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I don't have any photos of it, but Glenn Ross Campbell plays an archtop converted into a non-pedal steel these days - I heard him play some jump blues in a tuning of his own devising, on it at his hou ...

I check out everything you post, Rich - and I really like this. So good!

I want to flag the aforementioned rendition of "Nola" by Bernie Kaai.

Appreciate you calling attention to this James, I had a good listen this morning - really cool. I've heard lots of ...

The flight case is another positive development, great to see, Toshiyuki!

In the spirit of Brisbane Bop, you can find bootleg live recordings of Vance Terry with the Billy Jack Wills band here -

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=346746&highlight=billy ...

Really just chiming in here to thank Duane for recommending that Don Edwards album of Gene Autry songs with Tom Morrell... Wow. Thank you so much!

Adding onto Tim's suggestions about Bob Wills, the ...

I previously owned a Fender Stringmaster but these days play a John Allison S-8 console steel.

Although I love the inclusion of the blend control like on the Fender, I find the John Allison's confi ...

The Trotmore is a special guitar, definitely in the right hands with you, Rick - but the photo album! I can't wait.

Great stuff, Joe - I've been enjoying your posts lately. Give us more!

Am I correct in saying you keep a 6th tuning, the E13th, and G11th on this steel?

Congolese rumba is the only other music to make an impression on me as deep as Hawaiian music in the past decade - the latter being the reason that I even started to play the steel! I've been explorin ...

Hi all, and thanks for your replies. It was a long day over here for me - I did mean 1st string F#, not 4th. Shocked

I appreciate the affirmation to get on with playing, and the reassurance that wh ...

Hi all. Over a year ago I posted here seeking opinions on whether I should convert a 3x4 to some sort of C6th S10 or to proceed with E9th.

Fast forward to the present day, and I've decided to start ...

What a great development! I'm looking forward to hearing how these sound. These are the first pickups I've seen that I'd consider retrofitting to my John Allison Stringmaster-style console...

Thanks Nick. Alternatively, if not a Sho~Bud then perhaps an Excel without pedals? If you told me it was a custom based on the Jerry Byrd model, I'd believe it. Obviously that particular axe is not a ...

A question probably for those who get to the various steel guitar festivals in Hawai'i.

Anybody know what kind of steel Pomai Brown plays? Great touch and tone! I understand he studied with Jerry B ...

Dead keen, Mike - loved Steelin' Scales & Modes and Bebop Lap Steel Guitar. Count me in!

Sublime. Recorded 14th September, 1934. The frypan had barely been available for two years at the time this was recorded. As Andy points out, Dick's playing is a turning point - a fully-formed departu ...

Great episode, really enjoyed.

Mike: Not to derail the subject, am I right to assume to that Raphael namedrops the same Moonlighters you were apart of? Was there any crossover between the two of y ...

I second this emotion - Rich is really great.

I play non-pedal in C6th-centric tunings - and I don't see that changing - but I have been dabbling with pedals/E9th as well.

I have found Rich's ...

Two brunette bakelite beauties! I'll take one or both - we don't discriminate around here...

Hi Rich,

Thanks for posting - I always keep one eye on your non-pedal stuff over in the other section!

I love hearing Hawaiian played on the pedal steel and aspire to do so myself. Bill Stafford ...

I guess it depends what you're going for, but I'd look at King's Serenade ('Imi Au Ia 'Oe), Green Rose Hula, things like that. I can't overstate how much there is to be learned from the very simplest ...

I've hardly been able to get away from this song for the last month or two.

Can anyone else recommend later work with Leon's steel playing?

I really love this, surely there are other "late ...

On top, treble-side is the only option for me. Put it anywhere else and you're removing the ability to make volume swells with your pinky while you pick.

Of course, you may use a volume pedal to ac ...

Thanks for the link to Michael Johnstone's playing. Phenomenal slants remind me of Billy Robinson, amazing moving voices that seem like pedal steel at first listen.

The Billy Hew Len archive, recor ...

