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Topic: How many of you have a pedal steel seat? |
Dave Stroud
From: Texas
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 4:45 am
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Just wondering how many players out there shell out for a pedal steel seat or just find a nice sturdy chair? I'm guessing those who play gigs have a pedal steel seat, while those who just play at home don't... |
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Richard Sinkler
From: aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 7:11 am
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Steelers Choice Sidekick. One of the best investments I've made. _________________ Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Jerry Berger
From: Nampa, Idaho USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 7:55 am
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I'm a "bedroom player" and use a Steelers Choice seat with a backrest.
Last edited by Jerry Berger on 18 Aug 2015 8:48 am; edited 2 times in total |
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John De Maille
From: On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 7:59 am
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I used to use just any bar chair, then, I bought a ShoBud seat, which, I still have, but, it's very tired and worn out. I now use a Walker seat with a backrest. It's very comfortable and has plenty of storage. I would recommend a dedicated steel seat, any brand, to every steel player. It'll hold all your possibles and you can customize it to fit you correctly. |
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Larry Dering
From: Missouri, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 8:17 am
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I made my own first. Then after years of use I bought one from Ken Rollins. Nice seat. I played out very little with the steel. Mostly Telecaster work. If I didn't have the seat I would build another or buy one.
Love the steel seat, with a backrest. |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 8:20 am
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A steel seat is very important. You need to assume the same position each and every time you sit behind your steel. Just grabbing any old chair is wrong.
I progressed from an old Sho~Bud seat up to a Steeler's Choice with the side car, back rest and power strip. |
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Alan Brookes
From: Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 9:06 am
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I use a drum throne, but I've also been known to use an armchair and play along with the television. |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 9:12 am
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It is said that Buddy Emmons took a guitar to bed with him and practiced until he couldn't stay awake any longer.
So, I guess, you don't even need a chair just a four poster. |
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chris ivey
From: california (deceased)
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 11:22 am
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after years of inappropriate and uncomfortable chairs, the pak-a-seat came out.
the best invention ever for a working steel player!
i can't speak for someone who just plays at home.
i still use my first sho-bud seat after 35 or more years. it's compact, lighter than most, handy and comfortable.
so at $100 that's less than 3 dollars a year. |
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Quentin Hickey
From: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 11:24 am
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I have a gfi kari all that stays setup at jome and a steelers choice with side compartment for going out. |
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Jim Newberry
From: Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 12:07 pm
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I'm a non-pedal (console) player and I used a drum throne for a while. Then I shelled out for a steel seat (with a back rest) and I haven't looked back. That thing's so much more comfortable for me. Kinda hard to store spare tubes in a drum throne. I get more compliments on that seat than on my guitars or, obviously, my playing! Mine's Joe Naylor's "lite" model from Steelseat.com. I haven't had any experience with seats from other sources, but I like this one. _________________ "The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
-Homebuilt Amps |
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Lyle Dent
From: Little Rock ,Arkansas
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 2:33 pm
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Steelers Choice Sidekick and Easy Rider. Best seat made! _________________ Rittenberry Prestige SD-12,Mullen G2 SD-12 ,Mullen PRP S-12 BMI S-12 V8 octal, BJS Bars, LiveSteelStrings,Steelers Choice Seat. |
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Jack Stanton
From: Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 3:00 pm
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After years of playing on whatever seat I could scrounge up at the gig, including my case and amp, I bought a Sho-Bud seat in "77, and couldn't conceive of not owning a pack a seat. |
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Ben Elder
From: La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 3:16 pm We'll call when we get in a 24" fruit crate, Mr. Elder
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I can't afford--and my playing cannot justify--shelling out for a custom seat which I would have to have, since I prefer a 23"-24" seat height. My $19 keyboard bench is even far too elegant and regal for the sounds perpetrated by its occupant, but it's the right height for playing. (And for tipping over when I reach for a dropped bar.) _________________ "Gopher, Everett?" |
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Edward Rhea
From: Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 4:39 pm
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I bought my first pedal steel in the second or third week of March, 2013. I got a steelers choice seat by Fathers Day the same year, and never once regretted it. |
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Drew Pierce
From: Arkansas, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 5:17 pm
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I can't imagine gigging without a pack-a-seat. Carry a chair or throne around along with a separate box or bag for VP, efx pedal, cords, strings, picks, etc.? No thanks. I take three things to gigs: steel; amp; pack-a-seat.
After using a backless pack-a-seat at first, I went to a Steeler's Choice Easy Rider and will never be without it again. After about 20 years of use, I recently had the seat and back re-padded and re-upholstered at the factory. It's now like brand new. _________________ Drew Pierce
Emmons D10 Fatback, S10 bolt-on, Zum D10, Evans RE500, Hilton volume and delay pedals. |
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Michael Haselman
From: St. Paul
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 5:23 pm
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GFI since 2000, after the Sho-Bud upholstery came apart. I do get comments about this, but I get more for my clamp-on drink holder. I tell people that I got that back in the '70s and I had to find something to clamp it to so I decided to play steel. _________________ Mullen RP D10, Peavey NV112, Hilton volume. Hound Dog reso. Piles of other stuff. |
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Ian Worley
From: Sacramento, CA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 6:15 pm
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I use a folding keyboard bench with a nice thick comfy pad.
I kinda like Robert Randolph's custom steel seat though:
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Roger Dillingham
From: Kentucky, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 6:28 pm Pedal Steel Seat
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David, I am basically just an "at home" player but after using one of the rather inexpensive but functional folding bench style seats I found that I needed back support if I was to stay seated at the steel for any length of time. I opted for one of Joe Naylor's (Steelseat.com) Lite models with back rest and the normal firm cushions that he uses in production and my back and rear has thanked me many times over. For a short playing stint the bench wasn't too bad, but I have not regretted for one minute spending the dollars for a quality built steel seat! If you can see your way to do it, take the plunge....your body will thank you. Also, from what I have seen used steel seats bring here on the forum; if you get one and then decide it's not a good decision, I think you can always count on getting the biggest part of your investment back should you decide to sell. Good luck with your decision! Roger |
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Chris Boyd
From: Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Posted 18 Aug 2015 6:38 am
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I winged it using chairs in bars for about 5 years, then built a copy of the Sho-Bud seat in 1981 which I still have...have since bought an Ace and another seat...Being 6'8" and 255,a consistent seat height is important and both my steels have been significantly raised... _________________ https://www.reverbnation.com/bigredandtheresonators |
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Scott Duckworth
From: Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 18 Aug 2015 8:15 am
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My seat... sometimes I don't know if I'm playing steel or fishing...
_________________ Amateur Radio Operator NA4IT (Extra)
http://www.qsl.net/na4it
I may, in fact, be nuts. However, I am screwed onto the right bolt... Jesus! |
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 18 Aug 2015 9:31 am
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I'm still using my old ACE (Hammondsport, N.Y.) seat I bought back in the 1970's. _________________ Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Paddy Long
From: Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 18 Aug 2015 3:50 pm
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yep wouldn't play a gig without my essential Steelers Choice Sidekick _________________ 14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Steve Pawlak
From: Arizona, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2015 5:30 pm
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I stayed local Arizona
Play a Fred Justice SD while sitting on a Joe Naylor SteelSeat. Just have to get one of those Telonics volume pedals next |
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Mike Wilkerson
From: Luther Oklahoma
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Posted 18 Aug 2015 7:13 pm
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I use the steelers choice with back rest and side compartment. A little side note the side car is a fully functional beverage holder.Slim _________________ S12 MSA Classic Nashville 400 with fox mods amp 1 volume pedal 1 Lil Izzy and 3 cords |
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