Thanks Gene.........

The steel came in on friday, so I figured with a little luck, I'd unpack it, set it up, plug it in, tune it, slip on the thumb and finger picks, and be steelin with the best of them in no time..........

Ahem.....well it looks like its back to music theory 101 for me.........seems that thirds and fifths and seconds and 9ths and even 13th come into play a lot more that I had noticed with bass. And I guess my guitar playing sucks, cuz I don't even know what a 13th is when I'm playing live.

ah well.........another challenge and learning experience. I know there are a couple of steelers on the forum, any thoughts or suggestions would be more than welcome.