| Main instrument played with a bar |
| Pedal steel (single neck) |
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45% |
[ 104 ] |
| Pedal steel (two or more necks) |
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39% |
[ 90 ] |
| Electric single-neck lap or console steel |
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4% |
[ 10 ] |
| Electric lap or console steel (two or more necks) |
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2% |
[ 6 ] |
| Acoustic resonator |
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1% |
[ 3 ] |
| Acoustic non-resonator |
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0% |
[ 2 ] |
| Multiple instruments played about equally |
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6% |
[ 15 ] |
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Topic: What is your main steel guitar, instrument-wise? |
Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 8:30 am |
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| Which instrument do you play most often? |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 9:07 am
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Jack,
Is there a pedal steel with more than two necks? 
Erv |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 9:22 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
Is there a pedal steel with more than two necks? |
Very few that I'm aware of, but there are some of 'em out there. Here's one of some reknown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ULYyWTWgo |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 9:33 am
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My RP U-12
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 9:36 am
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Jack,
Yes, you jogged my memory.
If I remember, though, they didn't have pedals on all three necks.
Am I correct? 
Erv |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 10:01 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
If I remember, though, they didn't have pedals on all three necks.
Am I correct? |
I believe that to be correct for that particular instrument, Erv, but I'm far from an expert. (Still merely a spurt.) I'm purty sure there are other triple-neck instruments -- such as vintage Wright Customs and perhaps some early Sho-Buds and Sierras -- with pedals operating on multiple necks. There are guys here who do know for certain; perhaps they'll chime in. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 10:13 am
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On that guitar of Johnny Cox's, I'm not sure that he had pedals or levers on that third neck.
Erv |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 1:08 pm
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| I only8 have one, the GFI Ultra D-10 |
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Edward Dixon
From:
Crestview Florida
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 1:27 pm
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My main steel. Mullen G2 9x8
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 6:05 pm
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I believe Paul Sr built this for Paul Jr, I remember seeing it at a steel show (Knoxville?)
pretty sure the extra neck was an identical E9 but an octave lower... baritone steel. a rare bird indeed
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 5 Jul 2021 6:56 pm
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
On that guitar of Johnny Cox's, I'm not sure that he had pedals or levers on that third neck.
Erv |
From an old post, when he listed it for sale:
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| My 2000 custom built Zum triple neck is for sale. Rosewood front and rear apron, birdseye top. aluminum necks with 10,10 and 11 strings.Tom Morrell's E13th including the pedal set up he recommended. E9th and extended 11 string C6th.This is the one and only guitar of it's kind. 9x8. First 3 x 5 on E9th. 4x4 on E13th 7x5 on C6th. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 6 Jul 2021 12:39 am
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This is fascinating, but to get back to the poll briefly - designing one can be tough and I'm not criticising Jack. But the sole single-neck category doesn't distinguish between basic E9 and the larger universal formats, which to my mind are as significant as the D10 which they seek to emulate.
But it's interesting nevertheless.
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Make sleeping dogs tell the truth!
Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2021 10:20 pm
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Now that this is the state of my pedal foot, I have to select acoustic non-resonator. When I come out the other side of recovery from this reconstructive surgery in four months, I'll be looking for a custom psg with pedals on the right. (And then the dilemma: A-B-C left to right or C-B-A? I was an Emmons guy, although it's an insult to the master to associate his name with my playing.)
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 15 Jul 2021 11:19 pm
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| My main pedal steel is my 2010 Jackson Blackjack Custom, and my main dobro is my Gold Tone Paul Beard Signature Series Deluxe |
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Duane Becker
From:
Elk,Wa 99009 USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2021 7:08 am
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| I only have two- identically the same setup. Emmons 68-1224 and and an Emmons 78-2443. D 10 8x5. |
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Tom Jordan
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 16 Jul 2021 7:43 am
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My Jackson ProIV has finally taken the #1 position (4/5). I have had it about 5 or 6 years but could never really get away from my Dekley (3/3)...I just trusted it so much for both indoor and outdoor playing. It's a clunky tank but great sounding. The Jackson is a smooth, beautiful guitar and it has proven itself just as reliable in the tuning-stability department and it is my "go to" now.
The Dekley on the other hand is going through a dedicated C6 setup since I really need to spend some time with that tuning. I've got pedals 5-8 and one knee working good now. Just ordered more parts from PSGParts.com for two more knees!
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Ken Mizell
From:
Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2021 6:19 am
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For me, just my GFI S-10 Expo 3 & 4 -
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Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Posted 5 Aug 2021 12:19 pm
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My Weissenborn style Luna is always handy, so I tend to grab it. No need to mess with an amp or anything. For live work, it’s probably the Weissy 60%, and late 30’s Ricky Model 59 about 40% of the time. Oddly enough, on our new album coming out in October, it’s the Ricky on 60% and the Weissy 40% of the songs.
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Santo Fan Club - from the island of Coney to the sands of Rockaway
Jill Martini & The Shrunken Heads
All aloha, all the time |
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2021 9:44 am
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‘66 Emmons Bolt-On invoice guitar
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Steve Knight
From:
NC
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Posted 6 Aug 2021 9:57 am
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| Most played at home for me is a GFI D-10. Most gigged is a 50s Fender 6-string lap steel with a pickup. I can fake the PSG enough for most gigs and don't have to haul a D-10. |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2021 9:27 pm
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I've had a number of pedal steels over the last 45 years but lately I've only been playing a keyless Excel U12 w/8+9.
It checks off all the boxes for me.
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Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Posted 13 Feb 2023 7:26 pm
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| Miles Lang wrote: |
| My Weissenborn style Luna is always handy, so I tend to grab it. No need to mess with an amp or anything. For live work, it’s probably the Weissy 60%, and late 30’s Ricky Model 59 about 40% of the time. Oddly enough, on our new album coming out in October, it’s the Ricky on 60% and the Weissy 40% of the songs. |
UPDATE: It’s now the Stringmaster D8 for all live work. We will see if it eclipses the other steels in the studio
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Santo Fan Club - from the island of Coney to the sands of Rockaway
Jill Martini & The Shrunken Heads
All aloha, all the time |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2023 11:17 am
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| I was wondering why I couldn't vote and then realized that the thread is a couple years old. I play a '59 Stringmaster D8 for standing gigs and a pre-war Rickenbacker B6 for most sit-down gigs. I have several other 6, 7 and 8 string lap steels that make it into rotation when the mood is right. Mostly the Stringmaster though. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 14 Feb 2023 12:20 pm
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| I was wondering why I couldn't vote and then realized that the thread is a couple years old. |
This poll is 'never ending', in the sense that the number of days to expiration was set to zero, which has that effect.
But if you already voted, the system won't let you vote again. I'll bet that's the situation. |
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