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I can't stand fingerpicks. I use a thumbpick and my fingernails. Nail wear is sometimes a problem.

Well, I had no idea how much I did not know about all of this. Thanks to everyone for a lot of very helpful information. Now all I have to do is learn to play the thing. After all, how hard can it ...

After years of playing lap steel, I'm looking to (finally) get started on a Carter Starter that I got in trade years ago. It's my understanding that one of the knee levers is set up other than the Em ...

Brilliant. Another hit from Mr. Never-a-neer-miss! Seriously, that is so cool and fine.

Super--thanks, Mike!

Thanks, everyone, for the useful info. Mike, I did a search on Reverb and I don't see a "Show Only" option.

Getting ready to clean house and wondering what is the going rate for a Peavey Power Slide. I have not seen one listed on the SGF in ages. Most of the listings I find online seem higher than I expec ...

I get together with friends once or twice a week to play jazz tunes, mostly out of the Real Book (5th or 6th edition). It's fun, but I haven't yet achieved the results of Mike Neer or Rich Arnold. I ...

I paid more than this for one of these several years ago. It was not in as good condition as this one. I could not be more pleased with it. Someone should grab this one, it's more than a good deal-- ...

"And I think some of them can't even tell which sound is being played by which musician."

There are, indeed, such people. They are called "cameramen" or "directors."

You can find the threaded rods at Lowes and can cut them to the length you need for your T-8. If you slightly enlarge the pickup wire hole on your new single neck lap you can install an input jack th ...

You may be able to turn it into a double and two singles (the singles would not have volume/tone controls) in such a way that it could someday be restored to "quadness" with no visible signs ...

I've listened to a bunch of what people have listed here and have no hesitation mentioning Buddy Emmons on "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" (Judy Collins) and Jerry Byrd's solo on "I'm So Lo ...

Outstanding!

Nice choice and great work, Mike.

I use fingernails (plus John Pearse thumbpick)

Love my McKenna 8

You might try doing a forum search under the heading For Sale: Steel Guitars. You should be able to find the most recent sales of that same guitar. Good luck.

For what it's worth, Cindy Cashdollar suggests:

D B G E B G
16 18 26 34 46 56

If you like to go back and forth between the regular G tuning and the G6th, keep the 34 gauge string on ...

FWIW keyboard instruments and bowed strings instruments have gone low-to-high for centuries. Violin, viola, etc. list 4th string to 1st string.

I use 8 (A13, like a Junior Brown C13) and I wish I had 9. I could not go back to 6. I use the low strings a lot for both chords and melodic lines.

I think it depends on the instrument/person matchup. To be a top-flight instrumentalist you must have "athletic" hands for your particular instrument and your brain needs to be wired properl ...

Devon, this section is exclusively for guitars played with a steel bar. You need to be listed in the "Other Instruments" section.

That's the length from nut to bridge? That would be beyond long, into the baritone range.

FWIW, the scale that the author of the first article refers to as ("newer, fresher") "jazz minor scale" has been around for ages and is properly known as the ascending melodic mino ...

