Post #92573 by Tiki_Bong on Mon, May 24, 2004 11:06 AM

[i]On 2004-05-14 07:51, Kailuageoff wrote most celebrated steel players were the Tavares brothers, Ernest and Freddie, who joined the orchestra in 1936 to provide the contained and tasteful gliding required by the hotel. Ernest went on to develop the modern pedal steel, and Freddie was to create the famous bullseye shoot up the steel that opens Looney Tunes cartoons.

Freddie Tavares also developed the tremelo (whammy bar) with Leo Fender for the Fender Stratocaster.