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 Topic: Losing my ear, or lack of practice? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 17 Views: 3552 |
 Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 27 Apr 2023 6:35 pm Subject: At 76 I’m still Rockin but I am Running out of steam. |
| I’m not playing out as much as I was just three years ago. I don’t practice much on steel but I pick a guitar up every day while I’m watching cowboy movies on tv. I feel for you fellas with seri ... | |
| Topic: Robert Paul Lee (Bobby Lee) Aug 1949 - Mar 2023 |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 371 Views: 2854539 |
Forum Section: Rest in Peace b0b (Bobby Lee) Posted: 12 Mar 2023 8:09 pm Subject: The One And Only |
| Met b0b at the Phoenix show when I believe he had just received his new Sierra steel. He truly did love to talk steel guitar, and The Steel Guitar Forum is a resource we all enjoy because of him. Than ... | |
| Topic: Fred Justice |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 105 Views: 25096 |
Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 17 Sep 2022 10:10 pm Subject: Just saw this about Fred |
| I always would hangout with Fred in Dallas, Phoenix, and Baxter. Good natured, funny, and a fantastic steel player. I never could play his setup on his personal steel. That he could get a tune out of ... | |
| Topic: When did you start playing steel? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 90 Views: 30497 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Jul 2021 9:12 pm Subject: The Steel Guitar Start. |
| https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/12413_3F385CF2A2F049D3A88BEB7042F42942_1.jpg My very first instrument in about 1954. Pedal steel began in 1973. | |
| Topic: Byron Berline |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 15 Views: 6539 |
Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 17 Jul 2021 8:50 pm Subject: Rest In Peace Byron. |
| https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/12413_EB636AB7202E4919BCA58A7EFE3893C6_1.jpg Me,JD,Byron,Dave and Steve at Studio 7 in OKC. | |
| Topic: Speaker Reconing |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 5 Views: 1943 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 May 2021 9:57 am Subject: Good Recone. |
| I’ve always had good results with Freeman Tuell in Dallas. | |
| Topic: To Practice or Not to Practice? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 46 Views: 10022 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 22 Apr 2021 2:38 pm Subject: Practice. |
| I occasionally fire up the CD player out in my little studio and play along but other than that I practice on the bandstand. | |
| Topic: Emmons or Day setup, why??? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 29 Views: 6028 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Apr 2021 7:36 am Subject: Emmons For Me. |
| Having started out with the Emmons set up my ankle just won’t work with the Day setup. One of the highlights of my life was getting to play with Jimmy Day and Dave Rich at a friends church in D ... | |
| Topic: Jbl D-120 |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 15 Views: 3795 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Mar 2021 6:22 pm Subject: Recone JBL. |
| I use Freeman Tuell Speaker repair in Dallas for my JBL-D130F’s and they sound great to me. | |
| Topic: Peavey LTD 400 question |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 11 Views: 2167 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 22 Feb 2021 7:11 pm Subject: The LTD. |
| I’ve been playing thru my Black Widow equipped LTD for a year and it’s a great sounding amp. Doesn’t take up much space and leaves room for a Fender guitar amp. Plenty of clean vo ... | |
| Topic: What's the best steel you own/played? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 41 Views: 7352 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 12 Feb 2021 11:14 am Subject: The Best. |
| https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/12413_F24AEDCBEDED40DA9C0271D08905FAEE_1.jpg I’ve had a few steels but this old ‘95 Emmons beats’em all. | |
| Topic: Back rest on the seat? Yeah or Nay? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 33 Views: 7573 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Feb 2021 10:02 pm Subject: If I Didn’t Have My Old Faithful. |
| https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/12413_81101E4C69A7476F9A44352EDFA690C8_1.jpg If I needed a new seat a Steelers Choice would be my choice. This old Sho-Bud with my homespun back rest ... | |
| Topic: Wah Wah pedals? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 4 Views: 1285 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Feb 2021 9:18 pm Subject: The Old VOX. |