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Topic: Playing lap steel without picks
Mike Harris Replies: 26 Views: 2731	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Dec 2024 7:09 am Subject: lap steel without picks
Mike Harris Replies: 26 Views: 2731	I can't stand fingerpicks. I use a thumbpick and my fingernails. Nail wear is sometimes a problem.
Topic: Carter Starter: the wayward knee lever
Mike Harris Replies: 6 Views: 840	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 Nov 2024 11:11 am Subject: Carter Starter: the wayward knee lever
Mike Harris Replies: 6 Views: 840	Well, I had no idea how much I did not know about all of this. Thanks to everyone for a lot of very helpful information. Now all I have to do is learn to play the thing. After all, how hard can it ...
Topic: Carter Starter: the wayward knee lever
Mike Harris Replies: 6 Views: 840	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 22 Nov 2024 6:47 am Subject: Carter Starter: the wayward knee lever
Mike Harris Replies: 6 Views: 840	After years of playing lap steel, I'm looking to (finally) get started on a Carter Starter that I got in trade years ago. It's my understanding that one of the knee levers is set up other than the Em ...
Topic: Surfin’ with Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1
Mike Harris Replies: 11 Views: 1562	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Sep 2024 3:11 pm Subject: satie on steel
Mike Harris Replies: 11 Views: 1562	Brilliant. Another hit from Mr. Never-a-neer-miss! Seriously, that is so cool and fine.
Topic: Fair Price for Peavey Power Slide
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 1694	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Aug 2024 7:52 pm Subject: powerslide
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 1694	Super--thanks, Mike!
Topic: Fair Price for Peavey Power Slide
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 1694	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Aug 2024 10:09 am Subject: price for power slide
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 1694	Thanks, everyone, for the useful info. Mike, I did a search on Reverb and I don't see a "Show Only" option.
Topic: Fair Price for Peavey Power Slide
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 1694	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Aug 2024 5:29 am Subject: Fair Price for Peavey Power Slide
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 1694	Getting ready to clean house and wondering what is the going rate for a Peavey Power Slide. I have not seen one listed on the SGF in ages. Most of the listings I find online seem higher than I expec ...
Topic: Are there any single note JAZZ/Bebop players out here?
Mike Harris Replies: 35 Views: 8389	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Aug 2024 11:10 am Subject: jazz on lap steel
Mike Harris Replies: 35 Views: 8389	I get together with friends once or twice a week to play jazz tunes, mostly out of the Real Book (5th or 6th edition). It's fun, but I haven't yet achieved the results of Mike Neer or Rich Arnold. I ...
Topic: McKenna 8 String Square Neck Dobro PRICE LOWERD TO $700.00
Mike Harris Replies: 4 Views: 1536	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 7 Jul 2024 6:17 am Subject: Mckenna 8-string dobro
Mike Harris Replies: 4 Views: 1536	I paid more than this for one of these several years ago. It was not in as good condition as this one. I could not be more pleased with it. Someone should grab this one, it's more than a good deal-- ...
Topic: Is this a dumb idea? Selling a Quad neck to a T8 owner
Mike Harris Replies: 18 Views: 2037	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Jun 2024 11:16 am Subject: Quad 8
Mike Harris Replies: 18 Views: 2037	"And I think some of them can't even tell which sound is being played by which musician." There are, indeed, such people. They are called "cameramen" or "directors."
Topic: I found and acquired a beat-up QUAD! Now what?
Mike Harris Replies: 34 Views: 4912	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 May 2024 3:03 pm Subject: Quad conversion
Mike Harris Replies: 34 Views: 4912	You can find the threaded rods at Lowes and can cut them to the length you need for your T-8. If you slightly enlarge the pickup wire hole on your new single neck lap you can install an input jack th ...
Topic: I found and acquired a beat-up QUAD! Now what?
Mike Harris Replies: 34 Views: 4912	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 May 2024 1:05 pm Subject: Quad 8
Mike Harris Replies: 34 Views: 4912	You may be able to turn it into a double and two singles (the singles would not have volume/tone controls) in such a way that it could someday be restored to "quadness" with no visible signs ...
Topic: The Five Greatest Solos?
Mike Harris Replies: 34 Views: 6638	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 5 May 2024 2:50 pm Subject: Best solos
Mike Harris Replies: 34 Views: 6638	I've listened to a bunch of what people have listed here and have no hesitation mentioning Buddy Emmons on "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" (Judy Collins) and Jerry Byrd's solo on "I'm So Lo ...
Topic: Dizzy Fingers, Rockabilly arrangement
Mike Harris Replies: 13 Views: 1757	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Apr 2024 3:58 pm Subject: Dizzy Fingers
Mike Harris Replies: 13 Views: 1757	Outstanding!
Topic: A Town Without Pity
Mike Harris Replies: 20 Views: 4244	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Apr 2024 5:27 am Subject: Town Without Pity
Mike Harris Replies: 20 Views: 4244	Nice choice and great work, Mike.
Topic: Finger picks or no finger picks?
Mike Harris Replies: 50 Views: 10630	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Feb 2024 5:45 am Subject: picks or no picks?
Mike Harris Replies: 50 Views: 10630	I use fingernails (plus John Pearse thumbpick)
Topic: McKenna 8 string Dobro for sale
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 2545	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 17 Feb 2024 4:20 am Subject: Mckenna 8-string dobro
Mike Harris Replies: 7 Views: 2545	Love my McKenna 8
Topic: Jerry Byrd Sho Bud Fry Pan
Mike Harris Replies: 3 Views: 1958	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 29 Jan 2024 8:05 am Subject: price of guitar
Mike Harris Replies: 3 Views: 1958	You might try doing a forum search under the heading For Sale: Steel Guitars. You should be able to find the most recent sales of that same guitar. Good luck.
Topic: Working an alternate Tuning for Weissenborn (G6 ?)
Mike Harris Replies: 11 Views: 2279	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jan 2024 4:44 am Subject: G6 tuning options
Mike Harris Replies: 11 Views: 2279	For what it's worth, Cindy Cashdollar suggests: D B G E B G 16 18 26 34 46 56 If you like to go back and forth between the regular G tuning and the G6th, keep the 34 gauge string on ...
Topic: Big List of Eighty 8-String Tunings with Degrees
Mike Harris Replies: 17 Views: 4677	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Nov 2023 10:40 am Subject: string order
Mike Harris Replies: 17 Views: 4677	FWIW keyboard instruments and bowed strings instruments have gone low-to-high for centuries. Violin, viola, etc. list 4th string to 1st string.
Topic: 8 vs 6
Mike Harris Replies: 21 Views: 8233	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Nov 2023 11:33 am Subject: 6 or 8 strings
Mike Harris Replies: 21 Views: 8233	I use 8 (A13, like a Junior Brown C13) and I wish I had 9. I could not go back to 6. I use the low strings a lot for both chords and melodic lines.
Topic: Difficulty of pedal steel vs other instruments.
Mike Harris Replies: 96 Views: 34402	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Oct 2023 7:48 am Subject: most difficult instrument
Mike Harris Replies: 96 Views: 34402	I think it depends on the instrument/person matchup. To be a top-flight instrumentalist you must have "athletic" hands for your particular instrument and your brain needs to be wired properl ...
Topic: buy aiersi brand bell brass resonator guitar
Mike Harris Replies: 4 Views: 1134	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 16 Oct 2023 1:28 pm Subject: aersi guitars
Mike Harris Replies: 4 Views: 1134	Devon, this section is exclusively for guitars played with a steel bar. You need to be listed in the "Other Instruments" section.
Topic: Trying to identify - any ideas?
Mike Harris Replies: 4 Views: 2321	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Oct 2023 4:21 pm Subject: identify
Mike Harris Replies: 4 Views: 2321	That's the length from nut to bridge? That would be beyond long, into the baritone range.
Topic: Some theory for playing in Minor keys
Mike Harris Replies: 22 Views: 5258	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Oct 2023 4:10 am Subject: minor keys
Mike Harris Replies: 22 Views: 5258	FWIW, the scale that the author of the first article refers to as ("newer, fresher") "jazz minor scale" has been around for ages and is properly known as the ascending melodic mino ...