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If you want to move into pedal steel, Travis Toy has an outstanding online course “Travis Toy Tutorials.” It goes from very basics to well advanced. The subscription is $30 a month - basically, a ...

Beautiful job! I love the song and the sound and feel you bring to it. I’d love to hear you do a medley of this with the Perry Mason Theme sandwiched in the middle—both cut from the same orchest ...

Love it, Doug! Those rolling high riffs are sweet but the real star of the show is the second run through—the simple melody line you play down low with the open strings. Transitions from the bar to ...

Thanks Jim, Tim, Andy! So much fun to put lap steel into older (40s-50s) horn and guitar based R&B, Andy--it does help give a guitar based combo a horn section feel, as we were doing on the head ...

Yes Miles — I’ve heard some call the black panel Princeton Reverb “ground zero for tone!” And yes, Jim, Per Hanson is the best in traditional electric blues drumming. Both he and Jon Ross, ano ...

Thanks Joe, Doug. It was fun indeed. Totally unexpected/untehearsed. I had some crackling from the amp or a cable about 2/3 of the way thru so I laid back until I doubled on the head at the end. I ...

My blues band, Blues on Sunday Quartet, has stellar core players who have recorded or toured with the likes of James Cotton, Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Link Wray, Ronnie Hawkins, Debbie Davies, Mar ...

Great advice from Jack. Doug Beaumier has a wealth of songs on YouTube where you'll hear great playing: melody, tone and touch.

Also, listen to legendary country and western swing masters like Han ...

I've seen this listing for a few weeks now and it's seems like a weird copedent. A look at the changer end and at the barrels on the underside show there are no pedal changes at all on the bottom 4 st ...

Lap steel just won a Grammy.

That’s right: tonight Larkin Poe, which prominently features Megan Lovell on lap steel (and who got many a shout out in the responses above) took Grammy honors for ...

Sawyer – to get back to the fundamental reason you started this thread, you said you wanted to explore “to make the lap steel accessible to more musicians and the general populace as a whole” co ...

Simply beautiful! Thanks, Mike..

Very cool project, Sawyer. Like my fellow forum members say, the lap steel was late to the party when electrified combos began to rule in the 50s and 60s. Guitars and saxophones looked cool on stage - ...

I stumbled on my ZB in Guitar Center when I went in to buy an XLR snake. It wasn’t a great deal, but it wasn’t bad. And I really, really love it, so definitely worked out well! It’s beautiful an ...

Thanks for posting the link, Brad. By the way, I have no personal stake in this listing – I just thought it might be of interest to forum members.

That said, I did look at the seller’s fe ...

There’s a Sho-Bud Maverick listed on Reverb.com asking $650. It looks well played and has been stripped for parts – no pedals on the pedal rack, pedal rods, or pull rods, though the tear drop knee ...

That's a beauty!

As far as Guitar Center being the last place to see a guitar like this, sometimes you get lucky. If you're a regular "scanner" of Guitar Center sites you might find every ...

Beautiful instrument! I love the vintage look of the key head and the tuners.

Thanks Doug! Yes, very old school with the more angular Permanent-era style key head The tuners are Grovers - they app ...

That's very cool. GC is about the last place I'd expect to see one. Congratulations.

Thanks Jack. Yes I’ve found a lot of cool gear on GC online but wasn’t looking for or expecting this. Not e ...

I just got very lucky and found a used Jackson Steel 8-string non-pedal console in near-mint condition on Guitar Center's website. It's a 2011 "Shot Jackson Commemorative" with the gloss fin ...

I troll the GC online site often and a 10-string Gibson EH-150 showed up today (located at the Albany NY store). I think 11 were made total between late 30’s and early 40’s. Asking $2k. Has the � ...

Mike – Such a great thread you started here, inspiring us all to get a bit philosophical. I’d like to offer one more take on this topic. Sometimes the breakthroughs happen when the instrument so ...

