Shred the Pedal Steel

[@anniestacie]

It took me a couple years of watching videos to come across the greatest teacher who has ever uploaded to KZbin. James, you're amazing. I can't get enough of these tutorials. I appreciate this more intuitive approach to playing and explaining rather than all the technical stuff that most other teachers get into.

[@donf3739]

11:43 "Eddie Van Yngwie" LOL! Cracked me up.

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

LOL

[@tommysedin]

As a metalhead, I'm equal parts surprised and disappointed that the pedal steel guitar isn't used in metal.

[@Chartranos]

I think that it would have fit with old school Hardcore.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

Check out a band called Insect Ark - they play a sort of "ambient doom" metal, mostly just bass and drums, but they also use lap steel a lot, too.

[@samsfishingadventures3754]

Devildriver did a country cover album that they use one in quite a bit and Hank 3 definitely does too

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

@@davelanciani-dimaensionx 👍

[@DavidCase101]

Outlaw metal. Waylon Jennings meets Lemmy meets Dave Mustaine.

[@knuckle47]

Been a guitar player for more than 50 years and started late on the pedal steel... you have really inspired some new goals 👍

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

I'm so glad!!! How's it working out? You shredding?

[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

Very nice lesson James! Love it. Very relevant for today's music scene.

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

👍

[@labucisto7892]

Awesome video James!

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

Thank you!

[@picker63028]

Thanks for posting this. You may interest a whole group of young players. I'm old school steel but have dipped into blues and old rock with my steel as needed. Cool stuff.

[@randyfennell3058]

Love it James. Thanks for what you do. RF/

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

You're Very Welcome Randy!

[@artiefischel2579]

Why the string pull? Why not just a slant? Great stuff!

[@steveintentionallyleftblan3398]

Haha. I love this old dude. Keep up what you're doing.

[@josephappleton1061]

Kool review Kool guitar player

[@craiglangille6807]

Awesome keep it coming i am trying to transition from guitar i love this concept Cheers from Toronto!

[@johngary7294]

OMG..!..this video is exactly what I've been looking for....Thank You Sir!!

[@jonmitguard6174]

Great stuff, I have to try that harmonic conversion thing. Yeah I've found that I need to keep it simple which isn't simple sometimes because you need to leave the thirds and sixes out and getting the fingers to know which strings to avoid with different pedal combinations is a mind field. A good exercise to find the power chords (1s and 5s) with in each pedal combo.

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

👍

[@ronshalita]

You my friend are amazing!!

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

Thanks friend!

[@moebloggs7219]

This is great fun!

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

Glad you're enjoying it!

[@aallen681]

Great video……started on steel many years ago playing southern rock, wish this was available then, would have made me a tremendous player, have been thinking of fusing steel with bagpipes, tuning problems?

[@jimbeaux4988]

Oh, I like the b and c pedal thing!

[@caseymiller4950]

You're awesome, dude! RocknRollin Country is what's up!!!

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

Keep shreddin!

[@dannysoler05]

I love how charismatic this guy is

[@heathlindsay-hayden3529]

this is awesome 👍

[@derbyd10]

Well done Jim

[@danielroy8232]

awsome

[@nineteeneightynine432]

Man I grew up on old country liked the steel guitar but didnt really love it till I heard blues music. I heard devil in disguise the part where the steel guitar is played was crazy to me I never listened to blues at the time later that's what made me love the blues along with the blues instrumentation like how versatile the pedal steel guitar is. I know the ft flying burrito brother weren't blues I worded my comment weirdly first heard devil in disguise then fell into listening to blues and blues rock later on.

[@djparsons7363]

I also have a Mullen Steel Guitar so how come I can't play like that!?

[@SteelinDan]

You didn’t pay for the pre-installed licks! 😂

[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

One thing I'velearned, the half A pedal is your friend playing rock/blues stuff..... And very liberal vibrato, lol. Great video james!,

[@Kapperman]

Wicked!! If Eddie Van Halen was a pedalsteel player, how does he sounds nowadays?

[@dalehansen5639]

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[@kyleimgarten8321]

😯.....hold my beer

[@steellab-jamesshelton-impr5781]

Go for it!!!

[@mck1972]

Ever since I first heard Jimmy Page on, ' You Shook Me ', I have wanted to hear more metal on the pedal steel! -See what I did there? :-)

[@tranceemerson8325]

Rock and Roll is usually played in Mixolydian.

[@jessydafoodie8261]

I wonder how bands like ac/dc iron maiden Pantera and Metallica would sound on it

[@bluesmattersband1160]

WOW! ABSOLUTELY Krazy KooKoo!!! Thanks. You have enjoyably taken my mind off of the CCP virus for 20 minutes. I feel much better and may start to practice again!

[@jamesshelton5374]

You are very welcome! You made my day by saying this was a distraction from the virus.

[@maxhammontree3169]

Heavy metal???

[@soundvision5273]

I know…

[@jessydafoodie8261]

Hee Conway Van Halen

[@johngary7294]

Perfect tutorial...No idiotic BS!

[@boydstone7433]

Ya Ted Nugent style