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Topic: How many pedal steels - which one ? |
Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 3:48 pm |
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This might be interesting.
How many steels do you own? Brand, # necks, # strings, # pedals and KLs, color and which do you use the most? |
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 4:06 pm steels.....
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Only one....a lacquer push pull with metal necks....8 pedals and 5 levers.
Don't need anything more.
Only other guitar I would love to have is a Sho-Bud Permanent. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 4:35 pm
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My main PSG is a CLR,S12, ext E9..5+5 Red, #2 is A MSA S12"The Universal" set up ext E9, 5+4 green, both laquer, I keep the CLR at Church, the MSA is my practice rig.
Bill
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Bill Ford S12 CLR, S12 Lamar keyless, Misc amps&toys Sharp Covers
Steeling for Jesus now!!! |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 6:47 pm
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A good friend of mine passed away in December. He had eight pedal steels in his collection, I only have two; '76 Emmons P/P D10 9&7 and an MSA S12 3&4 (set up as an E9th 10 string).
His are;
Jackson Madison D10
Mullen RP D10
Emmons LeGrande III D10
Emmons LeGrande III D10
Emmons LeGrande II D10
Emmons P/P D10 Wood
ShoBud D10 8&3 (really old permanent?)
One Emmons P/P that his wife is keeping. |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 7:22 pm
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I forgot to list mine.
I have two. Both are Carters. A'96 D10 Black Formica and an '03 D10 Green Formica both have 8 and 8 and are customized for me. I prefer and use the '96 more. At my age, I plan to have both left in my estate.
Bill Ford,
I have always thought that that green stained MSA is the prettiest steel ever made. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 8:35 pm
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I have three now:
Sierra Olympic S-12, 5+5, black formica, F Diatonic tuning
Desert Rose S-8, 5+5, brown wood, D6 tuning
ETS S-10, 3+4, burgundy paint, E9th tuning
I perform and record on the Desert Rose, and teach on the ETS. I rarely touch the Sierra.
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 9:28 pm
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#1 recording guitar_Emmons D-11 wraparound, 8-4.
#1 playing (pedal) guitar, Sho-Bud D-10,11 Professional 8-6.
Recording guitar, formerly for film score work, Sho-Bud D10 Super Pro 8-6 (very modified and had MIDI).
Sho-Bud T-11-11-16, 11 pedals and no knees, yet.
Emmons D-11 cut-tail 10-6.
Wright Q-8 7-peds.
Wright T-10 3-peds.
Marlen T-10 11-3.
Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10 (about to be rebuilt,again).
The guitar that gets played the most is a heavily modified Dekley D-12 that has had the peds and knees removed.
Wait til Chris Lucker weighs in. |
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Ron Scott
From:
Michigan
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Posted 4 Feb 2012 11:08 pm
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Just one right now and it is a Franklin Double 10 ,8 and 5. Hey Bob what is a ETS ? Sorry I've not heard of one. Don't get out much. Ron
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Franklin D10 Stereo - 8 and 6 - Black Box-Zum Encore 4 and 5 Nashville 400,Session 400, DD3 for delay ,also Benado Effects pedal.
Steeling with Franklin's..and Zum Encore |
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 1:46 am
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I have three
Fender 1000, 8 pedals
Fessenden d10, 8x8 black
Emmons cut-tail d10, 8x5 black
Mostly, I just play the Emmons these days. I really like them all though.
If I were to get anything else it would probably be a Sho-bud, ZB, or Gibson console grande. |
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Georg SΓΈrtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 5:16 am
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Have 6 PSGs. All are playable but a couple are at various stages of being restored and/or modified.
In Norway:
β’ Dekley S10 (ext E, modded). 5p, 4(+2)l, black.
β’ MSA S12 UNI. 6p, 5l, black.
β’ CarpSteel S10. 3p, 4l, blue.
In the US:
β’ GFI Sd10. 3p, 5l, brown/gold.
β’ Dekley D10. 8p, 4l, black.
β’ Dekley SD12 EXT. 5p, 5l, black.
Top one in each group/place gets played the most. |
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Steve Broatch
From:
Newcastle, England
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 6:33 am
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1975 D10 (8+4) ZB Custom (faded cherry/walnut? lacquer)
2005 D10 (8+6) Emmons LeGrande III (black mica)
2008 D10 (8+4) Mullen Royal Precision (blue burl mica)
Use the Mullen for practice in the house, the Emmons for studio and gigs and the ZB only rarely.
