The Steel Guitar Forum

Flitz makes a very good metal polish, and can be found at a marine supply store. Some music stores carry it in small tubes for cleaning tuners, etc. Elderly Instruments carries it for that purpose, but I'm sure you can find it locally. I would trust a good quality metal polish before using emery clo...

If you want to replace them because of the broken knobs-it's not necessary. You can get replacement knobs from Stewart-McDonald's(stewmac.com). They won't have the clear ones-but they'll have something that'll work. I think it's most important to match the pattern of the metal peg(rectangular shaft ...

Sorry Alan, my previous comment should have been addressed to you. You did a fantastic job restoring that instrument for Basil. Of course, the additional member's info is appreciated as well. I'm looking forward to receiving this steel. Should be here next week. I'll post some pics when it gets here...

Thanks for all the documentation you have provided on this posting. I won an old D-8 Stringmaster MkI(SN 0282-24.5 scale) on eBay last week, and am waiting for delivery. I didn't really expect to win it at the starting bid price-but it was described incorrectly, and did not attract much attention. I...