How many steels do you currently own?

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 12 Oct 2008 8:41 pm

Ok ERV.......where are you?

Pete Macomber · Post by **Pete Macomber** » 12 Oct 2008 9:36 pm

Mullen SD-10 3 x 5 pre RP red
Dekley D-10 8 x 5 walnut
Emmons S-10 3 x 4 PP walnut
Emmons D-10 8 x 4 PP black

Don Brown, Sr. · Post by **Don Brown, Sr.** » 12 Oct 2008 10:01 pm

With tears in my eyes, I have to say "ZERO" now.

"Story as to why, to follow in a new thread soon."

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 12 Oct 2008 11:27 pm

Ron,

Not enough bandwidth here for Erv's list.

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

Each one I own has a different character to it. I play different guitars depending on the band and type of music being played (and my mood at the moment). I don't consider that hoarding. I have actually taken 2 guitars to a gig and switched between sets.

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 12 Oct 2008 11:34 pm

2006 Zumsteel Hybrid SD10 4x5
1975 Emmons p/p D10 8x4

Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 13 Oct 2008 1:22 am

1980 Zumsteel D10 8x5
2007 Zumsteel SD10 4x5

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 13 Oct 2008 5:14 am

I won't list them all but between the laps and pedal steels over a 100 (at the shop)- and, in a conversation with Greg Leisz, we determined that he had more

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John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 13 Oct 2008 6:17 am

A Carter SD-10 5X5, an M.S.A. SuperSlide S-8, Fender S-6, Regal 45 Dobro, AirLine Rocket Six, and an ashtray Maverick (the Maverick is just passin through).

I am a recovering amp hoarder:

NV 1000
NV 400
NV 112
500 Wedge
Fender DeLuxe Reverb 65 RI
Fender DeLuxe Silver Face 70's
Princeton Reverb (roasted, bought for speaker)
Fishman LoudBox
Guitar Research Acoustic
Pignose practice amp
Fender headphone amp

A D-8 SuperSlide, and a Twin Reverb is my want list for after the Depression.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 13 Oct 2008 7:09 am

Ron,
I really need to sit down and do an accurate accounting. But I'm a poor bookkeeper.

I like to get my oldest grandson up in the loft and start showing him guitars. I open up a case and am suprised to see a guitar that I'd forgotten all about. It's just like Christmas all over again.

My wife says that I have a compulsive personality and I guess she's right. You gentlemen have to remember, however, that I've been at this business for over 50 years now. In my youth I thought that you could only own one guitar at a time but I've learned differently!

I really like regular 6 string guitars, also. They really are more attractive than the ones we lay on our lap to play, especially the acoustic models.
I have some very nice Gibsons and Martins.

Steve Feldman · Post by **Steve Feldman** » 13 Oct 2008 7:41 am

~1989 Franklin D-10 (8x6)
'66 Emmons D-10 Bolt-on, black (8x6)
1936 Gibson EH-150
~1945-49 Richenbacker model BD (bakelite)

chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 13 Oct 2008 9:04 am

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

Why would anyone need more than one pedal steel? Then again, it's not about need, it's about being surrounded by exquisite instruments. Todd Clinesmith was here and when he started playing Joaquin's D-8 Bigsby lap guitar, a guitar built by my hero and played by my hero, that I consider to be one of the Holy Grails, he got chills up his spine. These are not just objects.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 13 Oct 2008 9:47 am

To look at it from another angle, I would rather have my money "invested" in fine musical instruments than most stocks now being traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 13 Oct 2008 10:19 am

1964 Emmons #2 D-10 Wraparound (unmolested, all there)
1964 Emmons #5 D-10 Wraparound (Buddy Cage's first Emmons)
1964 Emmons #8 D-10 Wood Neck Bolt-on ( I am guessing #7-#10 were Bolt-ons on short Wraparound necks -- different than the late 1965 or the 1966-1967 Bolt-ons)
1965 Emmons D-10 Wraparound
1965 Emmons D-10 Wraparound
1965 Emmons S-10 Wraparound
1965 Emmons S-10 Wraparound
1965 Emmons D-10 Bolt-on (built on a Wraparound body)
1966 Emmons D-10 Bolt-on
1957 Sho-Bud D-9 Permanent (converted in 1959 from original D-8. Cabinet End -- no endplates)
1966? Sho-Bud D-10 Permanent (Cabinet end with Fingertip bellcranks instead of Permanent pullers)
1973-4 Sho-Bud D-10 Pro II (round front with two hole pullers)
Fender 1000 (This guitar is a wreck, but all the parts are there)
1983 JCH 9/9 (sixth JCH made)
1955 Bigsby T-8 with original owner's matching, named Standel 25L15

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 13 Oct 2008 10:39 am

Hey Chris,
How about trading those for some General Motors stock?

