The Steel Guitar Forum

HEy there, would you mind sending me a PM with the price. I kind of got shisted on ebay for a MSA red Barron that after finally getting set up, fights me in its pedal action. Im going to clean and lube it up but I have only basic understanding of the steels mechanics to re-do anything, and there's n...

i have moved the color around a bit and have gotten the string to lower with the hex screw to a B, however, when i re-engage the pedal, to make sure it goes back to c#, the string raises to somewhere around C. I think the issue, and correct me if im wrong, is not the position of the collar or finger...

Well i strung it using a pack of GHS boomer E9th strings. I believe the tenth string in this set is.02 less than the sidekick manual suggests....will string gauge affect this issue?

I feel, after much trail and tribulation, that my issue is the amount the actual pedal travels. I have now figured out how to adjust pedal height, but i still can not get enough motion from the pedal. Is this adjustment made on the rod that connects the pedal to the underside of the body?. I have ma...

The finger does not have any other holes to mount the pull(?) rod in. I have attempted moving the small stopper, that mounts on the end of this rod, or the side opposite the pedals,with a small allen wrench and still can not get the bridge adjustment to tune low enough to reach B. Very frustrating

How would I adjust to alow more pedal travel.. I will check to see if i can move the rod as well.

Hello new friends, I have been lurking for quite some time, I.E trying to find a decently priced starter steel on the classifieds, and after finally making the plunge, I have some set up questions. As I have learned and attempted, the A pedal(the rightmost one in the line of three my steel has) shou...