The Steel Guitar Forum

I play a NV 400 with no external effects, and really like the tone that I have, and plenty of power too...Tried the NV 112 and NV 1000, not a big fan of the active controls....I like the old passive controls like the NV 400 and the old Session amps.....however my good friend and mentor Clyde Mattock...

great work by all who have shown builds here.....the 5 x 5 set-up should be no problem on an S-10......I will offer my two cents on one thing though.....I play a D-10 LeGrande now, and have for several years (I play just as much C6 as I do E9), but when I first started I was playing an E9 S-10 and I...

Being a steel player, and also a seasoned machinist my only thought on the lacquer would have been a poor attempt to prevent corrosion possibly?? To the best of my knowledge all the undercarriage parts, i.e. cross shafts and bell cranks on the P/P guitars were made of plain Carbon Steel, silver sold...

dang Allen if this was a D-10 I'd be all over it!!!! Nice Guitar Man!!!!

Clyde Mattocks may have some insight on the pull release system.....as I believe the early model Cherokee guitars he built were pull release.....

He is a great guy for sure, very surprised that I had not met or known of him before now, especially given the fact that he lives about 5 minutes away from me... The guitar that I played today, was the last one he ever built, he also had several others that he built over the years set up there in hi...

Got to meet, talk, and pick a little with a really cool feller this afternoon......thanks to my buddy Brandon Anderson for introducing me to Mr. Cotton Hudson......I didn't even know there was anybody else in Tarboro, NC that played Pedal Steel other than me.....Mr. Hudson also builds steel guitars,...

given the age and my prior knowledge of older Marlen guitars, I am assuming this guitar has a Pull/Release changer......

looks like a Marlen, smells like a Marlen........

Tommy, I'm definitely with you on this....the simplicity of the Emmons pedal is a primary reason why I prefer it....easy to replace the pot, and also the string....and it does not "color" the tone like some of the newer digital/electronic volume pedals (i.e. Hilton)

LMAO Cal!!!! My seat does have a power strip, it is convenient, but I seldom use it, as I do not use external effects at all and I use an old passive Emmons Volume pedal, so I just run a drop cord to my amp....an Emmons guitar and a NV 400 has all I need for my tone....

Kenny, Hard to believe it's almost been a year now......it was a pleasure helping Billy get your guitar back going, there's not a guitar out there that Billy can't fix, and there isn't anything I can't make/machine, guess you'll just have to break it again so we can all get together soon LOL!!! And ...

planning to be there, so long as work does not interfere.......looking forward to seeing ya'll!!! and picking a tune!!

Lane, You'll like this amp, I have a one that I converted the chassis into a head, built my own head cabinet for it, and I run it through a Mesa/Boogie cabinet with a single EV 15" speaker.....no lack of power here at all!!!! 6- 6L6's in the power section, and the great sound of tube driven rev...

Extremely clean, nice looking guitar at a very fair price!!! Somebody needs to jump on this, If I ever buy a guitar other than an Emmons it will be a Ritt!!!!

Go Get'em Hoss!!!!