (and hear) pedals in January. Practice, practice. Dennis

You failed to include those of us that are retired and still gig.

Number 2

#2

Hook

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www.HookMoore.com

#3. Full time day job + 4 nights at one gig and usually at least 1 night each weekend with another. Busier now than I've ever been but that's OK.
BDBassett

#3 for me. Used to be #2, but got older and needed security. Now I'm ready to quit my day job and just go back to being happy again. Money, Schmoney.

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Mullen RP, Webb 6-14E, Peavey NV112, Hilton volume.

Category 1 and another category not mentioned.......retired and gig solo and with a band...gigs are seasonal...that's OK because then I can sit in my music room and do the things I like to do....I played for about thirty years in clubs and outdoor venues......now I really enjoy the solitude.

A major builder told me that 90% of the steels he sells are to "bedroom" players. Now that is not really a big deal since it seems that 90% of the 6 string acoustic and electric guitars are probably bought by bedroom players too.
I used to be a 2, now I guess it's a 213...book him Danno

put me in # 4 /1/2 .cant' cut the mustard but still play some