The British Steelies Society

Hi all,

Having had a beginners PSG lesson with Jonathan Shacklock in London just before Xmas and absolutely loved it, I have bought my first pedal steel! A Remington 12 string, as far as I understand it’s an extended E9, but hey, I’m a learner so it’s all foreign to me. Haha.

42 y/o learner from Ipswich, Suffolk. I’ve played guitar for 20 odd years, the 24 hours has been so addictive and exciting. Just learning the r/h finger groupings today.

Looking forward to getting involved, learning and discovering all from this forum.

WARNING - PLAYING PEDAL STEEL CAN BE EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE

Welcome Vincent, just having a bit of a laugh, but there's some truth there. Fortunately, it's a very enjoyable addiction, unfortunately it can lead to spending vast sums of money on gear.

Sounds like you're hooked already, there's no going back

Hope you have a very enjoyable journey on this amazing instrument

Thanks guys for making me feel welcome. Haven’t given up yet. Hehe

It’s worth persevering, for me sometimes I thought it would never happen, then all of a sudden it started to click. I was pretty much like yourself, played guitar for a lot of years, when I started on PS it was almost like starting from scratch. There are so many aspects to co-ordinate, bar hand, picking hand, picks!, blocking, pedals, knee levers, volume pedal etc. How it ever comes to together I really don't know, but it does, and when it does, the feeling is indescribable, so I'm not going to try. Sure you'll get there yourself

Good luck

Glad you are on your adventure in pedal steel guitar and having lessons from Jonathan a good choice.
Enjoy!

Thanks Roy and welcome Vincent!

Does anyone have direct experience with Remington guitars? I haven't played one but from what I understand they are really well put together and I think Vincent got a good deal on one in good condition. I've seen a few ads and a fairly gushing review in the old Steel Guitar World magazine.




Jonathan

It would be interesting to see some pictures of the undercarriage to tie up with the description in the article.