24 years old this week

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 27 Dec 2021 4:56 pm

I had the week between Christmas and New Years off from work in 1997, and used the time to create the first version of The Steel Guitar Forum. That version hasn't survived, but you can see other pieces of my web site from that era on The Wayback Machine.

24 years and counting...

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 27 Dec 2021 6:09 pm

Thank you bOb for the Steel Guitar Forum. It has been a blessing to me for several years.

Jim Cooley · Post by **Jim Cooley** » 27 Dec 2021 6:18 pm

The benefits are immeasurable. Thank you, b0b.

Don Crowl · Post by **Don Crowl** » 27 Dec 2021 6:22 pm

Your efforts and creation has been a major contribution to the steel world. Thank you so very much!

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 27 Dec 2021 7:59 pm

I remember day 1..ha...and I joined, when my Austin Neighbor Herb Steiner clued me in on what was going on(course I was living down the road from Ralph Mooney in Mansfield,Tx with my first wife at the time).... LOVED It then and Still Love it.
Thanks so much b0b for what you do bro.
Ricky

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 27 Dec 2021 8:27 pm

b0b, you’ve made an immeasurable contribution to steel guitar but more importantly, to the people/us who play or just love the sound. Thanks to you and Mrs. Lee…Carl

Ashley D\'Silva · Post by **Ashley D\'Silva** » 27 Dec 2021 10:50 pm

Hi Bob,
Your creation of this excellent publication is the real reason I believe at least 10,000 + old and new Pedal Steel hopefuls enjoy playing such an instrument day after day.
Your contribution to this has and always will be a token of love, admiration, thought, caring, and affection for your fellow musicians.
Thankyou Sir for these 24 years of bliss in music.

Ashley D'Silva
Western Australia

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 28 Dec 2021 2:42 am

Bob, The Steel Guitar Forum has been an invaluable resource for steel guitar players world wide since you first built it. Thank you for all you have done for the steel guitar community.

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 28 Dec 2021 5:40 am

Equally impressive to me as creating the Forum is how b0b has managed it over the years, never letting the inmates take over the asylum, ruling with a deft, firm, fair and compassionate touch. Bravo, Cap'n!

Larry Jamieson · Post by **Larry Jamieson** » 28 Dec 2021 6:33 am

THANK YOU BOB! This forum is such a great resource for all of the steel guitar community.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 28 Dec 2021 7:21 am

I was a little tardy for the party, having stopped playing for several years. Since then I've benefitted and separated from more than a few dollars, having bought a few amps and guitars and too much assorted gear.

I've also benefitted from the wealth of knowledge that resides here, with age old discussions AND an argument of several on how and why to tune a certain way. Discussions on copedents (Sorry Junior) I always find interesting, and of course discussion on things I hadn't yet thought about.

b0b, I dare say we'd all be MANY steps behind without what you've done for this community. THANK YOU, for your vision to develop and hone the Forum into what it is today.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 28 Dec 2021 7:43 am

The Forum makes one feel like part of a family.
Before the Forum, I felt like kind of a bastard calf!

Erv

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 28 Dec 2021 9:00 am

I remember the early days. You posting on the old AOL "forum" about your site. I was one of the early ones as we abandoned the AOL group for this forum.

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 28 Dec 2021 10:10 am

b0b,

Thank you for what you do. It's always professional and you run it with a strict, but fair, process. If there was still a SGHOF, I think you should be in it because of the contributions you've made to the steel guitar community.

RC

Rod Robichaud · Post by **Rod Robichaud** » 28 Dec 2021 11:00 am

Thank you bob for all you do. Love the Forum. Hope your New Year is a Blessed one!

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 28 Dec 2021 1:49 pm

b0b, I just want to tell you how grateful I am for starting the Steel Guitar Forum in the first place.
I am so into this forum I would find it very hard to adapt to life with out it.
Thank you from the heart b0b. God bless you.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 28 Dec 2021 3:26 pm

You guys are all so great! Thank YOU for the support and participation. It couldn't have happened without YOU.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 28 Dec 2021 4:10 pm

Bob, this Forum has given me endless resources to tap the knowledge and share the experience of playing steel guitar. I can't begin to express my appreciation for the friendship and connection to a community much larger than my mind can comprehend. Thanks for the creation of this wonderful Forum and its amazing membership.

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 28 Dec 2021 4:33 pm

B0b, you made us all a big family.
Thank you!

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 28 Dec 2021 7:30 pm

You have done so much for the Steel Guitar.

Colin Swinney · Post by **Colin Swinney** » 28 Dec 2021 9:08 pm

I think for number #25 we’ll have to crowd fund a pedal steel shaped cake for you b0b. It will be tuned to D6 of course.

Congrats on a job continually well done!

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 29 Dec 2021 10:42 pm

Colin Swinney wrote:I think for number #25 we’ll have to crowd fund a pedal steel shaped cake for you b0b. It will be tuned to D6 of course.

You can tune a fish but you can't tune a cake.

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 30 Dec 2021 6:52 am

Thank you b0b. What a wild crazy family this is.I'm on here multiple times a day,you folks truly are family.

Mark Greenway · Post by **Mark Greenway** » 30 Dec 2021 8:13 am

Thank you bOb. You created something that is a part of many people's daily lives. And we thank you for that. Congrats.

Daniel Morris · Post by **Daniel Morris** » 30 Dec 2021 5:01 pm

How much richer we steel guitarists are for all the work done by folks like b0b, Tom Bradshaw and Scotty.
Thank YOU!!!