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Alive and quite well, I believe.

At least as of a few days ago. I saw him post on Facebook.

Thanks very much, Howard. I generally don't do Facebook so didn't look there. I found a bunch of you ...

I've been trying to find information on Curtis Burch. I can see his old web site on archive.org but am surmising he has passed, but can't find an obituary anywhere (nor here on SGF). If anyone has lin ...

Like many of you, I learned twice from Bill's books, first from the Earl Scruggs book, then from the Pedal Steel book. Bill was a musician's musician, a gentleman, and a scholar. Rest in Peace, Bill. ...

Michael,

Thanks! The SGF is the greatest place. I'll get some measurements off the rods and place an order. Tom was in the process of moving his shop or he would have replaced them when he did the ...

I finally refurbished a Sho-Bud Pro I that I bought here on the forum a few years ago. Tom Bradshaw added a knee for me and gave it a really great tune up. The one thing I'd like to do now is to repla ...

Congratulations my friend!! This was fantastic! Loved the harmonics at the end. I checked in here pretty late, but gotta say I'm really happy for you and hope you get many more of these.

Great advice above to contact Martin and ask. The solvent I've personally used for years on guitars (including a 1977 D-35 I bought new) is lemon oil. With any solvent or cleaning product you end up u ...

The [url=http://www.bandinfo.org/oldspiceboys]Old Spice Boys are opening a night of Americana music at [url=http://www.donquixotesmusic.info/]Don Quixote's International Music Hall tonight at 8pm. The ...

I'm planning a visit to the Oceanside area this summer and was thrilled to learn of Jim Palenscar's shop. I will be sure to pay a visit. Thanks for posting this!!

For others interested, here is a U ...

I think it depends somewhat on other experience you have playing musical instruments, particularly stringed instruments. I played dobro before starting on steel, so I feel it was easier for me than fo ...

Just saw this job on craigslist:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/muc/701347698.html

Just wanted to weigh in and make a point here about supporting the Forum and Forum Members. For "first come, first served" sales, I personally favor forum posts as a means of establishing wh ...

His discography on steel is mightily impressive, and thats with A list artists of that era
Bob, can you post a list or URL for Jerry's steel discography? I would love to check that out.

Thanks!

We played a gig at a bar and my NashVille 112, usually quiet as a mouse, was humming badly at playing volume. Two sources of noise there drove my rig crazy: neon lights in the bar and the sound man's ...

It comes with a special bracket for the steel guitar leg as opposed to some with a mic stand bracket.

I love my Peterson Stroboflip! And the bracket Tamara mentions comes in two sizes: if the one t ...

When I first got mine, I had a similar observation about the L-10K. Would you happen to be playing through an amp or directly into a mixer (for practice)? When played directly into a mixer, I get very ...

The band I play in is looking for a studio in the SF Bay Area (preferably south bay) that would be a good choice for recording alternative country and Americana type music (Gram Parsons, Flying Burrit ...

Bill Rudolph (Williams builder) puts notches on the hook ends of the rods to correspond to the rod position (1 notch = pedal 1, 2 notches = pedal 2, etc.). I love this because I can run my thumbnail o ...

BETTER PAYING JOB THAN PICKING

What d'ya mean? He's trading one kind of picking for another! Just picking grapes, now. Winking

But seriously, welcome to the coast. I don't get down SLO way too often ...

It's available from Nesmith's "video ranch" site or iTunes as downloads, and maybe from Amazon or elsewhere on a 2 LP CD "And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'/Pretty Much Your Standard Ra ...

No Depression was the name of an an Uncle Tupelo song, no?

I believe the magazine's name is taken from the Carter Family song, "No Depression in Heaven".

Another ND subscriber here who is greatly disappointed to learn this news. Crying or Very sad

What a fantastic source of musical news and inspiration for us to lose. Its a sad day. My condolences to fellow ND read ...

Hi Ryan,

Wow! This wonderful forum never ceases to amaze me! I am going to give that tab a try and see what I can make of it.

Thanks very much!

There's this extended upward progression Paul Franklin plays in this very cool YouTube video of him playing with Dire Straits: http://youtube.com/watch?v=W6lIB3mmDH8 that starts at 0:09 and ends aroun ...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7XCFG0Y82O0

The guy playing in the video (I think) posted a follow up comment that said something like "the levers are all backwards compared to mine". So what ...

