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Topic: Anyone playing vintage pedal steels on gigs? |
Tom Quinn
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 16 Jul 2020 6:58 pm |
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| I have a Miller D-10 that is a cool steel but I'm not dragging that thing out. Its HEAVY |
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 17 Jul 2020 5:57 am
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Until recently I had a '59 Sho-Bud Permanent. I played it on many gigs. Heavy but not as heavy as my Crossover(pictured in my avatar) which I take out less and less lately. Well....not at all right now! I've giggled with Fender 400s and 1000s also over the years. I love those tones but also love my super modern EXCEL keyless.
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George Geisser
From:
Branson, Missouri, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2020 6:28 am
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I'm not sure if a 1981 MSA UNI is considered vintage enough
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Matt Sutton
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2020 9:27 am
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When there were gigs, I played a ZB of about the same vintage that Brumley plays in that Buck Owens clip. When gigs come back I'll play it again.
It's heavy, beat up, needs constant attention, and I love it to death. |
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Bobby Hearn
From:
Henrietta, Tx
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Posted 17 Jul 2020 2:02 pm
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| I switch between a 72 and a 75 Emmons depending on the gig and string age. |
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Colin Swinney
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 3:17 am
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I use a 70's Sho~Bud.
No idea if/when I'll get another gig though  |
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Kenneth Cartright
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 9:14 am Vintage
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I have owned two vintage Marlins, a SD10 and a S10. They sound as good as anything out there on my opinion.
Still have the S10 I gig with. Great guitars, way ahead of their time.
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 9:28 am
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Didn't those old guitars tend to have single-coil pickups? That would account for the sound, and there were no thyristor dimmers in those days!
I used to have a great old knock-off Permanent but the one time I risked abdominal injury to gig it I got too much shash from the lights.
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Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 9:44 am
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what are you defining as vintage ? 
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 10:46 am
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
| I used to have a great old knock-off Permanent but the one time I risked abdominal injury to gig it I got too much shash from the lights. |
I've never done a gig on a big stage and a serious lighting rig with my Sho~Bud but I've never had a problem with my Telecasters or my trap pickups on my double and triple 8s so why would a pedal steel be any different? |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 11:31 am
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For years I played my '64 Emmons wraparound as my main gigging guitar. Only about 5 years ago did I go with Infinity. And there have been a few hardcore western swing gigs in the past decade or two that I've played my T-8 Bigsby, as it was the most appropriate for the engagement.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 11:47 am
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| Tony Prior wrote: |
| what are you defining as vintage ? |
I think that is a variable age, but for me a guitar built in the 1960's or earlier would be considered "vintage."
But I started playing in the '60s. Someone who started in the 90's or 00's might consider steels built in the 1970s as being "vintage."
YMMV
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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John Goux
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 8:16 pm
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When your steel is older than your kids....
John |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 5:25 am
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I like that one! 
Erv |
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Michael Sawyer
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 11:13 am
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I play a '58 Fender 400 on stage
4 pedals and an added homemade knee lever
Out of 1/2" copper tubing. |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 11:24 am
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| If could play well enough to gig I would choose a old pedal steel with 8 an 5. Bill |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 11:29 am
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| If could play well enough to gig I would choose a old pedal steel c with 8 an 5. Bill |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 1:57 pm
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| 1980 Sho Bud Super Pro D10, 8+6. |
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 11:59 pm
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I used to play my '66 bolt-on on gigs, but the bands in my area were not worthy of such tone, so I sold it at tremendous profit.
I do regularly play my '65 Mosrite on the gig, however. No tone greater.
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A couple D-10s,some vintage guitars & amps, & lotsa junk in the gig bag. |
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