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Topic: Archtop steel guitars
Levi Gemmell Replies: 21 Views: 2491	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Feb 2025 3:45 pm Subject: Archtop steel guitars
Levi Gemmell Replies: 21 Views: 2491	I don't have any photos of it, but Glenn Ross Campbell plays an archtop converted into a non-pedal steel these days - I heard him play some jump blues in a tuning of his own devising, on it at his hou ...
Topic: It's really me here.
Levi Gemmell Replies: 21 Views: 2418	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Dec 2024 11:20 pm Subject: It's really me here.
Levi Gemmell Replies: 21 Views: 2418	I check out everything you post, Rich - and I really like this. So good!
Topic: Cumquat Lives!
Levi Gemmell Replies: 20 Views: 3289	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Nov 2024 4:39 pm Subject: Cumquat Lives!
Levi Gemmell Replies: 20 Views: 3289	I want to flag the aforementioned rendition of "Nola" by Bernie Kaai. Appreciate you calling attention to this James, I had a good listen this morning - really cool. I've heard lots of ...
Topic: SHOJI: New Steel Guitar Brand from Japan
Levi Gemmell Replies: 101 Views: 21665	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 4 Nov 2024 12:29 pm Subject: SHOJI: New Steel Guitar Brand from Japan
Levi Gemmell Replies: 101 Views: 21665	The flight case is another positive development, great to see, Toshiyuki!
Topic: Live albums that feature non-pedal steel
Levi Gemmell Replies: 19 Views: 2436	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Oct 2024 3:04 pm Subject: Live albums that feature non-pedal steel
Levi Gemmell Replies: 19 Views: 2436	In the spirit of Brisbane Bop, you can find bootleg live recordings of Vance Terry with the Billy Jack Wills band here - https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=346746&highlight=billy ...
Topic: Live albums that feature non-pedal steel
Levi Gemmell Replies: 19 Views: 2436	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Oct 2024 12:23 am Subject: Live albums that feature non-pedal steel
Levi Gemmell Replies: 19 Views: 2436	Really just chiming in here to thank Duane for recommending that Don Edwards album of Gene Autry songs with Tom Morrell... Wow. Thank you so much! Adding onto Tim's suggestions about Bob Wills, the ...
Topic: Modern fender stringmaster copies?
Levi Gemmell Replies: 8 Views: 1423	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Oct 2024 3:47 pm Subject: Modern fender stringmaster copies?
Levi Gemmell Replies: 8 Views: 1423	I previously owned a Fender Stringmaster but these days play a John Allison S-8 console steel. Although I love the inclusion of the blend control like on the Fender, I find the John Allison's confi ...
Topic: Trotmore & JB's Photo Album
Levi Gemmell Replies: 12 Views: 1821	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Jun 2024 11:03 am Subject: Trotmore & JB's Photo Album
Levi Gemmell Replies: 12 Views: 1821	The Trotmore is a special guitar, definitely in the right hands with you, Rick - but the photo album! I can't wait.
Topic: Aloha Tears (E13th)
Levi Gemmell Replies: 8 Views: 1498	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 May 2024 2:34 pm Subject: Aloha Tears (E13th)
Levi Gemmell Replies: 8 Views: 1498	Great stuff, Joe - I've been enjoying your posts lately. Give us more! Am I correct in saying you keep a 6th tuning, the E13th, and G11th on this steel?
Topic: African/Latin/Hawaiian Steel-VIDEO
Levi Gemmell Replies: 20 Views: 2353	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 May 2024 4:32 pm Subject: African/Latin/Hawaiian Steel-VIDEO
Levi Gemmell Replies: 20 Views: 2353	Congolese rumba is the only other music to make an impression on me as deep as Hawaiian music in the past decade - the latter being the reason that I even started to play the steel! I've been explorin ...
Topic: Help needed with unconventional copedent - LDG 3x4
Levi Gemmell Replies: 7 Views: 1495	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Jan 2024 11:44 am Subject: Help needed with unconventional copedent - LDG 3x4
Levi Gemmell Replies: 7 Views: 1495	Hi all, and thanks for your replies. It was a long day over here for me - I did mean 1st string F#, not 4th. I appreciate the affirmation to get on with playing, and the reassurance that wh ...
Topic: Help needed with unconventional copedent - LDG 3x4
Levi Gemmell Replies: 7 Views: 1495	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Jan 2024 12:04 am Subject: Help needed with unconventional copedent - LDG 3x4
Levi Gemmell Replies: 7 Views: 1495	Hi all. Over a year ago I posted here seeking opinions on whether I should convert a 3x4 to some sort of C6th S10 or to proceed with E9th. Fast forward to the present day, and I've decided to start ...
Topic: New! - B8 Boxcar String Through Pickup
Levi Gemmell Replies: 7 Views: 2681	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Dec 2023 4:45 pm Subject: New! - B8 Boxcar String Through Pickup