| https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/12413_97464678392A418CA469F7E833722DB4_1.jpg This old VOX Wah belonged to one of my friends down in Texas. He passed away last Aug. and his daughter let ... | |
| Topic: Copper foil sheet to reduce reverb hum |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 11 Views: 2326 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Feb 2021 9:03 pm Subject: Reverb Wires. |
| I made new reverb wires for my Peavey LTD out of George L’s guitar cable and RCA plugs. Works great and quiet as a mouse. | |
| Topic: RQ Jones Dobro w/ohsc |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 1 Views: 2249 |
Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 31 Jan 2021 8:32 pm Subject: Rudy Q. Jones. |
| I played in Rudy’s bluegrass band in the early ‘80’s. He was a fine dobro player, and I just never had the money to have him build me a guitar. He had a cool shop in Wanette
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| Topic: Simple Question |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 25 Views: 6977 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jan 2021 9:28 am Subject: I Think it’s Called Confidence. |
| The people that are exceptionally talented musicians know they can produce in any situation. I always admire the things Paul and my favorite piano player of all time, Hargus “Pig†Robbins ... | |
| Topic: Emmons LL III grover tuner |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 2 Views: 1866 |
Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 18 Jan 2021 9:29 pm Subject: The Grover. |
| If you will send it to Grover they will replace it for the price of postage. I’ve had four keys replaced off of my steel and different guitars. They guarantee all of their keys and it doesnâ ... | |
| Topic: Peavey 400 LTD Sold |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 7 Views: 4701 |
Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 14 Jan 2021 10:57 am Subject: Good Amps. |
| I bought one of these from Gene last year and it’s a great amp. I haul this amp for steel and my old’64 Princeton Reverb for guitar. Good luck on your sale Gene. | |
| Topic: Sharp Covers? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 35 Views: 10724 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2021 10:42 am Subject: The Covers. |
| The last time I emailed Sharp she said she was having trouble getting materials. So I have a friend that makes boat covers and he made one for my LTD for $20. It’s tuff and works great. | |
| Topic: New string type |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 18 Views: 4331 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 12 Jan 2021 4:37 pm Subject: The NYXL’s. |
| I’ve been using them for a couple of years, and I get 20 or 30 gigs out of a set on my old Emmons. Never had a broken string yet. | |
| Topic: can you show me the interior storage setup on your seat? |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 9 Views: 2477 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Jan 2021 7:55 pm Subject: Packed Full. |
| Just shy of 50lbs., and I carry two extra vol. pedals, and an Anvil briefcase in my truck.
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| Topic: Our practice workspaces |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 31 Views: 10346 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 25 Dec 2020 9:26 pm Subject: The Studio/Man Cave. |
| Where I hang out everyday away from my house and my wife never complains about my pickin’. She can’t hear it.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/12413_5095B79607C04DDB8B72BF ... |
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| Topic: Let's see your band picture |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 472 Views: 281350 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 25 Dec 2020 2:12 pm Subject: Let's see your band picture |
| https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/12413_181BFE43490E4C8F9E09175268EA934A_1.jpg The Badlands Band of Logan Co. I’m the Les Paul player, my Emmons is behind me on the stage. | |
| Topic: Mike Douchette |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 78 Views: 24179 |
Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 6 Dec 2020 11:24 pm Subject: RIP Brother. |
| I met Mike at Hilltop Studio a few years ago when a good friend of mine played bass on a session and Mike played an Emmons PP thru a little Fender solid state amp. He was a fantastic player and I was ... | |
| Topic: Original pickups ohms on Emmons question |
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| Bill L. Wilson Replies: 10 Views: 2050 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Nov 2020 8:23 am Subject: Pickup Rewind. |
| I had Lindy Fralin rewind two vintage Tele bridge pickups with perfect results. If they rewind steel guitar pickups like they do a 6stringer you can’t go wrong. | |
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