Hi Mike – Great to hear from you about this new direction. I totally applaud it. I get that you’re trying to extend the sonic boundaries of your instrument and that’s what all the prior pionee ...

Smokingâ€™!!!!! I love how you ramped up the vibrato on those chord hits. Real horn feel. Great job Steve!!

Awesome. You got the choir up on their feet!!!

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Topic: Resources to take the next step
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 6 Views: 512	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Apr 2024 7:18 am Subject: Resources to take the next step
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 6 Views: 512	If you want to move into pedal steel, Travis Toy has an outstanding online course “Travis Toy Tutorials.” It goes from very basics to well advanced. The subscription is $30 a month - basically, a ...
Topic: A Town Without Pity
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 19 Views: 1088	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Apr 2024 8:16 pm Subject: A Town Without Pity
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 19 Views: 1088	Beautiful job! I love the song and the sound and feel you bring to it. I’d love to hear you do a medley of this with the Perry Mason Theme sandwiched in the middle—both cut from the same orchest ...
Topic: New Video - Take These Chains From My Heart - A6
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 13 Views: 862	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Mar 2024 8:34 pm Subject: New Video - Take These Chains From My Heart - A6
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 13 Views: 862	Love it, Doug! Those rolling high riffs are sweet but the real star of the show is the second run through—the simple melody line you play down low with the open strings. Transitions from the bar to ...
Topic: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Mar 2024 8:57 am Subject: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	Thanks Jim, Tim, Andy! So much fun to put lap steel into older (40s-50s) horn and guitar based R&B, Andy--it does help give a guitar based combo a horn section feel, as we were doing on the head ...
Topic: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Mar 2024 10:45 am Subject: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	Yes Miles — I’ve heard some call the black panel Princeton Reverb “ground zero for tone!” And yes, Jim, Per Hanson is the best in traditional electric blues drumming. Both he and Jon Ross, ano ...
Topic: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Mar 2024 5:53 pm Subject: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	Thanks Joe, Doug. It was fun indeed. Totally unexpected/untehearsed. I had some crackling from the amp or a cable about 2/3 of the way thru so I laid back until I doubled on the head at the end. I ...
Topic: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Mar 2024 12:03 pm Subject: “T-Bone Shuffle”
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 10 Views: 877	My blues band, Blues on Sunday Quartet, has stellar core players who have recorded or toured with the likes of James Cotton, Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Link Wray, Ronnie Hawkins, Debbie Davies, Mar ...
Topic: How to start a song (C6th lap steel)?
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 4 Views: 805	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Feb 2024 8:47 am Subject: How to start a song (C6th lap steel)?
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 4 Views: 805	Great advice from Jack. Doug Beaumier has a wealth of songs on YouTube where you'll hear great playing: melody, tone and touch. Also, listen to legendary country and western swing masters like Han ...
Topic: Interesting Sho Bud
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 6 Views: 1836	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 19 Feb 2024 9:49 am Subject: Interesting Sho Bud
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 6 Views: 1836	I've seen this listing for a few weeks now and it's seems like a weird copedent. A look at the changer end and at the barrels on the underside show there are no pedal changes at all on the bottom 4 st ...
Topic: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 39 Views: 3426	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Feb 2024 8:19 pm Subject: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 39 Views: 3426	Lap steel just won a Grammy. That’s right: tonight Larkin Poe, which prominently features Megan Lovell on lap steel (and who got many a shout out in the responses above) took Grammy honors for ...
Topic: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 39 Views: 3426	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Feb 2024 5:08 am Subject: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 39 Views: 3426	Sawyer – to get back to the fundamental reason you started this thread, you said you wanted to explore “to make the lap steel accessible to more musicians and the general populace as a whole” co ...
Topic: The Tennessee Waltz played two ways
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 8 Views: 931	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Jan 2024 10:28 am Subject: The Tennessee Waltz played two ways
