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Topic: Texas Pedal Steels |
Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 16 Jul 2020 5:08 am |
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| Pure curiosity. Haven' heard anything about this TPS line of steel guitars lately. Anybody playing it? Still being built? |
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Paddy Long
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 16 Jul 2020 3:52 pm
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Jerry they had a booth at the TSGA in Dallas in March so I guess they are still going :-}
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 16 Jul 2020 6:21 pm
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| Thanks Paddy. That's good to know. Somehow I thought there would be more interest, chatter etc. about them. Seems they are a sort of continuation of the old MCI line that was so popular. |
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baxter vaughan
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Lubbock, Texas 79424
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 1:47 pm
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| I’ve owned one since September of last year. A black D10 & couldn’t be happier with it. They take the better qualities of the MCI & add modern technology with it. It’s a great sounding guitar. John Cassias & Ron Browning are great guys. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 3:16 pm
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| I've heard Baxter play his. It sounds great. |
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Randall Palmore
From:
Albany,TX USA 76430
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Posted 18 Jul 2020 5:50 pm Texas Pedal Steel
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| Golly hard to believe it’s been way over a year since I saw my friend Arty Passas. He was playing one in Kevin Fowler’s band and really like it! I saw that guitar at Dallas back in 2019.. I think they are nice guitars and the guys selling them were nice guys. I think the great player, Tommy Detamore might have one?? |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 5:43 pm
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Yes design-wise they include a lot of the features of MCI's and also Carters ... the necks have the rolled edges like the Carter guitars as well .. not a welded frame though, they have a standard maple type body with machined end plates.
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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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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2020 6:08 pm
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| Their website has a clip with Steve Polousek playing some monster licks. |
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2020 7:34 am
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Appears from their website they only offer a D-10.
I would imagine if they offered a S-10 or SD-10 you might hear more about them. Offering only a D-10 really limits your market. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 20 Jul 2020 7:58 am
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While I think most professional players want a D10, they do build SD10's also.
...from the website...
Introducing our new Texas Pedal Steel Guitars D-10
The newest double neck steel guitar in production. A modern pedal steel that incorporates the most functional designs and components proven reliable by players/builders since the early innovations of the classic doubleneck steel guitars . We continue the quest for tone and playability with our extensive R&D incorporating best methods of manufacturing with the practical experience of players' needs and challenges. View the photos and hear a demonstration. We also build single neck doubles. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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baxter vaughan
From:
Lubbock, Texas 79424
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Posted 20 Jul 2020 4:48 pm
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| MCI style changers , pull rods & bell cranks. Very smooth pedals & knee levers. Fingertip knee lever adjustment is a nice feature. I love the tone. |
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Michael Weaver
From:
Buffalo Grove, IL
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Posted 20 Jul 2020 5:42 pm
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| Perhaps I overlooked it, but I did not see any prices mentioned on the website. |
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baxter vaughan
From:
Lubbock, Texas 79424
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Posted 20 Jul 2020 5:47 pm
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| Michael I didn’t either. So I emailed them. They answered right away. |
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Tommy Detamore
From:
Floresville, Texas
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 5:22 am Re: Texas Pedal Steel
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| Randall Palmore wrote: |
| I think the great player, Tommy Detamore might have one?? |
Thanks Randall! While I do not own one, I have had three TPS guitars under my roof at one time or another. The kind fellers at TPS wanted me to evaluate them and give some feedback. Being a long-time aficionado of Carter steels, and more recently of MCI's, the design of the TPS was intriguing to me.
These are very nice steels and sound quite good IMHO. They do in fact makes an SD-10. I took one to St. Lucia last year on a fly date for Heather Myles. The guitar in the standard fiber flight case well under the 50-lb limit. Enough so that I was able to cram some effects pedals and such in there. I also have a friend who took delivery on a new SD-10 not long ago.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 19 Mar 2021 10:59 am
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| Anybody else playing this guitar? I'm surprised there's not more noise about these since the MCIs were so well loved. |
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Don Hemmer
From:
Krum TX USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2021 3:55 pm Tps
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Hi Jerry we opened a job for Kevin Fowler last year and Arty Passes
was on a TPS and had a great sound and of course played great as well.Nice looking steel guitars. |
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Very nice looking guitars. 