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Topic: Favorite Steel Pedal Guitar? |
Ken Barrett
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Sebastian, Fl.
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Posted 18 Aug 2019 12:01 pm |
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I am new to steel pedal and was wondering which guitars you like best? If you would like to elaborate, Why & set up?
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I have played guitar for over 60 years, PSG for 5 & bass for 7 years. Currently, I play bass in a band. I also collect guitars and basses. I live in Florida on the east coast. In my picture is a 1948 Gibson Grande of mine that was used in a Hank Williams movie. |
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Gene Tani
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Pac NW
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Ken Barrett
From:
Sebastian, Fl.
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Posted 18 Aug 2019 5:31 pm
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Thank you, Gene. I actually talk with Doug yesterday and ordered a Stage one.
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I have played guitar for over 60 years, PSG for 5 & bass for 7 years. Currently, I play bass in a band. I also collect guitars and basses. I live in Florida on the east coast. In my picture is a 1948 Gibson Grande of mine that was used in a Hank Williams movie. |
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 18 Aug 2019 5:38 pm
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Excellent choice. Red?
Another member, while waiting on the Zum build, was watching Paul Franklin's course videos to get a leg up https://www.mmmlearn.com/courses/foundations-e9-pedal-steel-basics-with-paul-franklin
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- keyless Sonny Jenkins laps stay in tune forever!; Carter PSG
- The secret sauce: polyester sweatpants to buff your picks, cheapo Presonus channel strip for preamp/EQ/compress/limiter, Diet Mountain Dew |
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James Quillian
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2019 6:01 am
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When I buy an instrument of any king the fist thing I do is figure out exactly what I am buying, or what I am paying for.
Is the guitar pretty? That can matter to someone who plays shows but for someone like myself who only plays in a home studio, that doesn't make one iota of a difference.
Something like the efficiency of pedal and lever action and other mechanical characteristics are what matter. For that I don't know how much difference there is between one manufacture and another. The only steel I have ever played is the one I own.
My guitar is a Fessenden which I bought used for around $2000. I don't know how this instrument compares to other brands but I have been really impressed with the simplified mechanics. It sounds exactly the way I want a steel to sound. The only disadvantage I find is that of dealing with that manufacturer if parts are needed. I am sure others will disagree but I find it is not worth the trouble of trying.
I don't know how levers are made by other companies but on this one, the levers break off easily. Care has to be taken not to hit a lever from the wrong angle because it just might break. The solution I found for that is not hard. I just had a machinist add a make a tip made of harder metal that bolts into the soft metal of the lever.
Even with that, I would get another one because it is a good guitar.
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 25 Aug 2019 9:46 am
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Welcome, Ken.
BTW it’s typically called a “pedal steel†guitar. |
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Ian Worley
From:
Sacramento, CA
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Posted 25 Aug 2019 1:26 pm
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Ken Barrett
From:
Sebastian, Fl.
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Posted 25 Aug 2019 1:37 pm
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Thank you for the info guys. Gene, I have not picked a color yet but I did tell Doug I wanted to move up to Encore.
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I have played guitar for over 60 years, PSG for 5 & bass for 7 years. Currently, I play bass in a band. I also collect guitars and basses. I live in Florida on the east coast. In my picture is a 1948 Gibson Grande of mine that was used in a Hank Williams movie. |
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2019 5:59 pm
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As far as tone,with 1 exception, the best sounds I have ever heard come from an Emmons push-pull, or a Zumsteel. I have owned both, & like an idiot I sold them. Will hopefully have another one day; just waiting for one to come up for sale locally.
The 1 exception? My MSA Classic D-10. Sold it because I was facing heart surgery, & didn't know if I would be able to lift it afterwards, as they are very heavy. I oughta have my butt kicked for that, too. It was the best sound I have ever heard come out of a steel.
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A couple D-10s,some vintage guitars & amps, & lotsa junk in the gig bag. |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2019 7:18 pm
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SHO BUD!!!!!  |
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