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 8 Views: 931	Simply beautiful! Thanks, Mike..
Topic: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 39 Views: 3426	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jan 2024 2:22 pm Subject: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 39 Views: 3426	Very cool project, Sawyer. Like my fellow forum members say, the lap steel was late to the party when electrified combos began to rule in the 50s and 60s. Guitars and saxophones looked cool on stage - ...
Topic: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jan 2024 6:37 am Subject: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	I stumbled on my ZB in Guitar Center when I went in to buy an XLR snake. It wasn’t a great deal, but it wasn’t bad. And I really, really love it, so definitely worked out well! It’s beautiful an ...
Topic: Sho-Bud Console Opportunity on Reverb.com
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 4 Views: 793	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jan 2024 2:42 pm Subject: Sho-Bud Console Opportunity on Reverb.com
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 4 Views: 793	Thanks for posting the link, Brad. By the way, I have no personal stake in this listing – I just thought it might be of interest to forum members. That said, I did look at the seller’s fe ...
Topic: Sho-Bud Console Opportunity on Reverb.com
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 4 Views: 793	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jan 2024 3:47 pm Subject: Sho-Bud Console Opportunity on Reverb.com
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 4 Views: 793	There’s a Sho-Bud Maverick listed on Reverb.com asking $650. It looks well played and has been stripped for parts – no pedals on the pedal rack, pedal rods, or pull rods, though the tear drop knee ...
Topic: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jan 2024 4:53 pm Subject: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	That's a beauty! As far as Guitar Center being the last place to see a guitar like this, sometimes you get lucky. If you're a regular "scanner" of Guitar Center sites you might find every ...
Topic: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jan 2024 5:34 am Subject: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	Beautiful instrument! I love the vintage look of the key head and the tuners. Thanks Doug! Yes, very old school with the more angular Permanent-era style key head The tuners are Grovers - they app ...
Topic: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Jan 2024 4:34 pm Subject: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	That's very cool. GC is about the last place I'd expect to see one. Congratulations. Thanks Jack. Yes I’ve found a lot of cool gear on GC online but wasn’t looking for or expecting this. Not e ...
Topic: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Jan 2024 10:53 am Subject: Jackson 8-string Console
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 9 Views: 1478	I just got very lucky and found a used Jackson Steel 8-string non-pedal console in near-mint condition on Guitar Center's website. It's a 2011 "Shot Jackson Commemorative" with the gloss fin ...
Topic: Late 30’s 10-String Gibson EH-150 at Guitar Center online
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 5 Views: 1347	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Jan 2023 2:36 pm Subject: Late 30’s 10-String Gibson EH-150 at Guitar Center online
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 5 Views: 1347	I troll the GC online site often and a 10-string Gibson EH-150 showed up today (located at the Albany NY store). I think 11 were made total between late 30’s and early 40’s. Asking $2k. Has the � ...
Topic: Can we still be friends?
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 37 Views: 5874	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Feb 2022 11:05 am Subject: Can we still be friends?
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 37 Views: 5874	Mike – Such a great thread you started here, inspiring us all to get a bit philosophical. I’d like to offer one more take on this topic. Sometimes the breakthroughs happen when the instrument so ...
Topic: Can we still be friends?
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 37 Views: 5874	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Feb 2022 8:04 am Subject: Can we still be friends?
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 37 Views: 5874	Hi Mike – Great to hear from you about this new direction. I totally applaud it. I get that you’re trying to extend the sonic boundaries of your instrument and that’s what all the prior pionee ...
Topic: C6 Sacred Steel/Country VIDEO
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 12 Views: 3063	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Mar 2021 4:32 pm Subject: C6 Sacred Steel/Country VIDEO
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 12 Views: 3063	Smokingâ€™!!!!! I love how you ramped up the vibrato on those chord hits. Real horn feel. Great job Steve!!
Topic: C6 Sacred Steel/Country VIDEO
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 12 Views: 3063	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Mar 2021 8:55 am Subject: C6 Sacred Steel/Country VIDEO
Nelson Checkoway Replies: 12 Views: 3063	Awesome. You got the choir up on their feet!!!