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Topic: Best pedal steel on the market 2020 |
Asa Brosius
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Posted 5 Aug 2020 10:38 am |
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| Its always gonna be a personal choice, but it's illuminating to see what successful working steel players choose. |
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Thomas Sabatini
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2020 12:49 pm
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The "best" pedal steel for 2020 is the same as the "best" pedal steel for any other year.
It's the one that inspires a player the most. |
Good with the politics, and also true. |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2020 1:39 pm
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| If I were buying new, I would probably think in the line of a Justice then a Mullen or Sho Pro. Been a Sho Bud guy for almost 40 years. Can't help it!!! I'm spoiled!!! Sho Bud Super Pro with metal necks, NYXL nickel wounds, Sho Bud P/UP's. No frills. Steel Guitar Black Box and a NV112. |
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2020 2:26 pm
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I have an old Sho~Bud that is gorgeous.
But I like my metal-over-maple Zum Encore better. It is a marvelous playing and sounding guitar. It has quit my looking and lusting. Almost. Mostly.
But I would listen to the guys above that have been doing this for 40 or more years, really fun to see what they like.
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David Bamber
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2020 7:35 am Best Psg In 2020
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| OPINIONS ARE LIKE BELLY BUTTONS !! EVERYBODY HAS ONE.. WHAT I BASE MY OPINION ON IS WHAT IS BEST FOR ME. FACTORS I CONSIDER ARE QUALITY, AVAILABILITY, SERVICE, FACTORY SUPPORT,REPUTATION ETC... I MET DEL AND DIXIE MULLEN IN DENVER IN 1970 WITH A PROBLEMATIC E 9 PICKUP ON MY SHO-BUD D10 PROFESSIONAL. DEL WOUND A NEW PICKUP AND INSTALLED IT FOR ME, AND IT STILL WORKS PERFECTLY! I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL MULLEN GUITARS AND HAVE HAD GREAT SERVICE FOR ANYTHING I NEED FROM THEM. MIKE MANTEY IS NOW IN CHARGE, AND WILL TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF YOU!! |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2020 10:07 am
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I have 6 PSGs, but I've only had one brand new one.. a Mullen G2. Lacquer with a wood neck, and I've quit looking at guitars for sale! ðŸ‘
Great service before and after the sale. Excellent product! |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2020 10:44 am
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If I was in the market for a brand-spankin' knew pedal steel guitar (and I'm knot), I would purchase a Mullen, for three reasons:
1) They've been building PSGs for quite some time, so they obviously know what they're doing.
2) Mullen continues to maintain an impeccable reputation.
3) Their factory facility is a reasonable drive from my home.
If I was still living in the Gopher State, I'd purchase a Williams. For exactly the same reasons.
But that's just me... |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2020 12:05 pm
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For good tone my choice can no longer be bought new.
For that reason my only choices are 50 year or older model steels.
I should say tone is subjective I just like the tone of old Buds an push pulls an Marlen pull release steels.
An a simple Loyd Green set up on older steels works well for me. |
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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2020 1:14 pm
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You must be kidding?
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Been playing all of my life, Lead Guitar, and Pedal Steel, sing Lead and Harmony.. play other Instruments also but I hate to admit to it.. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 8 Aug 2020 2:24 pm
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There is only one way to answer this. The O.P. needs to buy one of every steel mentioned in this thread and see which one he likes best. 
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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2020 5:46 pm
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Mike I felt that it was really kind of a dumb question to begin with... I mean WHO makes the best car🎶🎶🎶🎶
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 9 Aug 2020 12:18 am
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Ron"Who makes the best Car?" Adobe?
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 9 Aug 2020 3:33 am
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| Mike I felt that it was really kind of a dumb question to begin with... I mean WHO makes the best car🎶🎶🎶🎶 |
Ron, I still love my MSAs. How do you like yours?
