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Topic: Carter Starter Steel Guitar--Any Good? |
Tony Trout
From:
Murphy, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 9:05 am |
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Hey, Gang!
I joined the SGF a few days ago and am having a blast looking over some of the older posts on the board. I'm wanting to buy my first pedal steel but due to financial restricions, I can't purchase one for a few months and I'm looking at snagging a Carter starter pedal steel and I'm jsut wondering if those PSG's are any good? Is it hard to learn PSG? I've always wanted to learn how to play one and I'm seriously thinking about buying one is the near future and I'm just curious if the Carter steel guitars would be the best way to go for a beginner?
Any advice is appreciated! I'm so proud to be a member here!
Take Care/Your Friend,
Tony Trout
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Larry Phleger
From:
DuBois, PA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 9:44 am
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| IMHO, everything Carter makes is good. I have never played the Starter, but from what I have read, it appears to be the finest entry level steel out there. If you can, try to attend a steel show, and try one. That way you will know if you like it. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 10:11 am
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You basically have two ways to go on the cheap.
Dirt cheap is a 6 string lapsteel which gets you into picking and tunings etc.
Next is either a Carter Starter
or a used beat up something.
If you know what your looking for the something is often a very good choice.
If you don't...
a Carter Starter is a light wieght but accurate instrument.
it stays in tune, and is based on a standard set up for E9.
I have played one for abour 30 minutes.
While I found it rather light, if you play in a reasonable fashion it will work well for you.
I have heard about more than a few working steelers, that lost their pro level steel for one reason or another,
and picked up a Starter to keep working, and were happy enough till they could afford another pro steel or a double neck.
It will certainly give you an idea if steel is for you.
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Tony Trout
From:
Murphy, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 10:15 am
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Guys,
Thanks for the replies! I haven't made a decision yet, but I'm gonna keep looking around.......
Take Care,
Tony T.
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J Hill
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 9:10 pm
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Tony,
I got a Carter-Starter about a month ago and I love it. My teacher is a pro and he says they impress him a lot compared to other starter-type steels he's played. It does indeed stay in tune and it sounds great.
One tip...Musician's Friend has them for $200.00 less than I paid for mine at a music store. I didn't do my homework...but it was worth all the 200 extra dollars. 
The nylon case is worthless for protecting the instrument. I'm going to get a hard case one day.
Leila
Professional Beginner
Carter Starter
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Billy Joe Bailey
From:
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 10:35 pm
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Hear one way to comepare it to driveing
when you first started driving
did you go out and by a top of the line car
just to know you might run that thing off the bridge not even knowing how to drive yet?
Your first car is use'll an old clunker.
I have a Carter D-10 and find it to play quiet well.Well you don't have to go and by an old clunker. For the price range, I don't think you can beat the Carter Starter. And have a decent instrument to work with and possily trade in for something better as you progress BJ Bailey
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[This message was edited by Billy Joe Bailey on 04 November 2004 at 10:43 PM.] |
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Travis Bernhardt
From:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 11:33 pm
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I'd recommend a used Carter Starter to anybody just taking up steel who doesn't have a lot of money. It's a perfectly adequate guitar and you'll probably resell it for exactly what you paid for it. How can you lose?
I don't know about buying a new one... but then, I don't buy new anything, if I can help it.
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Heiko Aehle
From:
Bretleben GERMANY
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 8:18 am
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| The Carter Starter is a really fine beginner guitar! Stands in tune exactly and is easy to play. You can play with that guitar without any problems a live gig. I tried a Carter Starter for my own and that was really the best beginner steel guitar I ever had! |
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J Hill
From:
Colorado, USA
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Dustin Rigsby
From:
Parts Unknown, Ohio
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Posted 7 Nov 2004 10:49 am
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That guy makes me mad ! I have been trying to coax those licks out of my Carter Starter for the past year ! 
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D.S. Rigsby
Carter Starter and various six string toys
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J Hill
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2004 8:39 pm
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Dustin,
I know exactly what you mean. I remember many times happily skiing down the snowy slopes of the beautiful Colorado mountains on a sunny day when all of a sudden a 6 year-old would pass me at 90mph. Disgusting. I found other than the normal uses for my ski poles. (Well, children need discipline, don't they!)
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