The Steel Guitar Forum

ned,,,you have way too much time on your hands

hi...im ken becker from Titusville florida..I may have just what just what you need....its msa sidekick. 3 pedals no knee...was planning to replace the one it had and add another,,,rebuilt the changer but needed a lot of work...it still needs work but its looks like its just what you are looking for...

mike..one of thoes round mirrors like they put on the passenger side of cars might work....ken,,happy holidays

thank you for all the help,,,i can see now how all of will work together when done right ,,,,so much to learn and so little time,,,the sites you gave me were a tremdous help,,,now its gonna take practice and more practice, thanks again,,,ken

hi there,,, im sure this has come up somewhere before,,, while practising and trying to train my ear to do more then hold my glasses up i have become a one string master,, i can play almost any song and follow any track,,,but its always on one string ,,while flying up and down the neck and some time...

THANKS russ,,,whats really bad is I RECONIZE some of those parts,,,,now, thats scary,,ken....that has so many parts ,it should play itself....lol

thanks joe i stand corrected...there are some not as futurnate as me with three.....LOL,,KEN

how to build a pedal steel guitar ????? 1) buy one each, a 70's sho-bud red baron, a MSA sidekick and a D/10 carter . 2) disasemble all of the above down to the last nut,bolt and spring, place all pieces in in a pile and mix well,,,place all pieces into 8 piles and put in boxes,,,taking pictures is ...

a great little starter amp is the peavey blazer 158..bought a like new one for 35 bucks on ebay,,,as always be careful what you buy ,,,ken

what a beautiful question,,,thanks,,ken,,,

hi,,,try pay/pal ,,then bid on one one ebay ,,,but be careful what you buy ,,,you can get stung real bad sometimes,,i know .,,,,i have a few welts on my backside,,,ken

hi,,,a very useful tool for your kit is a couple of dentist tools with the bends in them ,,handy for other things too,,,sometimes you can pick them up at flea markets for a song,,,ken

as a 69 year old nubi,,,ifound this out the other day,,,things dont move like they used to..things like knees, ankles and bowels,,just saying. had to replace new string my sho-bud pedal,, i added compression spring to the inside of the pedal.. in order to keep the spring from boinging around by itse...

where is it being held ???

maybe "londen dairy air" what ever pack it good ,,ken

thanks a lot for the stuff ,,,i need all the stuff i can find,,,especialy GOOD stuff,,,,i say stuff cause im too new to know what to call the stuff,,,ken,,,thanks again

OPPS,,,I forgot to mention they can also be threaded and put togather with a 6-32 internal threaded spacer and a lock nut ,,,maks for easy adjustments ,,,ken

while on the subject of pull rods ,,i have found that a good, cheap and easy to adjust rod is alumnimmmm welding rods avaliabe at any local weld shop. they come in about 3' lengths and any collers will fit nicely,,they also bend easley for a 90 degree connection,,just bend them slow,,ken

i thought i was gaining this animal ,,,but i see the beast is so far ahead ill never catch up,,,it's a good thing i like pork !!!!!!!ken

hi,,,just got this thing ,and cant do a think with it. i had a peavey LTD in the early '80 ,,,,didnt understand it either. been using a peavey Blazer 158 get a lot on sound out of this little thing ,,but went with princton chorus,its got more knobs then i know what to do with..does anybody have sett...

howdy folks,,,need help,,PLEASE,,,i'm a newguy and adding 2 new knees to an old MSA sidekick,,and as this is my second time around with a PSG ,,,who can recomend what changes would be most useful to me,,i pretty much use standard E9,,i am lowering my two E's to Eb,,,had to change that from what was ...