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by Peter Harris
2 Oct 2021 6:50 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Bigsby Volume/Tone pedal
Replies: 19
Views: 3912

The '30s? How is the top of the pedal so much older than the rest of it? Because the top of the pedal was not always a Volume/Tone pedal part. It started as a Crocker Motorcycle pedal. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/232_images2_1.jpg ...must have been great to be able to vary the vo...
by Peter Harris
2 Oct 2021 6:45 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: Tiesco factory 1954
Replies: 21
Views: 4979

...in around 1965/66 I had one that was a hollow-body LP copy....unfortunately, it never got photographed... :cry:
by Peter Harris
15 Sep 2021 5:42 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Frozen Franklin Leg
Replies: 22
Views: 3901

Peter Harris wrote:
Donny Hinson wrote:Yes, "Kopr-Kote" was the original anti-seize compound, and it's still made today. 8)
Ha!

...and now I remember how it was spelled !!

...wonder if I can still get it Down Under .... hmm..65 OzBux for 7 ounces...maybe I will wait...

Thanks Donny :D
by Peter Harris
15 Sep 2021 5:37 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Frozen Franklin Leg
Replies: 22
Views: 3901

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by Peter Harris
12 Sep 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Frozen Franklin Leg
Replies: 22
Views: 3901

If it's a typical 1/2-13 tapped thread, purchase a bottoming 1/2-13 tap and run in and out several times to clean up the threads. The same thing happened on my Williams and that's how I fixed it. Be sure to also put a light oil in the socket so it won't seize up again. Harking back to my days of ol...
by Peter Harris
28 Aug 2021 7:07 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Mystery Parts?
Replies: 26
Views: 4301

Lee Baucum wrote:
Larry Jamieson wrote:Those are, um... Dog heads. I'm not sure what their use is.
Ever since Larry posted this, I keep seeing dog heads in the photo.

:)

I hope the mystery can be solved.

Yeah...the dog on the right is lying on its back...
by Peter Harris
26 Aug 2021 6:41 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Best way to tame a bright guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 3856

Dick Wood wrote:I always thought Hemp accentuated the highs.


....only if the speaker catches fire... :roll:
by Peter Harris
26 Aug 2021 6:19 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Mystery Parts?
Replies: 26
Views: 4301

The one on the right goes on the bottom of the steel.
by Peter Harris
18 Aug 2021 3:08 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Splitting Output Signal Questions
Replies: 13
Views: 3649

I was really 'lucky' when setting up a couple of Roland Cube 60 units for a similar end-use...I just ran a (normal mono guitar) cable from the 'Tuner Out' jack on the back of Cube #1 to the Input Jack of Cube #2....works perfectly ! Had to *&%$ around a bit to build some double-pole footswitches...
by Peter Harris
11 Aug 2021 2:22 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Fender Tonemaster 15
Replies: 9
Views: 2949

You're not imagining the difference between the XL and the GX.... Quite a lot was said at the time about this back at the Vguitar Forum: https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=8931.0 What you treat as 'take home info' is up to you, but I can tell you that the XL is still considered the be...
by Peter Harris
7 Aug 2021 11:14 pm
Forum: Electronics
Topic: George L cable vs Canare GS-4 instrument/keyboard cable
Replies: 16
Views: 4891

I have a 10' cable with the GS-4 and NP2X ends; I really like it. The diameter does make me worry about it breaking or kinking, but I've been using it off and on for the past 10 years and it's been fine so far. The capacitance is certainly an argument against it though. Also thanks for that video, ...
by Peter Harris
7 Aug 2021 6:03 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: George L cable vs Canare GS-4 instrument/keyboard cable
Replies: 16
Views: 4891

Steve Rosko wrote:Are the Neutrik plugs soldered to the cable or are they some sort of press fit like the George L's?
Soldered, Steve....
...and while it's not rocket surgery, there IS a correct way to do it.

