Matt42
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I've been wanting a Pedal Steel for a few years, unfortunately, even the starter models are more expensive than I could justify for an instrument that I don't know how to play yet. Fortunately, my brother bought a Carter Starter about 6-7 years ago and stopped playing it. He's been trying to sell it for a few years with no luck (and probably not much effort). I've been (half) joking with him for a while that he should just give it to me since he never plays it. Obviously, he wasn't so much into that. Finally I decided that I should figure out some way to get it from him, so we agreed on three payments of $150 each sometime before the end of the year. I think he's just glad to not have to worry about it anymore.
Another brother (I'm the oldest of 5 boys) was visiting him this weekend in Portland and brought it home with him. I'm loving the heck out of it so far. I need to adjust the pedals and levers as they are just a touch out of tune, but it's in good shape and he had a nice hardshell case (which I don't believe is standard with the Carter Starter).
This is easily the most complicated instrument I've ever tried to play. I play a bit of lapsteel, so the basic bar technique isn't totally foreign to me, but using E9 tuning and having 10 strings, 3 pedals, and 4 levers certainly is. It's going to be at least Christmas before I feel even remotely comfortable playing this thing in front of anyone but my g/f and my band mates. I currently play in a classic country band, and am hoping by this time next year to be playing about half of our songs on Pedal Steel. I'm also starting an alt-country/country-rock band (think Drive By Truckers, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Old 97's, Hayes Carll kinda stuff) and am hoping to eventually play PSG on the majority of our tunes.
Now I just need to get a real volume pedal, a reverb pedal, an EHX B9 and a POG2.
Another brother (I'm the oldest of 5 boys) was visiting him this weekend in Portland and brought it home with him. I'm loving the heck out of it so far. I need to adjust the pedals and levers as they are just a touch out of tune, but it's in good shape and he had a nice hardshell case (which I don't believe is standard with the Carter Starter).
This is easily the most complicated instrument I've ever tried to play. I play a bit of lapsteel, so the basic bar technique isn't totally foreign to me, but using E9 tuning and having 10 strings, 3 pedals, and 4 levers certainly is. It's going to be at least Christmas before I feel even remotely comfortable playing this thing in front of anyone but my g/f and my band mates. I currently play in a classic country band, and am hoping by this time next year to be playing about half of our songs on Pedal Steel. I'm also starting an alt-country/country-rock band (think Drive By Truckers, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Old 97's, Hayes Carll kinda stuff) and am hoping to eventually play PSG on the majority of our tunes.
Now I just need to get a real volume pedal, a reverb pedal, an EHX B9 and a POG2.
