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Topic: Beginner Needing a Pedal Steel Guitar |
Ryan Mullikin
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2014 2:29 pm |
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I am a beginner who just joined the forum last week after researching different topics on here for the past couple of months. I am a true beginner in the sense that I have never attempted to learned an instrument before. I am looking to stay around $1,000 or less for my first guitar. After checking out the site, here are some of the things I feel I should be looking for in a PSG:
1) An S10 or SD10 with Emmons E9th setup so that I can easily follow the teaching material I purchased.
2) a used pro model (MSA, BMI, etc.) that has at least 3 pedals and 4 knee levers. Or a used Stage One since the reputation of these seem to be so high.
I talked to Doug at Stage One via e-mail and there is currently several months waiting list for a brand new unit. I am not really wanting to go the Carter Starter route just because of the build quality issues I have read about. I will need a volume pedal and amp at some point so a package deal would be great but not absolutely necessary.
Please let me know what you have. Any advice would be appreciated as well, since I can use all the help I can get at this point. I am in between Dayton and Middletown so maybe someone knows of resources I could tap into in this area.
Thanks, Ryan. |
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Lynn Gray
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Missouri by way of Virginia, a little Tennessee and with deep Texas roots, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2014 9:03 am
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Hi Ryan......Welcome to the journey  I'm just about 9 months ahead of you. Some great resources here on the forum. I highly recommend the StageOne or Encore. Doug builds a great guitar. I see used ones on here occasionally, but you have to be quick it seems.
Have fun and enjoy it, no matter how frustrating it can be at times 
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Zum Encore, Mullen G2, Walker StereoSteel, Peavey NV112 |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Ryan Mullikin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2014 2:54 pm
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Thanks Lynn and Lane.
Still looking. |
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Ryan Mullikin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2014 7:28 am
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I got my eye on a Dekley, nothing for sure yet. Here is some of the description the seller gave and I have seen a few pictures:
"BIRDSEYE MAPLE AND CHROME TRIM 10 STRING STEEL GUITAR W/3 PEDALS, 4 KNEE BUMPS, LOW BOY VOLUME PEDAL & TUNING TOOL..........
What do you guys think?
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2014 7:39 am
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| Dekleys are really good sounding, stable as a rock. The only con I have is the weight. They are heavy. If you purchase this guitar you will never need another if E-9 is what you are going for. |
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Don Poland
From:
Hanover, PA.
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Posted 13 Apr 2014 9:24 am
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| Ryan Mullikin wrote: |
I got my eye on a Dekley, nothing for sure yet. Here is some of the description the seller gave and I have seen a few pictures:
"BIRDSEYE MAPLE AND CHROME TRIM 10 STRING STEEL GUITAR W/3 PEDALS, 4 KNEE BUMPS, LOW BOY VOLUME PEDAL & TUNING TOOL. NEW STRINGS (EXTRA STRINGS) AND IS VERY CLEAN AND HAS BEEN KEPT IMMACULATE, SOUND IS WONDERFULLY FULL AND WARM. COMPARE IT TO A GFI OR A CARTER AND YOU WILL SEE THERE IS NO COMPARISON. THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL MODEL. IT COMES WITH A HARD TOURING CASE AND STAGE DUST COVER. THIS STEEL IS FANTASTIC FOR BEING THIRTY SOMETHING YEARS OLD, ALSO IS AS SOLID AS A ROCK AND MULTI ADJUSTABLE. EVERYTHING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. (CASE IS IN GOOD CONDITION) DEKLEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1984, THIS A VERY RARE INSTRUMENT AND IS NOW A COLLECTORS ITEM THAT IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. I'M ASKING $999.00 FOR THE WHOLE THING OR I WOULD RATHER TRADE FOR SOMETHING FUN OR OF VALUE."
He is checking on if it is Emmons setup. What do you guys think? |
If they are the owner, wouldn't they already know if it was Emmons or Day setup? If they are not the owner, I would want to know who is. Ask for pictures and be specific to what you want to see. Hard for a scammer to get "specific" pics when asked for them. Just be careful, is all I am saying. |
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Ryan Mullikin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2014 12:44 pm
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| When I texted him about the guitar he said it belonged to his father in law who recently passed away. I should have added that to the last post. |
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Don Poland
From:
Hanover, PA.
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Posted 13 Apr 2014 3:26 pm
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| Ryan Mullikin wrote: |
| When I texted him about the guitar he said it belonged to his father in law who recently passed away. I should have added that to the last post. |
Then he shouldn't have any problem getting you some "specific" pictures.  |
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Ryan Mullikin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2014 2:47 pm
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Ok, I requested pics of the underside and the changer end. He said it is Emmons set up. Let me know if these pics tell you anything as I have no idea.
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Russell Nugent
From:
LA (lower Alabama)
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Posted 14 Apr 2014 2:52 pm
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| That's a clean guitar! For $999, you should have already purchased it by the time you read this! That's all the guitar you'll need for many years. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 15 Apr 2014 9:54 am
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Agreed. That's a couple hundred off its normal price.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Lynn Gray
From:
Missouri by way of Virginia, a little Tennessee and with deep Texas roots, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2014 7:32 am
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$50 more gets you a brand new StageOne with 3 and 4, an excellent travel case with leg/rod pouch and builder support from Doug just a phone call away. Just saying.......bang for the buck.....the only thing more expensive than buying it once is buying it twice......
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Zum Encore, Mullen G2, Walker StereoSteel, Peavey NV112 |
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Ryan Mullikin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 May 2014 8:20 am Please Close
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| Update - I ended up getting that Dekley and am very pleased so far. I have practiced maybe about 6 times so far using the "Teach yourself to play pedal steel guitar" book/cd. I think I am hooked! Thanks |
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Tony Rankin
From:
Land O’ Lakes, FL
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Posted 6 May 2014 8:31 am
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Ryan,
You must live fairly near to me. If I can help you, get in touch.
Tony
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