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 13 Oct 2008 10:59 am

Kline U-12
'59 Shobud Perm
'63/4 Fingertip
'67 Shobud/Baldwin S-10
'74 Shobud Davis/Coop S-10,3&6

Fender Stringmaster, S-8
Airline Rocket 6 string
Orpheum 6 string
Two-ton Tele with a Redneck (Think it;s Oak. Twice the weight of a heavy Les Paul!)

'35 Dobro M-32
36(?) Dobro, woodbody roundneck
A Johnson roundneck
a Morrell Dobro, squareneck

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 13 Oct 2008 12:02 pm

I think we have a tie between Chris Lucker and Chas Smith.

Ben Jones · Post by **Ben Jones** » 13 Oct 2008 12:11 pm

wow Chris, thats a whole lotta Emmons.

I own one psg:
Nashville LTD

I'd like to buy a fender 400 long scale and am ready to do so when the right guitar/seller comes along.

Two laps both 6 stringers:
Fender champion
National New Yorker (couldnt resist the deco)

one dobro:
Goldtone Beard model

some day i would love to own a sho-bud. so stylish, beautiful and classic..who wouldnt want one?

Don Brown, Sr. · Post by **Don Brown, Sr.** » 13 Oct 2008 12:32 pm

There was a Fender 1000 also a 400 on ebay, two days ago. The 1000, looked to be in real good condition. 8 pedals... Cables were all there, or seemed to be. Just type in "Pedal Steel Guitar" I don't have the item number.

Brian McGaughey · Post by **Brian McGaughey** » 13 Oct 2008 12:37 pm

I'm wondering how many of you guys with 3 or more pedal steels are (still) married?

Playing pedal steel and being a bit of a gearhead is a passion MY wife does not share.

Oh yeah, I own one steel: a mid '70s MSA...

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 13 Oct 2008 12:54 pm

Wow, Chris!! Any chance I could get any of those off your hands? Perhaps I could interest you a nice Skeeter bass boat?

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 13 Oct 2008 1:16 pm

How is that boat?

Ben Jones · Post by **Ben Jones** » 13 Oct 2008 1:17 pm

Don Brown, Sr. wrote:There was a Fender 1000 also a 400 on ebay, two days ago. The 1000, looked to be in real good condition. 8 pedals... Cables were all there, or seemed to be. Just type in "Pedal Steel Guitar" I don't have the item number.

That 1000 looks great! but i am afraid it is goingto go for more than I have to spend and I dont really want a doubleneck anyway because my back is in such bad shape (I kow even the 400's are very heavy).
There have been a couple 400's here on the forum but I have a hard time buying from sellers with only one post after that epoisode with "the dart". The ebay 400's are alwasy priced WAY out of line it seems. They usually want $1000 for em because they are "vintage" fenders i guess. I will find one at a reasonable price soon I am sure..well not sure...but am hopeful

Scott Shipley · Post by **Scott Shipley** » 13 Oct 2008 1:23 pm

I got a Maverick.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 13 Oct 2008 1:36 pm

Chris Lucker wrote:How is that boat?

It's great! It's got lots more storage than my old Skeeter, and a much smoother ride. And not that I'm a speed freak, but I got it up to 62.4 mph on the GPS. Not bad for a 150 Yamaha on an 18'6"er. That's fast enough for me. Of course, trimmed up to the brink of porpoising, only me in the boat, little gas in the tank, water like glass and no wind.

The fish haven't gotten any bigger though. Whassup with 'dat?

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 13 Oct 2008 1:46 pm

I think this question is a good candidate for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".

To look at it from another angle, I would rather have my money "invested" in fine musical instruments than most stocks now being traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

I think that's been true for at least the last 20 years continuously, but never more true than now.

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