"You strived to be only as good as those guys playing in this church. PG's Jason Shadrick is On Location in Iowa City. "There was never a goal of going out and becoming this worldwide musician," Randolph says. PG's Jason Shadrick is On Location in Iowa City, IA, at the Englert Theatre where he catches up with pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph who walks us through his current touring rig consisting of Fender amps, Fender guitars, Fuchs amplifiers, Electro-Harmonix effects, and various other products. It's the same vantage point he had as a kid when he would watch the stellar Sunday morning performances that run like clockwork in the House of God. "This is my original music school," says Randolph, sitting in a pew in the House of God. He was ranked 97 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 100 all-time guitarists. He's played with the likes of Eric Clapton and Dave Matthews Band. Now 39, he's a six-time Grammy nominee, including a nod for his new album, "Brighter Days." It was in the House of God church in the '80s and '90s a young Robert Randolph learned to play pedal steel guitar. ORANGE, New Jersey - In this one-room sanctuary on a suburban New Jersey street, a rock-and-roll icon was born. This bar was built for power and speed.This musical prodigy will blow you away with his pedal steel guitar skills! The bar is crafted from solid stainless steel and weighs approximately 6.8 ounces. The Shubb RR2 Robert Randolph guitar steel features straight ends, greatest length, and greatest mass. 'Robert has the fastest hands, I think, of all the steel players Ive ever seen,' says Deacon Mike Randolph, Roberts uncle. Designed for the steel guitar sensation, these bars are just right for the modern steel guitarist. Roberts pedal steel guitar is a 12-string. A few generations of prototypes later, we arrived at the two bars that Robert now endorses and uses exclusively, the Shubb RR1 and RR2. Robert said that he loved Shubb bars just as they were, but when Gary asked "If you could have it exactly the way you want." then Robert began making some suggestions. Our man Gary Mobley went to hear him play, and got a chance to chat with him backstage. We couldn't help but notice that he was using one of our bars. Robert Randolph is taking the steel guitar into a whole new direction, and people are sitting up and taking notice.
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