If money was no object....

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 1 May 2016 11:41 pm

What would you get if you had a rich benefactor who would buy you any steel you wanted, no matter how expensive?

I'd have Doug Seymour make me a custom 12 string Encore with 4 pedals, 5 knees and my wrist lever. It would be my "beach steel."

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 2 May 2016 2:47 am

Interesting...you would consider moving away from MSA???

Those new Legends & Studio Pro are sweet looking instruments!

This is a loaded question, to be sure. There are so many fine builders/guitars on the market these days, I wouldn't know which to choose. Possibly the one that offers the easiest copedent changes, unlike my Sierra, lol.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 2 May 2016 4:15 am

It'd be a 4-way toss-up between MSA, Excel, Williams and a Cass/Emmons push-pull.

john widgren · Post by **john widgren** » 2 May 2016 5:04 am

Uhhhh...Doug Earnest?

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 2 May 2016 5:11 am

....easy. Back lacquer, wood necks, MOP inlaid G2 D10 9+8

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 2 May 2016 5:37 am

Tim Russell wrote:Interesting...you would consider moving away from MSA???

Yes, for a beach/rehearsal guitar. The MSAs are too nice to take to the beach. I want another guitar that I don't have to worry about scratching up.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 2 May 2016 5:38 am

john widgren wrote:Uhhhh...Doug Earnest?

Ooooooops.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 2 May 2016 5:53 am

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 2 May 2016 6:05 am

Sheffield

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 2 May 2016 6:18 am

If money was no object, I would engage with the local workshops to have my own PSG design built. Would require plenty work on my part too, as none of them have any idea what a PSG is all about - which is just as well since only a few parts will look like what is found on/in traditional PSGs.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 2 May 2016 6:28 am

If they were still being built, I'd have another D-10 Franklin.

DG Whitley · Post by **DG Whitley** » 2 May 2016 9:00 am

A lacquered D-10 G2 or Williams. I love both builders, it would be a toss-up on my part.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 2 May 2016 10:10 am

franklin, infinity, zum.....oh wait...
they don't make those anymore.

jch, emmons..don't make them.

Mullen don't excite me.

there are lots of nice looking newer brands
but their track records aren't established yet.

msa should be tops. they seem a bit sterile.
as my friend said about his millenium...the best $4000 steel that $6000 can by!

gfi, bmi, jackson...not aesthetically right.

show pro...should be great. no splits at changer.

justice and rittenberrymay be super. never played one.
ben rom, beautiful but only single 10'sat the moment.

that leaves me with old zums and emmons in the garage. still totally capable rides.

Duane Reese · Post by **Duane Reese** » 2 May 2016 1:32 pm

If money were no object...?
Welcome to the candy store, kids!

Okay, this would not be a decision I could make on the spot, but here would be some considerations, or ones I'd like to try at least:

Fender PS 210 (because they are worth a lot, but maybe I'd keep it if I liked it - is keeping it a requirement?)
Franklin (same as above)
My own steel design (not going to bore you with details)
Lamar
Emmons SKH
MSA Red Baron
Zum
MSA Legend
JCH

All guitars would either be lacquer over a dark stain or black opaque (mica or otherwise).

My top choice would be my own design.

Judson Adair · Post by **Judson Adair** » 2 May 2016 1:43 pm

I actually already have my dream steel. It is an MSA D12 with 8 pedals and 5 knee levers. I am not super happy with the copendant but a friend is going to help me swaps it once some parts come it.

Wesley Medlen · Post by **Wesley Medlen** » 2 May 2016 2:00 pm

I would order a Justice SDS10 Judge with 4 & 5 or a BMI SD10 with 4 & 5. Already have 2 BMI's and have played Fred's guitars. Wes

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 2 May 2016 4:07 pm

ps210...too impractical for a working player.
red baron...huh...why..?

Rich Upright · Post by **Rich Upright** » 2 May 2016 5:06 pm

Currently available:

MSA Millenium or Legend D-10, 9+10,lighted frets,full compliment of interchangeable pickups, 2 '77 Vibrosonic amps.

ANY steel at all: I would like to have back my D-10 Bolt on PP, with 9+7,that I sold like an idiot back around '08.

Or any Zum D-10

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 2 May 2016 6:14 pm

I'd probably try to convince Bruce to build me another U-12 ZumSteel, but, this time with a lacquer body of my choice color and lots of MOP.

Ben Elder · Post by **Ben Elder** » 2 May 2016 6:43 pm

I'd just get overhauls on the ones I have (2 x ZB S-10; Sho-Bud D-10 and Emmons Student) from a master tech and find other things to waste profligate largesse on. Well, OK a Clinesmith, but otherwise I haven't heard or seen anything I like better (Frank Carter's Infinity may be the exception, but I understand that lusting after one is academic by now.) Add a Fender tube amp (wait, I'll never need more than the Princeton Reverb I already have--what, me gig?) and I'm done.

Dan Robinson · Post by **Dan Robinson** » 2 May 2016 8:54 pm

My bucket list pedal steel will do more, weight less, stay in tune better than my 6139. Why not a 4x5 Encore, I get to choose the color?

"A man's got to know his limitations."
Inspector Harry Callahan

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 3 May 2016 2:59 am

Ken Metcalf · Post by **Ken Metcalf** » 3 May 2016 3:35 am

Maybe something like this but it's a hard call thesedays.

Don R Brown · Post by **Don R Brown** » 3 May 2016 5:34 am

No question at all - this one:

(There's an old saying, "If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it". But one of these days I'm going to ask Dave anyway. I'd save money on food, who could stop playing that thing to eat?

)

Mark Hershey · Post by **Mark Hershey** » 3 May 2016 5:55 am

No love for the Emmons PP in this thread?

Since I already have on I'd love to add a Kevin Hatton built ZB to my collection.

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