It’s the HARDEST Instrument to Play and It SOUNDS INCREDIBLE (ft. Travis Toy)

Thanks for having me Tyler! So much fun!

"When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar... You're listening to the sound of the American heart..." - George Strait

The Steel Guitar has always been the instrument that makes you feel the music in your bones. Country is not country without a Steel Guitar and a Fiddle.

As a British man who knows nothing about country, I had to put down my tea and listen to his impromptu arrangement of Amazing Grace because it evoked something in me that was so expressive and vocal that I couldn't tear away from it.

I’ve been incredibly fortunate to play upright bass alongside some of the greatest up and coming pedal steel players alive. Thank you for covering this incredible instrument! As a good friend and phenomenal pedal steel player said to me, “it takes at least ten years to suck at this.” I gave it a shot, and was completely lost.

Dude, this is mind-blowing: literally YESTERDAY I was thinking I wish there was a good video on the concepts of pedal steel guitar!

I could listen to the steel guitar being played all day

That rendition of amazing grace is legitimately one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my life! Amazing video and instrument. Thanks Tyler!

I play pedal steel in a psychedelic rock band in Knoxville TN called Chameleous. So glad to see steel represented!

4:50 When you jam together it sounds soooo good!! Could listen to it all day!

My grandfather used to hand build pedal steel guitars. I was all of 3 or 4 when he stopped, I only barely remember the last one he made. I do remember getting in trouble for going near it, though. I grew up hearing stories of my mom and aunts having to hand wind the pick-ups for him, and him dissappearing into the shop for days on end. I don't know how many he made over the years. That info is lost to time. I do know that the very early Porter Wagner recordings were done on one of my grandfather's pedal steel guitars. And that one went for quite a lot of money at an auction in Michigan. For whatever reason, he stopped hand crafting steel guitars in the late 1980s and switched over to hand crafting ridiculously accurate benchrest .22LR target rifles.

"That's the sound we love!" That's right! We do 😁

A great pedal steel player can subtly add so much emotion to a song. I just can’t image the point where someone sits down at one of those contraptions and decides, yep, lead guitar is too damn easy to play and carry around, I want to become a master of this guitar version of a cathedral organ and decides on a path moving forward. Amazing stuff.

I worked for a company that made pickups for MIDI guitar, and at the NAMM show, I met a group of people that were in the process of making MIDI pedal steel instruments. Talk about, right down the rabbit hole!

Steel player out of Fayetteville, AR here. Thanks for showcasing this awesome instrument!

I went to a show at a club in Boston. Two bands from Nigeria. The powers that be thought the headliner would be the next "Bob Marley". The "big name band was King Sunny Ade. The show was incredible. They played with a mix of traditional and "rock" instrument. Talking drums,gourds covered with shells,etc... The instrument that got my attention was a steel guitar about 6 feet long. The musician playing it was very tall. He could reach the entire length of the guitar. This guy knew how to make talk,cry,etc...I recommend giving King Sunny Ade a listen. Start with "Synchro System".

My mind and face are both melted. Travis is a monster player

Robert Randolph was the first person who introduced me to non-country steel playing. For those unfamiliar, he plays a bluesy shred style with gain. There are clear gospel influences, but he plays a lot of guitar style licks, just in a way very few could pull off on guitar.

That second to last chord on Amazing grace gave me goosebumps, so cool

2:39 the moment when you just have to stop the video and just look at how many GOAT's are on the stage