Thanks for a GREAT JOB my friend!!Īnother Steel Guitar East guitar. His guitar dominated the charts during the Country boom of the '9080's and '90's, he toured the world with Dire Straits and continues to be the first-call pedal steel player in the Nashville studio scene. If you live anywhere in the Southeast, Billy is the guy you want working on your guitar. Paul was mentored by legends like Buddy Emmons, Lloyd Green, Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick, Hal Rugg, John Hughey, all fellow Hall of Famers. It has been an awesome sounding AND playing guitar. copedent (pedal and lever set-up) was the reverse order to Buddy Emmons and is. He set up the LeGrand II that I play with the Oak Ridge Boys. Leon McAuliffewho gave us the famous number Steel Guitar Rag a tune he. Jerry Williford with his new Emmons SD10.Īn Emmons PP restoration we did for Butch Dixon of Alabama, a Nashville player.īilly is not only a wonderful gentleman to do business with, he is one of the finest builders and refurbishers in the business. If you go to SGE, you will not be disappointed! And Roger is a great machinist who can make any part that's needed. Billy is an exceptionally skilled mechanic and troubleshooter who is an expert in building, restoring, adjusting and maintaining pedal steel guitars. When I think of Steel Guitar East, I think of work done precisely and competently, along with excellent customer service.
Steel Guitar East is a Live Steel Strings dealer. In 2012, he returned to the pedal-steel guitar playing weekly in a wide variety of folk, rock, blues, and jazz ensembles. In the early 90s, he turned to playing five-string banjo with a number of popular bluegrass bands. Buddy would go on to build his own line of steels, while Shot’s creations at Sho-Bud continued, now with sons Harry and David at his side. Al played pedal-steel in several country music groups in the 70s and 80s. Clyde MattocksĪ complete restoration, this guitar belonged toīob Hempker when he played with Loretta Lynn. In 1955 he and Buddy Emmons joined forces and started Sho-Bud, the first manufacturer of pedal steel guitars. When it comes to repairing and setting up this contraption we all love, Billy Knowles, makes METICULOUS an art form. Tommy White with his restored and modernized Johnny Cox with his completely restored PP.Īllyn Love playing his Emmons in the shop. the furthest one away from the player), and the bottom neck is tuned to a C6th chord, with 5 pedals (pedals 4-8) and usually just 1.
Once it has you in its gravitational grip, it doesn't let go BTW, the E9th neck is almost invariably the top neck on the D10 steel (i.e. Ricky Hagan with his very early Emmons bolt on. Just be careful, for the pedal steel guitar is somewhat akin to Jupiter. Mike Johnson with his Steel Guitar East completely restored Emmons Legrande II. Your guitar will play like a dream when we're finished with it! In addition to restorations, we do set-ups, copedent changes and knee lever additions. Guitar Tone Bar Slide Stainless Steel Solid Tonebar with 3 Finger Pick & 1 Thumb. We can take an old beat up guitar and, once we have restored it, it will look like it did the day it left the factory. Get special offers & fast delivery options with every purchase on Ubuy. All six issues of Tom Bradshaw's fabled Steel Guitarist magazine.We always have new guitars on order and have a selection of used guitars in stock.
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