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Topic: Wanted: Pedal Steel guitar for around $800 for beginner? |
Doug Tewksbury
From:
Buffalo, NY
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 4:55 am |
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I'm a new pedal steel player, about six months playing, and I'm hooked for life. This is the instrument that I'd always wanted to play since I learned guitar 15 years ago, and I can safely say it's been everything that I thought it would be. I simply love it.
But I think I'm learning on the wrong instrument. My current guitar is a Fender 400, 3 pedal, two added knee levers. It sounds wonderful and plays fine, but I don't think it's the right guitar for me at the moment. Not to learn on, anyway.
Ideally, I'd love a guitar that I could use for at least the next 5 years without outgrowing, but I also know $800 isn't a whole lot for what I'm looking for. But I'm a poor doctoral student and it's all I can afford these days.
Thanks to all - the forum has been a fantastic place to learn! |
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Dave O'Brien
From:
Florida and New Jersey
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 6:07 am steel
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| Bobbe just received a shipment of new Carter Starters. contact him at www.steelguitar.net. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 11:52 am
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I think you will need to spend more money to get something you won't grow out of pretty fast. You might get lucky though.
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Ron !
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 3:52 pm
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Why not put the Fender up for trade with an additional $800.......that would put you in the ballpark of $1200-$1400(depending on the Fenders condition).
I'll bet you will find someone that is willing to trade on that.
Ron |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2009 1:30 pm
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Hey Doug,
This one is on the Forum right now. OOPS, sorry, it already sold. I guess I better scroll down before posting.
Happy Hunting!
Duncan
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." |
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Ray Thomas
From:
Goldsboro North Carolina
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Posted 12 Apr 2009 6:14 pm Wanted
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| Doug, I know where there is an older sho-bud with 3 and 2 for 850, its going to need a little work to get it up to power, have you considered a carter-starter ????.If you want to look into the sho-bud let me know,, Ill get you a phone number. |
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Bobby D. Reed
From:
Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2009 5:12 am
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Doug;
If you're still looking I have a SD10 Wilcox that looks and plays good. It could use a little buffing as the metal is cloudly but the guitar is solid. It has a Goerg-L pickup and 3 & 4. $900.
Thanks Bobby 615 824 4187 |
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Wayne D. Clark
From:
Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2009 3:57 pm
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Doug, try Billy Carr's Steel Guitar Shop. carr@bayspringstel.net. I also have his phone # and addess. give me you Email and i'll sent it to you. I had an PGS a couple of years ago, sent it to him and he sold it for me.I know he has traids. Give him a try. A nice S10 3/2 or 4 should last you for 5 years.You can get a lot of music out of that set up.
Desert Rose s10 3/5
Goodrich Pedal
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Doug Tewksbury
From:
Buffalo, NY
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Posted 29 Apr 2009 6:35 am
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Thanks to everyone who replied and offered suggestions. You know, I'm still new here, but am amazed by people's generosity. I probably received 20 offers, privately and publicly.
I ended up going with a BMI S-10, 3x4, which arrived yesterday. It's a great guitar, and I think it'll last me for a long, long time. So big thanks to all who offered to get me started, but particularly to Buddy Maxell, who seems like quite a nice guy all around. |
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