carter starter on ebay Whats wrong with this picture??

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 17 Apr 2007 4:29 pm

Check out the pedals!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bruce Etter · Post by **Bruce Etter** » 17 Apr 2007 4:36 pm

This probably should go in the humor section! lol!

Jerry L Miller · Post by **Jerry L Miller** » 17 Apr 2007 4:43 pm

I think the pedal bar is on the wrong legs and the pull rods are not hooked up on the top." but with no picture of the bottom of the guitar there is know way of knowing " i only saw one knee lever. if i had $275.00 i would buy it
jerry

KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 17 Apr 2007 5:05 pm

That's a real how-do-you-do,huh?

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 17 Apr 2007 5:19 pm

Looks to me like the pedal bar is on the rear legs...notice the logo.

Oh, well.

That price won't be around for long, either. 6 days to go.

Colby Tipton · Post by **Colby Tipton** » 18 Apr 2007 1:37 am

It's must be set up for playing the new inverted E9 tuning.

Lavelle Pierce · Post by **Lavelle Pierce** » 18 Apr 2007 4:30 am

that may be a left hand steel

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 18 Apr 2007 5:10 am

Obviously the seller just doesn't know how it goes together.

if i had $275.00 i would buy it

FYI $275 is only the opening price - you can't "buy" it for that. The auction has 6 days to go!

William Fraser · Post by **William Fraser** » 18 Apr 2007 6:06 am

I finally saw one up close the other day, THANK GOD for real steels

John McGlothlin · Post by **John McGlothlin** » 18 Apr 2007 6:18 am

Great day in the mornin....that guitar is put together BASS ACKWARDS

Alan Kirk · Post by **Alan Kirk** » 18 Apr 2007 7:47 am

William Fraser wrote:I finally saw one up close the other day, THANK GOD for real steels :roll:

Well, that's kind of out of left field. FYI, the Starter is a real steel, one that probably stays in tune a lot better than that Sho-Bud in your picture.

I'm not taking this personally. I've owned a number of steels. I bought a Starter because I have back problems and the Starter is very light weight. Stays in tune a lot better than the Sierra Crown I had. I use it on gigs. Works fine.

Sho-Bud snobbery?

Another benefit of the Starter, as opposed to a more expensive steel with more pedals and knee levers, is that your are limited by the simplicity of Carter and must develop your technique and bar work, rather than just stomping on a bunch of pedals. It helps you learn how to play steel faster than learning on a more complex machine, in my opinion.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 18 Apr 2007 8:18 am

Picky, picky, picky...

Actually this is one of those RARE vintage Carter's that you play from the other side. Or, it could be one of them two man guitars like Bobbe Seymour has...

Wayne D. Clark · Post by **Wayne D. Clark** » 18 Apr 2007 8:24 am

Well let me see, I have one Pedal Rack, Three Rods, Four legs, Some folding things under the guitar Hmmmmm. HONEY. What became of all that packing material I left on the living room floor. OH! Well Did you see any thing that looked like an instruction sheet before you did that?

There are two thoughts on this, It is being sold because the seller does not know how to set it up, or the seller has taken the insterment to an Ebay Dealer to have the insterment sold and the Dealer has no idea how to set the insterment up. I preferr the latter explination.

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Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 18 Apr 2007 8:56 am

I agree Wayne, What an "insterment!"

Alan Kirk · Post by **Alan Kirk** » 18 Apr 2007 9:50 am

Correct me if I'm wrong...

William Fraser's post was about Carter Starters, generally, not about the one on eBay. Hence, my response.

(No disrespect intended.)

Jan Dunn · Post by **Jan Dunn** » 18 Apr 2007 1:22 pm

wonder what the seller's native language was...

ok, ok, not everyone has perfect grammar but they could have worked on it a little, no?

I must be a horrible person to notice stuff like that so don't start with the flaming. I already feel bad enough.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 18 Apr 2007 3:15 pm

Up for auction is a Carter-Starter Pedal Steel Guitar in like-new, never been used condition.

I can certainly see why it's never been used.

The Carter-Starter Pedal Steel Guitar is very user-friendly, and is designed especially for students.

THAT statement, I have a problem with.

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 18 Apr 2007 5:54 pm

This one obviously doesn't come with Carters "Setup" video

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 18 Apr 2007 10:22 pm

..that looks like the same setup the infamous Swedish bluegrass/disco "musicians" Rednex used when they did an apalling lip-sync number in last year's Eurovision Song Contest tryouts. On the soundtrack, there was clearly a lap steel, but on stage was a pedal steel assembled the wrong way around. The guy (looking like a scarecrow) sitting behind it clearly had no clue, he was just moving the bar back and forth all the way up the neck, all the time. Disgusting...

(Apparently, the rights to their songs and recordings up to now are up for sale for a few million dollars. A group of people are raising money to buy them - with the intent to lock'em up for ever, away from human ears)

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 18 Apr 2007 11:40 pm

. . reminds me of this one that I converted for a southpaw pal in Manhattan . . . The low 'B' is farthest forward and the 'F#' is nearest him. He also plays guitar similarly, using a righty guitar flipped over.
~Russ

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KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 19 Apr 2007 5:15 pm

Nothing against Carter,but I can't see one staying in tune better than a Sho~Bud!!Go figure.

William Fraser · Post by **William Fraser** » 20 Apr 2007 4:24 am

I need to apologise for my thoughtless comments.No offense was intended , to any one. I better go pry my foot out of my mouth so I can use pedals later.Billy Lee Fraser

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 20 Apr 2007 5:05 am

Way to go Herb...

Now somebody has come up with the ideal sales catchphrase... A "user friendly" pedal steel guitar.

Would that be one having an "intuitive" interface? Perhaps there is a need in this world for an alternate pedal steel guitar operating system... A WYSIWYG version instead of that clunky old command line stuff.
Mine have all been "user-unfriendly" for many years. Not necessarily of bad attitude, just uncooperative.

Roger Light · Post by **Roger Light** » 20 Apr 2007 6:44 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/CARTER-Starter-Peda ... dZViewItem
Seller said it was assembled wrong. Posted new pics.
Scroll to the bottom of the ad.

A. J. Schobert · Post by **A. J. Schobert** » 20 Apr 2007 6:51 am

So that is all you have to do for a left-handed guitar