ABC's of Pedal Steel Lesson

[BerkLeeDrm]

standard nylon and steel banjo pics by dunlop

[porpoisefathom]

is it better to have 10 or 12 strings?

[sbenzian]

I'd say start with ten strings for pedal steel.

[Bucketchico]

that is called Hawaian guitar?

[sbenzian]

The steel guitar without pedals can also be called a Hawaiian guitar. My lessons are for the pedal steel guitar.

[sbenzian]

you can play without finger picks......you should use a thumb pick.

[1dudeman2]

do you play with fingerpicks?

[sbenzian]

yes, I use metal picks on the index and middle finger and a plastic thumb pick

[1dudeman2]

what does a decent pedal steel cost these days.. ballpark...i play a dobro ,but i cant wait to play a pedal steel...the possibilities

[bassalltheway]

I've never played pedal steel in my life but i can't enough of how good it sounds, thus i want one! but i don't know how easily i'd take to using picks since i'm so used to playing fingerstyle guitar, so my question is; will i be able to get a decent sound with my fingers or are picks a necessity?

[JodySuchard]

@bassalltheway you can play without picks and sound fantastic , watch some of bobbe seymores vids , he only uses a thumb pick.

[packingten]

This is great for people wanting to learn. A Sabine Tuner is one of the best for a Steel they are cheap and accurate.If you want a book in addition to this Winnie Winston made a good one it is Old but good,I learned from it).It has tunings of course a lot of things in it are pretty old but it has a lot of good info,Us older players didn't have the help like this in our day, that book also had a record(REALLY OLD!:). New ones may be CD Look for Winnie Winston Pedal Steel book,Thank You!,

[thedonmanband]

Hey, I'm really enjoyng your videos!

Thanks & keep up the good work ;)

Donman

[georgebruce]

Nice job, Steve - your efforts are much appreciated. That's a Carter, right?

Bruce from Valley Cottage.

[sbenzian]

thanks, Bruce. Yes a Carter --same one as on the Hands video I posted.

[maestrosanto]

With no doubt the best pedal videos on the net. One thing i'd like to see is a tuning video with pedals and levers down/active. To tune the guitar to it self it would be much easier to no what strings to check with each other.

Sry for the spelling.

Mattias

Sweden

[sbenzian]

Mattias, I tried to post the tuning method...must be too long. I sent you an email.

[sbenzian]

I would buy the best used pedal steel I could find and afford with the idea that I could always resell it later if I decided to quit or wanted a better one.  Check craigslist, ebay, and the steel guitar forum.

[aripahs]

i play guitar and have a decent amount of experience with slides like with lap steels but ive never played a pedal steel and would really like to get into pedal steel. wht pedal steel would u recommend i buy?