The Steel Guitar Forum

what's the scale length?

Sold my steel gear years ago and just played regular old loud guitar that I had already been doing since I was a kid but I am thinking about playing some steel again. Nice to be back.

WHat's the scale?

Who's playing the steel on this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWJa1lpoSBg

What is that pickup?

Thank you! That video I saw on you tube made it click for me!

I have Jerry's big book. But in the video that Scotty also sells is there a good video representation of p-tah? I may be a bit thick headed but I may need to see it to really "get" it.

Maybe I am getting old and having trouble understanding but if I normally like my pedal to stay in the midway position when I remove my foot which is where I have normal volume level set then I am not going to want this pedal, right? Because this sounds like it goes back to toe down position which i...

So does it change position if you take your foot off?

Love my Melbert #235! Good for you on getting one.
Tom, how's that 8 treating you?

On hold pending trade.

No making fun of me here. Not if you want a good deal, that is. Okay, I have here a Goodrich 120 that I bought here on the forum last year. The pot went scratchy. I bought a Bradshaw pot for it. It works beautifully but I am too fumble fingered to get it strung up in the correct manner and am fed up...

WHOA

More please! This is great!

Pat Thrall = incredibly insane way beyond monster guitarist. For real.

I have been working with the guitar player of my band to get our demos mixed. Should be done by next month with our work schedules. Will be posting a song or two then.

Jan Dunn wrote:http://www.mahaffayamps.com/little-lanilei-super-50.htm

That would be a great web site if they told you how much the amp was or where you could buy one.

Saw that Peter! Thanks a bunch!

I wish I could be out that way to check it out Ray!

I have been with Verizon for several years but when my contract is over this coming November I am leaving them. Great service but I no longer feel like paying as much as I do for it. I have a buddy who lives on the road with his band and will be taking his advice to jump over to Virgin Mobile and th...

I got my copper tape. And what I want to do here is cover the bottom of the pickup with it, correct? Okay, now to attach it to ground can I leave an end of the tape long and stick it to the ground wire in the cavity? Will that work?

At the risk of sounding like a cheapo, I want one of these but am worried about paying list for a new one and hating it. If anyone has one of these they want to get rid of...let me know what you want for it. Thanks!

Well, Jerry thank you very much for the offer. But I bought a piece off the bay for a buck .10 earlier. I'll let everyone know how this comes out. Thanks all!

Thanks! It's a Wallace True Tone, btw. In a Melbert. I will give the copper tape a try.

When I sit and play my lap steel, I get hum. Regardless of mu amp choice. If I play standing, the same. However. if I turn the guitar up so it sits on it's side, no hum. What the heck? Anyone know?