How many steels do you currently own?

[Richard Sinkler]

Pedal and non-pedal steels.

I'll start.

3 Pedal Steels
2008 Williams 600 D10 9p/9k
1999 Carter D10 9p/9k
1971 Sho~Bud Professional 8p/4k

1 Non pedal
Early 50's Supro D6

PLEASE NO PICTURES

[Paul Wade]

1. 1981 dekley d-10 slimline 8+6

2.1999 fessenden d-10 8+5

3.1980 shobud super pro d-10 8+6

4.1978 m.s.a classic ss d-10 8+5

that's it!!!

p.w

[Stu Schulman]

Desert Rose D-10 8+5
Desert Rose SD-10 3+5
Blanton SD-10 4+4
Waiting arrival of a new Desert Rose SD-10 4+5
Silvertone 6 string lap steel
Magnatone 6 string lap steel

[Jody Sanders]

From 8 down to 3. D10 Pedalmaster 8/5 . D10 EMCI 8/6. and a late 40's Rick S8 bakelite lap steel. Jody.

[Michael Strauss]

Two Plus

Carter S12U 2005 7+5
Sho-Bud LDG Early 80's 3+4
Market-Rite PSG Kit 1978 S10 3+1

Lapstick travel guitar 6 string modded by Lapstick to C6 Lap Steel

[chas smith R.I.P.]

• Sho-Bud '78 Super Pro D-10 8+6
  Sho-Bud Professional D-10 9+6
  Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10 8+? being restored
  Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10 basket case
  Sho-Bud Permanent T-11-11-16 11+3 being restored
  Emmons '68/9? cut-tail D-11 10+6
  Emmons '65 wraparound D-11 8+5
  Dekley D-12 was 8+6 is now 0+0
  Marlen T-10 11+3
  Wright T-10 3+0
  Wright Q-8 7+0
  '56 Bigsby T-10 console nonpedal
  '54 Bigsby T-8 6+0
  '59 Bigsby S-10 6+4
  Guitarzilla Q-10
  Titanium guitar D-10/8 bass
  Fender D-8 Stringmaster
  '53 Fender Q-8 Stringmaster
  '52? Gibson D-8 console
  pre-war Gibson D-8 console
  
  Lots of lap guitars and resos.

[Jon Light (deceased)]

Remarkably, I've got exactly the same list as Chas. But also:

--Carter SD-12 7+8
--Fessenden SD-12 8+8
--Emmons p/p SD-12 6+5
--Sho Bud Pro 1 S-12 3+5
--BMI S-10 3+4
--Stringmaster D-8 '54 26"
--Dual Professional D-8 in little pieces
--Ric Silver Hawaiian 6
--Ric post-war panda 6
--a ocarina
--assorted stuff......

[Tony Glassman]

Zum D-10 8+7
Emmons P/P D-10 8+6
Sho Bud Pro II (Coop) D-10 8+6

[Danny Bates]

Remarkably, I've got exactly the same list as Chas, Jon and Tony... But also...

My Pedal Steels

1972 D-10 Emmons Push/Pull 8+7 - Complete Rebuild by Albert Johnson

2008 Stage One by Zum 3+4 - My "Amazing Little Lightweight Grab and Go Guitar"

My Steels (All 6 String)

1935 Dobro Hawaiian "The Crab"
Tonemaster
Airline
Custom Built from "Lunn Guitars Of Canada"

[Mike Perlowin RIP]

3, all MSAs, 2 classics (one maple and one mica) and the Milly. All U-12s with the same copedant. I'd like to get one another Milly, and convert the maple classic to a dedicated C6.

I also have a 3 neck stringmaster, a cat can, and 2 halves of a double neck stringmaster that has been converted to 2 separate instruments, one with a Hipshot trilogy bridge, the other with 14 strings, a 7 string tuning with octave strings like a 12 string guitar.

[Elizabeth West]

THRES MY NUMBER 3,WHATS NOT TO LOVE.DAWN JACKSON JUST SENT ME THESE PICTURE.

[Brett Day]

I own two pedal steels;

1974 student model Emmons-three pedals, one knee
GFI Ultra D-10 with eight pedals and five knees

I own one Morrell six string lapsteel

Brett


The guitar in the picture-Redgold Beauty is my main guitar.

[Jim Walker]

I own one, in todays economy I feel lucky to have it. I consider anyone with more than 2 pedal steels a guitar hoarder.

JW

[Terry Kinnear]

I currently have 3 pedal steel guitars mullen G2, shobud pro1, wilcox. my wife ,said no more steels. yea right. 2 amps sessions400, nashville 400.

[Sonny Priddy]

SD10 Rittenberry. GFI. Magnum. SONNY.

[Mike Perlowin RIP]

I consider anyone with more than 2 pedal steels a guitar hoarder.
JW

The question is, how many do we actually need?

The answer is "one more."

[Wally Taylor]

Fender S-10 student
1976 ZB D-10
BMI S-10 3 pedals, 4 knees
And best of all, an SD-10 RITTENBERRY!!!!
OK, maybe I can't play any of them very well, but at least I got em'!

Wally

[Carl Vilar]

I own four

Zum D10 8/5

Promat D10 8/5

Mullen Pre RP SD10 3/5

GFI Ultra SD10 3/4

[Roual Ranes]

Yep! One less than I need.

[Glen Derksen]

Just my Linkon D-10, 8 pedals, two knee levers. That's all I need right now. If and when I get good enough to own more than one, I'll get another one...and I'll want it to be a Shobud!

[Paddy Long]

2 x Zumsteel 9+9 --- 1 Hybrid, 1 Standard changer

1 x 8 string Marrs/FLuger RGS

[b0b]

1. Williams 400 D-12x (5p+5k)
2. Sierra Olympic S-12 (5p+5k)
3. Fender 1000 D-8 (8 pedals)
4. Rickenbacker S-8 (6 pedals)
5. Sierra Laptop S-8
6. Fender Stringmaster D-8
7. Rickenbacker Electro S-6

I think I need one more.

[Steve Alcott]

1 MSA Millennium D10 8 & 7
1 non pedal 12 string built by John Widgren

[Michael Douchette]

In order of their appearance in my life:

1978 Franklin SD-10
1975 Sho-Bud Pro I
Gold Tone lap
2002 ZumSteel Stage One

I have had a few Emmons' come and go... but the above are my keepers.

(The Franklin and Sho-Bud can be seen in the Photobucket link in my sig.)

[Ben Elder]

Hoarder in the parlance of some. Contributor and advisor according to others:

http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/inde ... &Itemid=41

It'd take a while to do a count but, more or less, 7 psgs, 10 resonators, 25 Weissenborn/Kona/Knutsen or kopies, 30-40 table/lap steels, no apologies.


Most recent ebay acquisition: the book "Ghosty Men" about the Collyer Brothers. (They didn't lead a western-swing band.)