The Steel Guitar Forum

57 started playing steel when I was 20...dang I should be better at it by now...

RKL

Here's a link to the current draw of many common pedals.

http://www.cioks.com/assets/CURRENT%20C ... 0TABLE.pdf

Play hard! This may seem counterintuitive if what you're looking for is a smooth sustaining sound. At first you may sound clunky and noisy, but stay with it and your hand strength, blocking technique and muscle memory will improve. The harder the strings are plucked, the longer they will sustain. Pr...

On my guitar (Zum SD-12 with Lawrence pickup), nickel strings sound brighter but stainless steel last longer with less difference between a new string and an old one. I would say nickel strings give a more piano-like tone and stainless a smoother sound characterized by more low mids. As for stainles...

I would probably also go with the RV-3, if I could find one. If I couldn't, I'd get the MXR Carbon Copy and use the reverb in my amp (and be careful I didn't stomp on the stage). All I really need is delay and reverb and MXR Carbon Copy is one fine sounding analog delay. For many years, I used an ol...

For the most part, I think musicians are "pretty" reserved when it comes to handing out praise. "He's pretty good" is usually a nice compliment from a musician. I think it's even a nicer compliment from an audience member, most of whom listen more to the singer or even the song i...

Your welcome! I saw them first at Fry's here in Dallas, but I actually haven't tried them. Hope they work out for you.

I don't know if this is what you need, but I think it might be. There is a company called Schmartboard that makes prototyping boards for surface mount devices and high pitch IC's. Schmartboard website: http://www.schmartboard.com/ I know that mouser (http://www.mouser.com) sells at least some of the...

I've used the same 3 George L cables for close to 20 years now. I think they've played close to 4000 gigs in about 40 or so states and 3 countries. YMMV

Well I guess I can understand if they ignore country, but the schmucks couldn't even get Chuck Berry!!!!!!!! C'est la vie say the old folks...

For a practice setup, I would think the Champ with some sort of front end additional eq (and reverb) would be just about ideal. If you could borrow one of your friend's preamps and give it a try, I bet you'd really like the results. If you boost the signal going into the Champ just a bit and drive t...

Instructions from the Ernie Ball website:

http://www.ernieball.com/graphics/cord_ ... -17-04.pdf

Well, actually not as much as I thought it would be. About $425 per year over the last 35 years. It would have been more, if I'd had it to spend...

Hey Richard, come check me out if you get a chance. I'd love to meet and visit with you anytime. Just click on my myspace link below for my schedule. Later bro...

Sonny

The original clipping diodes in Distortion + units were germanium 1N270. Those diodes clip at somewhere around 250-300 millivolts, which is about how much output you can expect. To put that into perspective, typical guitar pickups can output anywhere from 100mV rms up to 1V rms for high output model...

In that price range I think the only preamp that uses high plate voltage is the Electro-Harmonix LPB 2ube preamp. It has a street price of $189 from a number the usual vendors including Guitar Center, etc. Electro-Harmonixs also makes a tube eq pedal that might work as well or better than the preamp...

From Johnny Bush's web site:

http://www.johnnybush.com/merchandise.html

Track 22 on Greatest Hits Volume 1

I bet you can send an email to the following:
randallinfo@randallamplifiers.com
and find out.

Hope this helps,
Sonny

I watched the last 20 minutes or so. I was surprised at how bad everyone was. Makes me wonder what the stage monitoring is like. A couple of years ago I was playing at Billy Bobs one night when they were holding regional auditions. Many of those contestants I heard that night were better than anyone...

Dick,

I got it to play by downloading the file and then adding the .mp3 file extension. For some reason, the file name had no extension when I downloaded it.

Sonny

My single 10 came with a George L pickup. I put a 18K True Tone on it and now it REALLY sounds vintage, but not really like anything else. Mine has nice string separation and a mid-range growl almost like a PP, but darker like Stu mentioned. I used to own a Sho-Bud Super Pro and my Desert Rose just ...

The small Behringer mixers (either UB502 or UB802) are hard to beat. Will take instrument, mic or line level input and drive headphones plenty loud. Also have tape in for practice. While not really headphone amps per se, they do a great job.

I've got one and love it. Programmed the preset to my modified Newman chart. Works great for 12 string. Only has one programmable slot, might not be as good for both E9th and C6th. Screen is large and bright, great for dark stage. Much cheaper than the Korg MT-1200 I'd used for many years. Best bang...

I've had the same problem you describe several times in the past 25 or 30 years. As best as I can remember the score is: 1 time it was the pickup, 1 time effects processor needed internal connections re-soldiered, 1 time amplifier needed internal connections re-soldiered. Oh, almost forgot once I ha...