This web site started at wco.com/~quasar in 1995. It has been through several format changes. Many of the articles have not been updated to the modern look and feel of the internet. Some won’t even work on your smart phone. Nevertheless, they contain interesting info for steel guitarists. Browse to your heart’s content.
- The Pedal Press newsletter, 1978
- Jim Baron’s Ray Price Shuffles for Band-in-a-Box
- A beginner’s guide to E9th Pedal Steel Music Theory
- Maurice Anderson on The Future of Steel
- An analysis of String Gauges for E9th Pedal Steel
- An old String Gauge Table for pedal steel
- Paul Franklin’s thoughts on Steel and Strings
- Roy Thomson’s Thumb Pickin Short Take
- Just Intonation and the E9th pedal steel
- Using meantone temperament for a Well Tempered C6th
- Vic Chaney on how to slow down your tape recorder to practice licks at half speed
- Mike Perlowin describes the instrument
- Ed Packard on The Science of Music
- Ed Packard examines Pedal Action and the Gearless Steel Guitar
- Bud Tutmarc recalls the True Origins of the electric guitar
- Bobby Lee’s 1995 white paper on the C Scale Tuning for Pedal Steel
- Pete Grant’s 10 String Dobro
- Mark Tomeo met Jeff Surrat and took pictures of his unique “Cat Can” steel
- Fred Campbell has a STEAL guitar
- Announcing the 1998 Steel Guitar Extravaganza in Atlanta
- Pictures from the 1995 West Coast Steel Guitar Show
- Pictures from one of Big Jim’s semi-annual Steel Guitar Jam
- how to find the Steel Guitar discussion area on America Online (outdated)
- Jack Stoner traced out a schematic of the Jordan Bosstone
- Jimmy Was My Brother by Joe T. Day
… and last but not least, for those who remember the glory days of BBSs, here are the original ZMODEM docs by Chuck Forsberg.