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• Referral from July 19, 2015
  

  Patrick R. asked:

  Where can a beginner find something to learn on for a very reasonable price?

  

  Jeff M. replied:

  They come up on Ebay or Craigs List a lot - there were loads of them made, Also the various steel guitar forums are good places to find nice old lap steels for a reasonable price - for example bb.steelguitarforum.com. Here's one on Ebay with a day to go. One went less than a week ago for $230 and a couple of others in the last month for less than $300. I have no connection with the sale, BTW. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-GIBSON-BR-9-Lap-Steel-Electric-Cream-Guitar-/171856682208?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item280374 dce0

  

  David D. replied:

  Patrick, take any acoustic or electric steel-string guitar. Get a raised nut from a music store (or make one yourself). Tune to an open tuning (search the web for different ones and choose the one you like). Open E is a good tuning for guitar players, because the frets are like E barre chords. Get a bar from a music store. Start playing around and see if you like it. The picture you showed is a pedal steel guitar D10 (double neck, 10 strings each neck). These are also available in 10 and 12 string single necks. Steel guitars without pedals are usually called lap steels, no-pedal steels, or straight steel, although you can get them with legs (technically called console steels). The no-pedal sound is what you hear on vintage country before the mid-'50s. After that it is mostly pedal steel. You will progress much faster if you find a good teacher, but instruction material is available (search on-line). If you have some basic music theory (I, IV,V chords, etc.) you can go pretty far teaching yourself. Also, search for the Steel Guitar Forum on-line and join up. Good luck. :)

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• Referral from January 31, 2014
  

  Mike K. asked:

  Anybody got a violin bow they don't need?

  

  Robert Y. replied:

  Proving that there's nothing new under the sun, I give you this: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1480287&sid=297 ab8 f034 cad4 e4 e50 a0 f5 d26 e8 e599

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