Levi Gemmell Replies: 7 Views: 2681	What a great development! I'm looking forward to hearing how these sound. These are the first pickups I've seen that I'd consider retrofitting to my John Allison Stringmaster-style console...
Topic: Pomai Brown
Levi Gemmell Replies: 3 Views: 1618	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Nov 2023 12:25 pm Subject: Pomai Brown
Levi Gemmell Replies: 3 Views: 1618	Thanks Nick. Alternatively, if not a Sho~Bud then perhaps an Excel without pedals? If you told me it was a custom based on the Jerry Byrd model, I'd believe it. Obviously that particular axe is not a ...
Topic: Pomai Brown
Levi Gemmell Replies: 3 Views: 1618	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Nov 2023 8:42 pm Subject: Pomai Brown
Levi Gemmell Replies: 3 Views: 1618	A question probably for those who get to the various steel guitar festivals in Hawai'i. Anybody know what kind of steel Pomai Brown plays? Great touch and tone! I understand he studied with Jerry B ...
Topic: Lap steel tip #4: the importance of simple diatonic harmony
Levi Gemmell Replies: 21 Views: 6632	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Oct 2023 1:09 pm Subject: Lap steel tip #4: the importance of simple diatonic harmony
Levi Gemmell Replies: 21 Views: 6632	Dead keen, Mike - loved Steelin' Scales & Modes and Bebop Lap Steel Guitar. Count me in!
Topic: Dick McIntire 3 songs from 1st session 1934
Levi Gemmell Replies: 11 Views: 4284	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Oct 2023 3:34 pm Subject: Dick McIntire 3 songs from 1st session 1934
Levi Gemmell Replies: 11 Views: 4284	Sublime. Recorded 14th September, 1934. The frypan had barely been available for two years at the time this was recorded. As Andy points out, Dick's playing is a turning point - a fully-formed departu ...
Topic: Steel Episode 2: Raphael McGregor
Levi Gemmell Replies: 6 Views: 1758	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Sep 2023 3:29 pm Subject: Steel Episode 2: Raphael McGregor
Levi Gemmell Replies: 6 Views: 1758	Great episode, really enjoyed. Mike: Not to derail the subject, am I right to assume to that Raphael namedrops the same Moonlighters you were apart of? Was there any crossover between the two of y ...
Topic: Rich Hinman and Adam Levy
Levi Gemmell Replies: 2 Views: 901	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Sep 2023 6:45 pm Subject: Rich Hinman and Adam Levy
Levi Gemmell Replies: 2 Views: 901	I second this emotion - Rich is really great. I play non-pedal in C6th-centric tunings - and I don't see that changing - but I have been dabbling with pedals/E9th as well. I have found Rich's ...
Topic: Bronson Melody King Differences
Levi Gemmell Replies: 4 Views: 2849	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Sep 2023 7:43 pm Subject: Bronson Melody King Differences
Levi Gemmell Replies: 4 Views: 2849	Two brunette bakelite beauties! I'll take one or both - we don't discriminate around here...
Topic: Hawaiian style on PSG
Levi Gemmell Replies: 11 Views: 4596	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 4 Sep 2023 4:27 pm Subject: Hawaiian style on PSG
Levi Gemmell Replies: 11 Views: 4596	Hi Rich, Thanks for posting - I always keep one eye on your non-pedal stuff over in the other section! I love hearing Hawaiian played on the pedal steel and aspire to do so myself. Bill Stafford ...
Topic: Easy Hawaiian
Levi Gemmell Replies: 13 Views: 2983	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Aug 2023 2:17 pm Subject: Easy Hawaiian
Levi Gemmell Replies: 13 Views: 2983	I guess it depends what you're going for, but I'd look at King's Serenade ('Imi Au Ia 'Oe), Green Rose Hula, things like that. I can't overstate how much there is to be learned from the very simplest ...
Topic: The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart) Leon McAuliffe
Levi Gemmell Replies: 10 Views: 1848	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Aug 2023 11:39 pm Subject: The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart) Leon McAuliffe
Levi Gemmell Replies: 10 Views: 1848	I've hardly been able to get away from this song for the last month or two. Can anyone else recommend later work with Leon's steel playing? I really love this, surely there are other "late ...
Topic: Where to put a fry pan volume knob???
Levi Gemmell Replies: 4 Views: 1002	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Aug 2023 9:47 pm Subject: Where to put a fry pan volume knob???
Levi Gemmell Replies: 4 Views: 1002	On top, treble-side is the only option for me. Put it anywhere else and you're removing the ability to make volume swells with your pinky while you pick. Of course, you may use a volume pedal to ac ...
Topic: A6/F#7 tuning
Levi Gemmell Replies: 10 Views: 2349	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jul 2023 3:09 pm Subject: A6/F#7 tuning
Levi Gemmell Replies: 10 Views: 2349	Thanks for the link to Michael Johnstone's playing. Phenomenal slants remind me of Billy Robinson, amazing moving voices that seem like pedal steel at first listen. The Billy Hew Len archive, recor ...