The Steel Guitar Forum

It's difficult to get a phot up in there, but the body is cracked underneath the bushing, so I'm guessing it doesn't protrude enough anymore to keep the rod from moving perpendicular to the body. Should be easy enough to shim something in there.

Alan Brookes wrote:You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...

Too true. I'm keeping that in mind.

I had a Starter a while back, and the pickup died so I replaced it with a George L's 10-1. You have to break/file off the mounting tabs so it'll fit in the pickup cavity of the Carter. I just used that double-sided foam mounting tape to secure it, and it worked fine for several years until I sold t...

...Sometimes when I hit the LKL, it actually goes way past F#... For that you may need the ViceGrip® Whats happening there (and I thought it might have been the issue) is that the lever may be bending. It can break if bent enough times. Check out this thread . Clete It looks like you're partially r...

That all makes sense. Sometimes when I hit the LKL, it actually goes way past F#. I'll flip it over and check how close it is to hitting the stop.

thanks guys, I really appreciate it.

I've had a Carter Starter that I bought a few years back that I'm finally getting around to playing, and I have a few questions, that I'll try to keep brief: 1.) The pickup seems shrill to me. For practice purposes I plug it into a Roland Microcube (I know, I know), but I've had it plugged into a Su...