| I looked into building my own Pedal Steel and got quite deep into it before I decided it WAS NOT THE WAY TO GO!
DON'T DO IT !!!!!
Please don't as you will regret it. there is a huge difference between a Bass and a Pedal Steel (PS). The PS is a real sophiisticated instrument. Even decent PS intruments need constant attention.
Besides, I don't get it. You say you bought a PS guitar already so why do you need another one? (or did I miss something?).
She or He has to learn the basics of what the pedals and levers do. Then learn a standard E9th or C6th (I think) tuning to learn where the chords are (millions of places!).
Its an amazing instrument. I've never seen it used in your style! It would give you an original sound for sure. But I really believe one has to commit some time and real motivation to learning it.
Good luck with all this. In the end its about the musiic (play more build less intsruments).
jim |