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 9 Aug 2020 4:01 am steels
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1 Ritt,
2 fessy
Mullen
justice
Williams
there all good guitars 
p.w |
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 9 Aug 2020 5:14 am
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Easy: read the "For sale" listings, the ones you don't see there are the ones players are hanging onto.
Next !!
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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2020 5:47 am
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Mike I love mine .. well I have to say that I have loved all of them.. but by far this one is my favorite... so to me this is the BEST guitar built today...I mean when it comes right down to it the PSG is nothing more than a machine with a neck on it... your fingers and brain is what makes it sound good!
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Ray Frady
From:
Rittman, Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2020 10:28 pm
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Beautiful!!!!!! |
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Ray Frady
From:
Rittman, Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2020 10:33 pm
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Jeffery Mercer
From:
Born in Portsmouth Oh. Dec. 10th 1954 Reside in City of Mentor, in Northeast Oh.
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Posted 23 May 2024 12:38 pm No question is stupid
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| Mike I felt that it was really kind of a dumb question to begin with... I mean WHO makes the best car🎶🎶🎶🎶 |
The Newbie is just asking a simple question…you guys are all giving him these political answers or better yet the old standby “There is NO Best!” Sure there is! Even if it’s a steel that’s no longer made there is a Best to all things! He’s just asking you what in your own mind do YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST PEDAL STEEL MADE? You guys all act like your afraid to answer his question? Hey…nobody is gonna get offended, just answer the question! For me I’ll say a ZUM pedal Steel, that’s just me, someone else might say a specific Mullen, or maybe a ShoBud Pro2 that’s all the guys askin for…and then he said WHY IS IT YOUR FAVORITE? I think it’s a Fantastic question wherein we might all learn something, where’s Ricky Davis when I need Him…lol
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 23 May 2024 4:02 pm
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You realize you're responding to a four year old post, right? Some of the people who responded back then aren't alive.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 23 May 2024 7:26 pm
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So, Jeffery, "best"...in what way? Best tone? Best sustain? Best engineering? Best mechanics? Best price? Best value? Best looking? Etc., etc., and the list goes on and on. If one brand had all these qualities, that would be the one most everybody played; but no guitar made has all these qualities, so we're stuck with opinions. And that's not political correctness, that's just common sense. Play what you like, but keep in mind that no brand will make you a great player, nor will any brand keep you from being a great player. That's all up to you.  |
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Jeffery Mercer
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Born in Portsmouth Oh. Dec. 10th 1954 Reside in City of Mentor, in Northeast Oh.
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Posted 24 May 2024 5:56 am Good advice Donnie!
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Great Advice Donnie, “You too Irv” That’s why I love this Forum! I’m surrounded by Wisdom & Knowledge…I love and appreciate all you guys! What a great group! It’s a privilege to be in such a group!
“Have a great Weekend my Brothers!”
Respectfully,
Jeffery
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 26 May 2024 3:40 am
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I the past, and I mean FAR past, there have been some brands which built "bad" guitars, even "junk". Some were not much more than "garage" and "back-yard-shed" operations which tools did not amount to much than a hack saw and a big ol' hammer. Some mechanics were extremely crude and inconsistent and often evidently not creations by people which were keenly aware of precision mechanics applications and even basic applied physics.
Other companies got a reputation of treating different types of customers differently; know Nashville cats got great guitars, un-connected beginners got "dogs". Some steel guitar "dealers" gained a similar reputation and when the Internet penetrated the marked, some ugly stories started to make the rounds.
Some big early brands came out with lines of guitars which were plagued with material and quality issues.
This does NOT seem to be the case anymore nowadays, and I feel that anybody in the market can buy a new guitar they feel "in love with" with confidence. The general advice on here, which I feel is still valid, is to TRY out a guitar or at least the brand/model to see if the IS "love in the air".
For beginners this may seem a more difficult test to perform, but in general, one can even ask the seller/owner/dealer to play the different guitars to see if it is pleasing to you the buyer.
... J-D.
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A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
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