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Topic: Curtis Burch
Joe Buczek Replies: 5 Views: 1642	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 Mar 2024 8:25 am Subject: Curtis Burch
Joe Buczek Replies: 5 Views: 1642	Alive and quite well, I believe. At least as of a few days ago. I saw him post on Facebook. Thanks very much, Howard. I generally don't do Facebook so didn't look there. I found a bunch of you ...
Topic: Curtis Burch
Joe Buczek Replies: 5 Views: 1642	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Mar 2024 11:40 am Subject: Curtis Burch
Joe Buczek Replies: 5 Views: 1642	I've been trying to find information on Curtis Burch. I can see his old web site on archive.org but am surmising he has passed, but can't find an obituary anywhere (nor here on SGF). If anyone has lin ...
Topic: RIP Bill Keith
Joe Buczek Replies: 34 Views: 20224	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 25 Nov 2015 6:46 pm Subject: RIP Bill Keith
Joe Buczek Replies: 34 Views: 20224	Like many of you, I learned twice from Bill's books, first from the Earl Scruggs book, then from the Pedal Steel book. Bill was a musician's musician, a gentleman, and a scholar. Rest in Peace, Bill. ...
Topic: WTB Sho-Bud end tuner nylon nut stock
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 792	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:44 am Subject: Thanks!
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 792	Michael, Thanks! The SGF is the greatest place. I'll get some measurements off the rods and place an order. Tom was in the process of moving his shop or he would have replaced them when he did the ...
Topic: WTB Sho-Bud end tuner nylon nut stock
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 792	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 14 Apr 2013 8:16 pm Subject: WTB Sho-Bud end tuner nylon nut stock
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 792	I finally refurbished a Sho-Bud Pro I that I bought here on the forum a few years ago. Tom Bradshaw added a knee for me and gave it a really great tune up. The one thing I'd like to do now is to repla ...
Topic: Yours truly on the CBS Early Show
Joe Buczek Replies: 25 Views: 8132	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 9 Dec 2010 8:36 am Subject: Congrats!
Joe Buczek Replies: 25 Views: 8132	Congratulations my friend!! This was fantastic! Loved the harmonics at the end. I checked in here pretty late, but gotta say I'm really happy for you and hope you get many more of these.
Topic: Cleaning tobacco smoke residue off of wooden guitar parts ..
Joe Buczek Replies: 32 Views: 17718	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Aug 2009 8:02 pm Subject: Cleaning tobacco smoke residue off of wooden guitar parts ..
Joe Buczek Replies: 32 Views: 17718	Great advice above to contact Martin and ask. The solvent I've personally used for years on guitars (including a 1977 D-35 I bought new) is lemon oil. With any solvent or cleaning product you end up u ...
Topic: Old Spice Boys - Friday November 21 @ 8pm - SF Bay Area, Ca
Joe Buczek Replies: 1 Views: 551	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:23 am Subject: Old Spice Boys - Friday November 21 @ 8pm - SF Bay Area, Ca
Joe Buczek Replies: 1 Views: 551	The [url=http://www.bandinfo.org/oldspiceboys]Old Spice Boys are opening a night of Americana music at [url=http://www.donquixotesmusic.info/]Don Quixote's International Music Hall tonight at 8pm. The ...
Topic: Steel shop in Oceanside,California
Joe Buczek Replies: 13 Views: 3713	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Jun 2008 11:25 pm Subject: Thanks for posting this!
Joe Buczek Replies: 13 Views: 3713	I'm planning a visit to the Oceanside area this summer and was thrilled to learn of Jim Palenscar's shop. I will be sure to pay a visit. Thanks for posting this!! For others interested, here is a U ...
Topic: Where should I be in one year ?
Joe Buczek Replies: 20 Views: 4424	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 31 May 2008 11:41 am Subject: Where should I be in one year ?
Joe Buczek Replies: 20 Views: 4424	I think it depends somewhat on other experience you have playing musical instruments, particularly stringed instruments. I played dobro before starting on steel, so I feel it was easier for me than fo ...
Topic: SF Bay area - steel player wanted for recording
Joe Buczek Replies: 0 Views: 1162	Forum Section: Jobs Posted: 31 May 2008 11:17 am Subject: SF Bay area - steel player wanted for recording
Joe Buczek Replies: 0 Views: 1162	Just saw this job on craigslist: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/muc/701347698.html
Topic: selling etiquette
Joe Buczek Replies: 94 Views: 444786	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 24 May 2008 9:31 am Subject: selling etiquette
Joe Buczek Replies: 94 Views: 444786	Just wanted to weigh in and make a point here about supporting the Forum and Forum Members. For "first come, first served" sales, I personally favor forum posts as a means of establishing wh ...
Topic: Garcia and the New Riders.. cool clip!!!
Joe Buczek Replies: 85 Views: 23966	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 17 May 2008 8:25 am Subject: Garcia and the New Riders.. cool clip!!!