I play the Mullen the most because it's the only one that I have permanently set up at home. Love them all but the Emmons is my favourite. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 7:11 am
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I have 2.
Zum D-10 8&7 (currently on loan to a student)
74 MSA D-10 9&5
I appreciate that the MSA is easier to change copedent on: the back neck is currently shifting to a 10-string truncated Bb6 Universal (1&12 omitted). Note to those thinking of adding loadsa pulls to one neck of a D-10: load the front neck. It's a BITCH to work 37 pulls around all those knees.
When I find an S-12, that'll probably become my gigging guitar. Due to weight, I prefer schlepping the Zum. I kinda like the MSA tone better.
DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE!!!
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects
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Bill Moore
From:
Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 8:41 am
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I've sold some instruments in the past year, here's what I have now:
1981 Emmons D-10 P/P 8x4, walnut mica.
Rittenberry, SD-10, 3x5, black/red.
Desert Rose, S-10, 4x5, brown lacquer.
Emmons Student Model, S-10 P/P, 3x4, white mica.
I don't play the D-10 too much, I alternate between the others, but the Rittenberry is my favorite. The Emmons Student model is the one I use when weight is an important consideration. |
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 9:06 am
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Ron, ETS is East Texas Steel, I believe yet another started by Bud Carter. I'm sure someone will chime in and confirm or denounce.
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Mullen G2 SD10 3 & 5 The Eagle
NV112 amp===Earnie Ball V.P. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 8:18 pm
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I do believe that if you have more than one, one of them will have at least a slight edge over the
other(s) whether in actuality or in your mind...........one just fits better. |
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Ron Scott
From:
Michigan
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 8:24 pm
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Thanks Bob,very nice guitars. If they sound as good as they look they are great.Ron
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Franklin D10 Stereo - 8 and 6 - Black Box-Zum Encore 4 and 5 Nashville 400,Session 400, DD3 for delay ,also Benado Effects pedal.
Steeling with Franklin's..and Zum Encore |
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 9:28 pm
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I own two-
ZumSteel U-12 black/blackstone 2005
RusLer S-11 black/ mother of pearl inlays 1976 |
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Ray McCarthy
From:
New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 3:09 am
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Just one--a Derby SD-10 I got second hand from Billy Cooper's about 4 years ago.
Emmons setup, blue mica, nothing special, just great tone and playability. |
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Ray McCarthy
From:
New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 3:10 am
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Just one--a Derby SD-10 I got second hand from Billy Cooper's about 4 years ago.
Emmons setup, blue mica, nothing special, just great tone and playability. |
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Ray McCarthy
From:
New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 4:53 am
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Why do I keep getting these double posts? When I click on "submit" it takes forever and then it says "oops, this page is broken". Later I find that it posted twice. Can anyone tell me what's going on here?
B0b 
(I bet this will post twice too.) |
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Adam Sorber
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 4:57 am
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I gots two:
Shobud Pro II custom D10
Shobud Pro II custom SD10
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Adam Sorber
Sho Bud PROII custom D-10
Sho Bud PROII custom SD-10
Fender Super Twin Reverb
Fender Ultra-linear Twin Reverb |
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 6:30 am Two
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| I have two....a 1975 D10 Emmons PP, 8&4, "satin" walnut mica, purchased new from Ron Sr. and just recently acquired BMI "Flight Ready", 3&5, black mica. Presently, I'm playing my BMI, both stage & studio. |
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Sonny Priddy
From:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 8:19 am Steel's
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| I Have Two Sho-Bud LDG. New GFI Ultra. Three Amps Webb- Session 400- Nashville 112. Sonny. |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 9:41 am
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I have two distinctly different guitars and use them for distinctly different purposes.
For true country music, for the C6 neck and anything else that calls for a clean, bell tone I generally pull the '74 Emmons out of my studio, it is a D10 with 8+5 and George L humbuckers installed, and is the guitar I practice with.
For down-and-dirty roadhouse and fast blues-oriented sounds the ShoBud Pro I gets the call every time. It is a '78 S10 with 3+2 (knees on the right side) and has that classic single-coil growl, a very edgy tone that some have told me they identify with my playing style (maybe I'm taking it out TOO much). It makes a good jam guitar as it is also lighter and very quick to set up, also the right knee levers make for faster dominant 7th passing patterns. |
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