Top 5 Pedal Steel Guitars

Steve Dodson · Post by **Steve Dodson** » 5 Jul 2006 8:31 pm

The Rittenberry is a very good guitar. Gary has not been back to building very long ,so there are not a lot of them out there yet. But anyone looking for a New guitar needs to Check this one out. I think you will like it. It carries a tone of two Top Gun Steels of the past, Plus it has its own personal tone and feel to go along with it. It stays it tune very well and has enough sustain to hold its own with any of them.
So I would say Rittenberry,Carter,Emmons, Franklin,ZumSteel and I'm sure the Show Pro will be one to watch for also as well as the Rains Guitar. I know thats more than 5 but when you start its hard to stop.

Billy Carr · Post by **Billy Carr** » 5 Jul 2006 11:32 pm

Yes Steve, I agree with you on guitars, especially the Rittenberry and Rains. I hadn't had a chance to play a Rittenberry yet but the Rains D-10's with the 10-1's are bad to the bone with tone.

Jim Gorrie · Post by **Jim Gorrie** » 6 Jul 2006 1:59 am

Paul . . . if you're looking for comments from owners, have a look at this >
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http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/011200.html
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. . . this is just from Fessy owners. I'm sure there are plenty more threads like this on the forum about other makes.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jim Gorrie on 06 July 2006 at 03:00 AM.]</p></FONT>

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 6 Jul 2006 2:31 am

"I'm not going to mention brands but it goes back to what I said earlier about resell value. "

Billy - I think this would be great info to post...and it's not going to hurt any current businesses making guitars if all 3 are out of business. Poor resale value is something that would be pretty important to know for most buyers.

A. J. Schobert · Post by **A. J. Schobert** » 6 Jul 2006 9:08 am

Paul the company's you mentioned guys still play 'em I saw a video the other day (can't recall the title) and the player had an old sho-bud, keep in mind since then alot of mechanical improvments have been made since then so I didn't include sho-bud in my top 5.I include GFI since you can just go down to a dealer and take it home, I really like that feature.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 6 Jul 2006 1:39 pm

Paul,
I think Frank pretty much answered your 2 ?'s

Randy Gilliam · Post by **Randy Gilliam** » 6 Jul 2006 8:23 pm

I Was in Nashville 2 weeks ago and went down on Broadway on a Monday night 5 Different Clubs I saw 4 Emmons Push pulls And 1 Williams They all had effects except the Williams and odly enough too me the Williams sounded better. Randy

Jody Sanders · Post by **Jody Sanders** » 6 Jul 2006 9:19 pm

After the Dallas Show last March, I posted the different brands that were played on the show. MSA was #1 but I don't recall exactly which ones were next. I know ZUM and Mullen were close to he top. Jody.

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 9 Jul 2006 5:43 pm

Let's see... an Emmons wraparound, a bolton, a split tail and maybe a ShoBud D-10 and a ZB... oughta do it.

Sorta like music, either Country or Western -- Emmons or Sho-Bud. Rest is rap music to me... -L-