If you could only keep one steel...

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 9 Feb 2006 2:11 pm

"and why?"

Mainly because after playing EVERYTHING else; I like my LDG the best; it offers everything from Tone to versatility to ease of play; to tuning stability to it's the one endorsed by Lloyd Green> end of story.
Ricky

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 9 Feb 2006 2:55 pm

I don't have that problem,I can only afford one at a time.Guess I will keep my old 1974 MSA classic.She' heavy but tough,built like a tank.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 9 Feb 2006 2:59 pm

Bob,I'm curious,What kind of thumbpick do you use on your marimba?

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 9 Feb 2006 3:18 pm

I just wish I had two steels. I only have the one and that's my 2004 Mullen RP. I don't think I could be happier with any other steel though, it has it all, looks, tone, playabillity and anything else a man would want in a steel. I hope some day I can get a 2nd steel. One to keep at the church, and one at home.

Terry

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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
steelin for my Lord

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 9 Feb 2006 3:56 pm

If you could only keep one steel...

Well, I'd be circling the wagons, 'cause that would mean they're comin' after me. Ever hear of "you'll have to pry 'em from my cold, dead fingers?"

But if that was the case, I guess the last to go would be my Zum S-12U 8+5. It plays great, sounds great, and does about everything I'd want in a steel. And, of course, it's black mica.

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 9 Feb 2006 5:50 pm

. . . it offers everything from Tone to versatility to ease of play; to tuning stability to it's the one endorsed by Lloyd Green> end of story.

I happily endorse all this, Ricky, with one qualifier: I'd be too afraid to play mine if either you or Lloyd Green were in the room!

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 9 Feb 2006 6:12 pm

James; both Lloyd and I would be very pleased to hear you play what you know with conviction and you taking pride in what you do know and not harboring on what you don't know; is what we're all about my brother.
Stay with it.
Ricky

Bill Terry · Post by **Bill Terry** » 9 Feb 2006 8:05 pm

I've had a couple of Emmons guitars, a nice P/P and a LeGrande. Both are gone now, and I play a 73 LDG most of the time. I've also got a 73 or 74ish Pro II I bought recently, but the LDG would be the one I'd keep I guess. No, maybe the Pro II, I dunno, tough call..

Seems I've gone full circle, since I started out on a ShoBud Pro I, went through the Emmons phase, now back to ShoBuds again. I have a particular fondness for the barrel/puller versions, even with their quirkiness. What great tone, and for some reason or other I think I play better on ShoBuds.

Tommy R. Butler · Post by **Tommy R. Butler** » 9 Feb 2006 8:29 pm

Definately my Emmons,bar none. Of course we all look to find "that tone" some stick with one brand til they get it, others keep switching til they finally get lucky and find one.

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Mike Ester · Post by **Mike Ester** » 10 Feb 2006 10:26 am

Only have one pedal steel to keep (2005 Carter S12U). Duane got my other guitar.

Papa Joe Pollick · Post by **Papa Joe Pollick** » 10 Feb 2006 10:28 am

My String Master D8,over my PSG because I love those old swing tunes in a 6th tuning. PJ

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Billy Morgan · Post by **Billy Morgan** » 10 Feb 2006 1:00 pm

Emmons Push Pull
Emmons Legrande II
Zum
GFI
Mullin
All of the above five guitars I currently own are great. The all have their unique sound and I will gig with any of them. If I had to pick only one to keep if would be a hard choice, but I would go with the Emmons Legrande II. It plays great, stays in tune well and has the advantage of being an all pull guitar. Although it is not an Emmons push pull, it does have the characteristic Emmons tone and would be my guitar of choice.

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Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 10 Feb 2006 1:49 pm

I'll keep my Emmons, lacquer all-pull; love the sound, the feel and I love doing business with the folks at Emmons. They shipped this guitar to me about three years ago in excellent condition. I like the treatment that I have received from Emmons. If I was a little younger I'd probably ask Ron to build me a PP.

Jimmie Martin · Post by **Jimmie Martin** » 10 Feb 2006 2:48 pm

my msa d-10 classic ss. its the only one i have. now i gotta get an amp.