The details are online here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndak05ds5_k

HTH
Peter
by Peter Harris
18 Jul 2021 6:30 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Old Russ-ler legs! Please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2028

I neeeaarly said that, but I'm not such a clever machinist... :lol: ...and these daze my 73 year old eyeballs frequently deceive me when I need them most... :cry:
by Peter Harris
18 Jul 2021 2:22 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Old Russ-ler legs! Please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2028

Someone much more knowledgable than me will probably sort you out, but in case they don't, you could do worse than buying one of these.... https://www.amazon.com/Grip-Thread-Pitch-Gauge-SAE/dp/B004ROIU2A ...but since you've already got a mobile sample, I would be tempted to take it to a plumbing war...
by Peter Harris
17 Jul 2021 5:29 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: My steel is tricky to string - changing the bridge?
Replies: 24
Views: 3760

You may (?) also find it easier to use one of these to take up the initial slack on the string when you install it..... https://www.originalartisan.com/product/ernie-ball-peg-winder-black/ ....the exercise generally goes a LOT more quickly ...I would not go as far as using the electric versions, but...
by Peter Harris
17 Jul 2021 5:18 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Volume pedal Woes
Replies: 9
Views: 1862

Andrew Goulet wrote:I wonder if your pot is bad. There's not much to passive pedals besides that and the string. It's got to be one or the other.
...don't think they use a string in that one...
by Peter Harris
17 Jul 2021 5:15 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Adjust pedals in an out on your steel
Replies: 15
Views: 2813

Any issues about the longer travel of the pedal when it's extended?
by Peter Harris
15 Jul 2021 4:06 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: My steel is tricky to string - changing the bridge?
Replies: 24
Views: 3760

If you don't have any golfing friends, I would go to any shop selling parts for acoustic guitars and get some (wooden) bridge pins..even if you had to whittle them down just a bit, that's got to be the easiest and cheapest way rather than taking your steel to bits...as David Ball said much earlier. ...
by Peter Harris
15 Jul 2021 4:01 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: My steel is tricky to string - changing the bridge?
Replies: 24
Views: 3760

Tom Snook wrote:WTH? is a banana plug?
Aloha
It stops the juice running out of the banana....

...and co-incidentally is the same size as the plugs on the end of test leads on most multimeters...when you don't have a banana handy... :lol:
by Peter Harris
13 Jul 2021 5:19 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Amps/Speakers-Open or Closed Back?
Replies: 9
Views: 1870

Erv Niehaus wrote:I always considered an open back amp a guitar amp and a closed back amp a bass amp. :D
Erv

That's why I use my Tweed Bassman as a guitar amp.... :lol:
by Peter Harris
13 Jul 2021 4:43 am
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Differences of different pedal steel guitars
Replies: 20
Views: 4046

Agree wholeheartedly that there are obvious differences in the 'sound' that is put out through the 1/4" jack of differing steels... BUT (and I think it's equally important to realise) that in a practical sense, all these instruments rely on being amplified.. ...therefore, without also consideri...
by Peter Harris
10 Jul 2021 3:07 am
Forum: Electronics
Topic: Lubricating Changers
Replies: 8
Views: 2895

Bobby Bonds Sr. wrote:I like a drop of Marvel Mystery Oil
...probably tastes better with a bit of soda, though....
by Peter Harris
9 Jul 2021 5:57 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: Following Jazz chord charts on Non-pedal steel
Replies: 21
Views: 3247

I spent some years playing bass at a local weekly live-to-air radio broadcast...we had an hour each Monday night from 8pm on the open front verandah of the station's old building..playing also to a live audience who would enthusiastically turn up each week to sit in the garden area out front and slo...
by Peter Harris
4 Jul 2021 7:09 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: Gary Cooper: player, or poser?
Replies: 4
Views: 1949

..from the dog's expression in the first photo, I'd say he wasn't all that good at it...
by Peter Harris
27 Jun 2021 2:06 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: fender history article
Replies: 12
Views: 1983

Jack Hanson wrote:Keith Richards with a Tele:
Image
I know Jack, we ALL want that section back..... :roll:

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