S12 homebuild recording unearthed!

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 18 Nov 2022 8:11 am

Although I've written a great deal about how I built my own guitar, and posted endless photos, I've been struggling to find video evidence. But at last I've located a clip of me playing along to a tune from the D lever section of Jeff Newman's Up From The Top course.

It's from five years ago and my playing was still a bit pumpy, but I think it shows that I had a working guitar with an unspectacular but reasonably pleasant tone. Here's a Google link :-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AppPkU ... share_link

Mike Selecky · Post by **Mike Selecky** » 18 Nov 2022 4:36 pm

Well, it sounds like a pedal steel, Ian

It's actually quite an accomplishment to build your own instrument!

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 18 Nov 2022 5:10 pm

Nice work Ian. You have done what many cannot do. You build your own steel and then play it so nicely. Bravo! Carry on Ian!

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 19 Nov 2022 8:03 am

Splended work. Has good tone and looks great. Excellent job all around.

Bobby D. Jones · Post by **Bobby D. Jones** » 24 Nov 2022 10:27 pm

That is a great feeling when you build your first Steel Guitar, When the strings go on, And tune and adjust things, And it plays like it should. Gives a man a warm feeling.
Great building and and sounds good too.

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 25 Nov 2022 12:48 am

Thanks, Bobby - it's possibly the most satisfying thing I've done.

The original project was to record Steel Guitar Rag on a steel guitar I'd built myself, so I must do that before I dismantle it.

(As I've mentioned elsewhere, I don't use it any more and I have nowhere to keep it.)