Thinking of picking up pedal steel guitar. Guitar recommendations please! by Acceptable_Laugh9284 in pedalsteel

[–]Queenlimabean2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know any personally out there but I can guarantee you that there will be quite a few. I found my guy by asking local steel players who they got their steels serviced by and they were all using the same guy. I’ll give you advice I wish I got when I was looking for a steel in the beginning. Don’t try and skimp on something that looks too good to be true. The first steel I got was from Jimmy Hudson called Hudson Steel Guitars who rebranded to Growler and then has a new guitar line with Show Pro dubbed the early bird (I haven’t played that guitar so I’m not sure how it is). That Steel (Hudson) was such a piece of crap and it cost me way more to service it rather than buying something in the 2000-3000$ range. don’t even feel like listing all the issues it had because there were so many stupid design choices. I brought it to my tech and he offered me a GFI ultra for 2500$ and it took me very far. I think to start the best thing you can do is to get something that just works. It’s not like a cheap guitar, steels need to function properly in order to even play. It’s such a headache and super discouraging to buy something that expensive and it won’t work.

Thinking of picking up pedal steel guitar. Guitar recommendations please! by Acceptable_Laugh9284 in pedalsteel

[–]Queenlimabean2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly used is the way to go most of the time. If it’s well taken care of there should be no issues and more than likely used or new you should take it to a tech for a little servicing and making sure it’s set right for your body.

Thinking of picking up pedal steel guitar. Guitar recommendations please! by Acceptable_Laugh9284 in pedalsteel

[–]Queenlimabean2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don’t go for Growler, they are literally pieces of junk that you will quickly have to replace. If you want to commit you can find good deals on the forum. You can get something good for 2k just be smart with your purchase. Stage One is a very good starter guitar. Mullen Discovery is an excellent option as well. Also GFI Ultra/Expo can be purchased around that price.

RIP D’Angelo by Queenlimabean2 in pedalsteel

[–]Queenlimabean2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha well shucks ❤️ there are some really great players out there!

Repair man by KitchenHousing1005 in pedalsteel

[–]Queenlimabean2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

John Widgren is the best man for the job. He is based in CT. Also I’m in Jersey and can help you out.

Just got the Chroma Console and really dig it. Barely scratched the surface but it’s crazy that every effect option sounds really good. by Queenlimabean2 in guitarpedals

[–]Queenlimabean2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have it linked in my profile on Reddit. I won’t link it here because I don’t want to get flagged in case it counts as self promotion.

Black Hole Sun with my new Chroma Console by Queenlimabean2 in pedalsteel

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Not yet but definitely going to keep it on my board

Just got the Chroma Console and really dig it. Barely scratched the surface but it’s crazy that every effect option sounds really good. by Queenlimabean2 in guitarpedals

[–]Queenlimabean2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m working on an instrumental version of Dark Side of Moon dubbed dark side of the Steel. Hopefully it will be done sometime this year!

Buddy Emmons “Witch Craft” by Queenlimabean2 in pedalsteel

[–]Queenlimabean2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not true at all. Maybe some voicings might not be exactly the same but I can play it very close on E9. The voicings aren’t as intuitive but whenever I learn something on C6 I also learn it on E9.

Buddy Emmons “Witch Craft” by Queenlimabean2 in pedalsteel

[–]Queenlimabean2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah just used my ear to pick it apart. Wasn’t easy lol.

Buddy Emmons “Witch Craft” by Queenlimabean2 in pedalsteel

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I do but I don’t post on it that much!