John Coffman · Post by **John Coffman** » 10 Feb 2006 3:31 pm

Mine is a Thomas Next generation D10

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Thomas SD10 3/4 and D10 8/5 Beginner

Dave Flanagan · Post by **Dave Flanagan** » 10 Feb 2006 3:43 pm

Duane that is a very good ?. I have owned a fender 2000, sho-bud pro1, sho-bud LDG, zumsteel,and just ordered a Rains, I've always been happy with each guitar I get and I hope my luck continues like this, but I've heard so many good guitars out there I'me glad you didn't ask what the best guitar is?

Frank Parish · Post by **Frank Parish** » 10 Feb 2006 3:54 pm

66 Emmons p/p black mica 8/8..sweeeet

71 Emmons p/p Redburst natural wood on all sides, alluminum necks 9/8 reeeeally sweeeet

02 Carter Ebony Birdseye front and back, black top, 8/7 best playing guitar I've ever had and with BL-710's exceptional tone

It would be the 71 Emmons because it has the best tone of any guitar I ever heard and it's the most beautiful of any I've seen and it's just hard to beat a wood guitar with alluminum necks period.

T. C. Furlong · Post by **T. C. Furlong** » 10 Feb 2006 4:20 pm

At this point in time because I have to use the guitar, my "only guitar" choice would have to be... (and let me be the first) my Franklin D-10 with wood necks. Mostly because it plays so dang in tune and easy and has humbuckers, records well and is made absolutely beautifully. But I would be weeping as I said good-bye to the three early push/pulls. If I was just playing around the house, it would be one of the P/P's. But then, it would be like having three of your kids in a life and death situation and only being able to save one. Which one would I save? I hope I am never faced with a decision like that. Also, next week I might have a different answer. I just love discovering and re-discovering the unique voice in each different guitar.
TC

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 10 Feb 2006 11:38 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>James; both Lloyd and I would be very pleased to hear you play what you know with conviction and you taking pride in what you do know and not harboring on what you don't know; is what we're all about my brother.
Stay with it.
Ricky<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ricky,
Fine points, indeed! Thanks for 'slapping' me with them--I needed that--in a very kindly manner. I'll take them to the bank and "stay with it!"
James[This message was edited by James Cann on 12 February 2006 at 08:45 AM.]

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 11 Feb 2006 6:58 am

Duane Reese · Post by **Duane Reese** » 11 Feb 2006 10:12 pm

Jay I take it you like that old Emmons... heh heh...
Wow - thanks for your input everyone! Now, I guess I better step up to the plate here since I started this whole thing...
See, it's hard choice between a '73 Sho-Bud Pro-II (two hole pullers, single/single - yeah, it's one of THOSE) and a mid '70's push-pull D-12 I have, and many know why that's tough!

See, the Pro-II has that slobbering Bud tone that's really woody and yet cuts well (you know the one) and the mechanics feel like a big typewriter - very tight and precise, and these particular guitars are hard to come by and like nothing else - I sought out this particular model, not by chance, but by experience and it took a while before I saw one come up for grabs and the money was right...
On the other hand, this push-pull has a sound I'm clearly addicted to - big and howling! The guitar steems to almost be alive in my hands as much as it resonates, and the ringing backfeeding effect that push-pulls have is indescribably wonderful - Bobbe knows what I'm talking about!

So here's my take: if this were a situaiton where I would be left with one steel and I could possibly get another later, I'd keep the Bud because I'd buy a push-pull again later (this Bud is a little more rare); but if I could never own another steel again, it'd be the push-pull. I just can't live without that sound and resonant quality it has.

Harold Dye · Post by **Harold Dye** » 12 Feb 2006 8:52 am

Guess I'll have to stick with my 81 Zum...The new ones are pretty but they don't sound like this one

Tracy Sheehan · Post by **Tracy Sheehan** » 12 Feb 2006 9:44 am

I am selling my steel,amp and a new volume foot pedal.
After all these years i took the amp and steel over to a friends house and weighed them.
Now i know y"all ain't gomnna believe this,but my fiddle does not weigh near as much as the steel and amp.Tracy

Duane Reese · Post by **Duane Reese** » 12 Feb 2006 1:09 pm

You're not leaving our ranks, are you? Or do you have another steel/amp besides that?

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 12 Feb 2006 6:21 pm

If I could only keep one steel... it would be one belonging to Buddy Emmons, so that if he wanted to play, he'd have to come to MY house!