Tommy White's new Sheffield D10

Rex Thomas · Post by **Rex Thomas** » 10 Aug 2018 9:07 am

VERY cool!

Dave Wheelhouse · Post by **Dave Wheelhouse** » 10 Aug 2018 9:13 am

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 10 Aug 2018 11:42 am

Gorgeous. I listened to the clips you posted on Facebook. Great sounding guitar. Doesn't hurt to have one of the best to ever touch a steel guiter.

Don R Brown · Post by **Don R Brown** » 10 Aug 2018 1:12 pm

Simply beautiful!

David Gertschen · Post by **David Gertschen** » 10 Aug 2018 3:47 pm

Wow, that is a pretty guitar!!

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 11 Aug 2018 9:16 am

Beautiful Steel Tommy!!! Congrats

Tommy Shown · Post by **Tommy Shown** » 12 Aug 2018 6:26 pm

What? No Mullen?09

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 13 Aug 2018 1:31 am

Tommy made a special point of clarifying that his association with Mullen is still in place, and is unaffected by this recent acquisition. The Sheffield is now part of his collection of pedal steels.

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 13 Aug 2018 9:57 am

I was told that the big difference is that while the Mullen is mass produced,
The Sheffield like the Anapeg and the Schild are not.

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 13 Aug 2018 10:06 am

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Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 13 Aug 2018 10:11 am

I wouldn't consider any new Pedal Steel "mass produced".

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 13 Aug 2018 10:28 am

Jack, according to Dave Wheelhouse, builder of Sheffield Guitars, on « steel guitar builder ».
Said, my guitars are hand built & are 1 off's. That’s not true of Mullen’s!

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 13 Aug 2018 10:46 am

What you guys must realise is that Dave Wheelhouse has a day job. He works here in England as a teacher / lecturer. His guitars are built to order in his spare time, mainly by hand.

I would agree with Jack Stoner re the term 'mass produced'. Even MSA's output of pedal steels, which is not inconsiderable, can hardly be called mass produced. If pedal steels had a market where they could be mass produced, the Chinese would be in there like a shot.

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 13 Aug 2018 10:57 am

Ken, how does a Mullen and Sheffield differ in price!

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 13 Aug 2018 11:02 am

Nice looking guitar Tommy.
Tell us how it plays and sounds
Is it headed for the Opry?

Mark Frederick · Post by **Mark Frederick** » 13 Aug 2018 11:23 am

One gorgeous steel guitar right there. Yep.

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 13 Aug 2018 12:03 pm

Brian Henry wrote:Ken, how does a Mullen and Sheffield differ in price!

It depends upon where you live Brian. If you are from the UK, a USA built guitar is currently prohibitively expensive. This is simply down to the exchange rate, and the dollar is very strong against the GB pound. Obviously things are different from your side of the pond. To ship a Mullen or any other guitar to the UK is a very costly exercise. It is unfair to compare the price of the 2 guitars because of the differential in exchange rates.

BTW, Dave's guitars literally have bearings everywhere including the nut rollers.

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 14 Aug 2018 12:08 am

Ken, Here are the current prices for each

$5095. D10 MULLEN PEDAL STEEL. Plus freight

$3714. GBP2900. 1.27650 USD SHEFFIELD D10 PEDAl Steel plus freight

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 14 Aug 2018 2:06 am

UPS freight saver rate quotation from London to Atlanta

For Sheffield D10

GBP 111.50

Approx. US $141.85

Dave Wheelhouse · Post by **Dave Wheelhouse** » 14 Aug 2018 3:23 am

Hi guys, if anyone wants to know the price of a Sheffield, please contact me direct, as the prices on this thread are incorrect. For example, an SD10 3+5 is approx £3600 (sterling) plus shipping. Thanks, Dave.

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 14 Aug 2018 4:15 am

Hi Dave , thank you. Here is the website we’re I got my information

http://www.pedalsteel.co.uk/New-PSGs-an ... -PS-Guitar

You make an awesome instrument!

Dave Wheelhouse · Post by **Dave Wheelhouse** » 14 Aug 2018 4:26 am

Yes my good friend Bob Adams, he put that on his site a good few years ago. The prices have changed a little since then and I know the photos could be a little miss leading between SD10 and D10, but that price was for the black SD10 model. Dave

Tommy White · Post by **Tommy White** » 14 Aug 2018 5:08 am

My sincerest thank you to my dear friend Dave Wheelhouse for building me such a beautiful and fantastic instrument. I’ll keep, play and cherish it.
Also, I have been and will continue to be an endorser and play Mullen guitars , as Mullen guitars have been and will continue to be my first choice in pedal steel guitar as Ken Byng so eloquently stated.

Lynette Richards · Post by **Lynette Richards** » 14 Aug 2018 7:26 am

Tommy is the real deal. We are so proud to have such a Great guy on our side. Tommy came to me and said he was given a guitar by a great friend of his, and he asked if he could play it without causing any problems. He could have played it and we prob would be none the wiser, but not Tommy. He used his morality and came to us with the idea. I respect this man so very much. I am proud to call him my friend, my Brother, and part of Mullen Guitars forever.

So not to hijack the thread completely, that guitar is stunning. I bet she sounds as good as she looks. Congrats Dave. What a beautiful piece of art you have created.