Joe Buczek Replies: 85 Views: 23966	His discography on steel is mightily impressive, and thats with A list artists of that era Bob, can you post a list or URL for Jerry's steel discography? I would love to check that out. Thanks!
Topic: true tone hum
Joe Buczek Replies: 17 Views: 3376	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 May 2008 9:15 am Subject: true tone hum
Joe Buczek Replies: 17 Views: 3376	We played a gig at a bar and my NashVille 112, usually quiet as a mouse, was humming badly at playing volume. Two sources of noise there drove my rig crazy: neon lights in the bar and the sound man's ...
Topic: Need a new Tuner
Joe Buczek Replies: 15 Views: 5257	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 May 2008 4:14 pm Subject: Re: turbo flip by peterson
Joe Buczek Replies: 15 Views: 5257	It comes with a special bracket for the steel guitar leg as opposed to some with a mic stand bracket. I love my Peterson Stroboflip! And the bracket Tamara mentions comes in two sizes: if the one t ...
Topic: L120 pedal has almost no "swell"
Joe Buczek Replies: 9 Views: 2424	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 May 2008 4:06 pm Subject: L120 pedal has almost no "swell"
Joe Buczek Replies: 9 Views: 2424	When I first got mine, I had a similar observation about the L-10K. Would you happen to be playing through an amp or directly into a mixer (for practice)? When played directly into a mixer, I get very ...
Topic: Recommend SF Bay Area studio
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 1573	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 22 Apr 2008 10:01 pm Subject: Recommend SF Bay Area studio
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 1573	The band I play in is looking for a studio in the SF Bay Area (preferably south bay) that would be a good choice for recording alternative country and Americana type music (Gram Parsons, Flying Burrit ...
Topic: Color Coded Rods
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 6168	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Apr 2008 10:25 am Subject: Color Coded Rods
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 6168	Bill Rudolph (Williams builder) puts notches on the hook ends of the rods to correspond to the rod position (1 notch = pedal 1, 2 notches = pedal 2, etc.). I love this because I can run my thumbnail o ...
Topic: Moving to Calif (Central Coast)
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 7916	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 Apr 2008 5:23 pm Subject: Moving to Calif (Central Coast)
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 7916	BETTER PAYING JOB THAN PICKING What d'ya mean? He's trading one kind of picking for another! Just picking grapes, now. But seriously, welcome to the coast. I don't get down SLO way too often ...
Topic: Red Rhodes with Michael Nesmith
Joe Buczek Replies: 45 Views: 19803	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 6 Apr 2008 8:23 am Subject: Red Rhodes with Michael Nesmith
Joe Buczek Replies: 45 Views: 19803	It's available from Nesmith's "video ranch" site or iTunes as downloads, and maybe from Amazon or elsewhere on a 2 LP CD "And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'/Pretty Much Your Standard Ra ...
Topic: No Depression Ceases To Publish
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 7937	Forum Section: Music Posted: 14 Mar 2008 5:09 am Subject: No Depression Ceases To Publish
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 7937	No Depression was the name of an an Uncle Tupelo song, no? I believe the magazine's name is taken from the Carter Family song, "No Depression in Heaven".
Topic: No Depression Ceases To Publish
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 7937	Forum Section: Music Posted: 29 Feb 2008 11:36 pm Subject: No Depression Ceases To Publish
Joe Buczek Replies: 26 Views: 7937	Another ND subscriber here who is greatly disappointed to learn this news. What a fantastic source of musical news and inspiration for us to lose. Its a sad day. My condolences to fellow ND read ...
Topic: What is Paul Franklin doing here?
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 2976	Forum Section: Tablature Posted: 29 Feb 2008 4:03 pm Subject: What is Paul Franklin doing here?
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 2976	Hi Ryan, Wow! This wonderful forum never ceases to amaze me! I am going to give that tab a try and see what I can make of it. Thanks very much!
Topic: What is Paul Franklin doing here?
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 2976	Forum Section: Tablature Posted: 29 Feb 2008 6:29 am Subject: What is Paul Franklin doing here?
Joe Buczek Replies: 2 Views: 2976	There's this extended upward progression Paul Franklin plays in this very cool YouTube video of him playing with Dire Straits: http://youtube.com/watch?v=W6lIB3mmDH8 that starts at 0:09 and ends aroun ...
Topic: D-10 GFI Sold close up
Joe Buczek Replies: 19 Views: 8698	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 13 Feb 2008 6:33 am Subject: Re: See it, hear it, BUY IT!
Joe Buczek Replies: 19 Views: 8698	http://youtube.com/watch?v=7XCFG0Y82O0 The guy playing in the video (I think) posted a follow up comment that said something like "the levers are all backwards compared to mine". So what ...