Comments on: 1977: this is a really, really strange way to advertise a pedal steel guitar https://www.preservationsound.com/1977-this-is-a-really-really-strange-way-to-advertise-a-pedal-steel-guitar/ information and ideas about audio history Wed, 29 Jan 2014 02:50:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Carl https://www.preservationsound.com/1977-this-is-a-really-really-strange-way-to-advertise-a-pedal-steel-guitar/#comment-241166 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 02:50:35 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7753#comment-241166 ROTFL

]]> By: bafflegab https://www.preservationsound.com/1977-this-is-a-really-really-strange-way-to-advertise-a-pedal-steel-guitar/#comment-240349 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:43:25 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7753#comment-240349 Most people do not realize that as late as 1955 steel guitar was fifty-plus percent of the business volume at Fender, and quite a bit at Rickenbacker too. When nonpedal steel died out and the only steelers left were serious pedal guys, almost all the business went to specialized steel vendors and Fender, Rick and Gibson basically quit selling steel guitars entirely.

]]> By: Tom Fine https://www.preservationsound.com/1977-this-is-a-really-really-strange-way-to-advertise-a-pedal-steel-guitar/#comment-238710 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:38:27 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7753#comment-238710 Chris, you gotta run with this. There’s clearly a country song in this — drinkin’ here in Reno / ’cause there ain’t no steel guitar in disco.

— Tom Fine

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