The Steel Guitar Forum

Guenther Dachs,

That's the one! Thanks so much! Top notch playing, and singing from all in the band!

Thanks Norman,

I have watched that one, but Mike really cut out a lot of the "tastiness" licks in that version, lol

I'm looking for the video of Together Again/ Mike Johnson, and Joanie is singing and playing bass. It is a live gig, and Mike's steel work is fantastic in it (of course!) There are a couple older gents on lead guitars and they sound equally superb. This vid was on youtube for quite awhile but seems ...

Heat shrink tubing works great for me.

Charlie, looks like you are correct. She seems to be playing with that band in a saloon in SC. Sadly, from what I read on the website, the beautiful country sound that she produced with her album is not part of the current song lineup.

https://www.blind-horse.com/one-eyed-jack

It is odd. Her Facebook page has not been updated since 2013 and the website link doesn't work.

Is Brandy Williams still singing/recording? I cannot find anything recent about her. I know that Mike Johnson is her favorite steel player. I was hoping to find some recent material.

I missed the boat on this one. It was sold almost immediately before I got in contact with the person. I appreciate all the replies though, this is good information.

I have a chance to purchase a SD-12 BMI. Are they a pull release system?

How many raises/lowers are possible with this guitar?

Are they easy to change the copedent on?

Any other info. is helpful! Thanks!

A friend contacted me about her late husband's Emmons. As far as I know, it is a 3 x 4 setup. Hasn't been played for many years, so I'm sure it needs a going over/clean up/tuned up as far as the mechanics go. We are trying to come up with a reasonable price for it. I just saw a beautiful black Emmon...

A real beauty! Kudos to you for rescuing all of the basket cases!

Still, anyone who turns a several thousand dollar guitar into junk is just plum crazy.

Drilling and installing that new pin in the changer was quite the DIY hack, lol.

I remember that one steel you posted a year or so ago, that had all that goopy looking paint on it. That one was a huge mess!

I just can't imagine that people beat up their belongings like that! I have 40+ yr. old guitars and other toys that pretty much look as new as the day I purchased them.

Take as much out of the equation as you can to eliminate possible culprits. As you mentioned earlier, take the output directly from the pickup and feed that into the amp. Connect from the pickup contacts to the output jack on the guitar, bypassing all the knobs & switches. Divide & conquer, ...

I have chatted with Lorraine, and she confirmed that the steeler on her music is Jim Loessberg. Awesome music!

RKL RAISES 1 an 2 an lowers 6 too F sharp; Having the 6th string lower tied in with the raises presents some problems for some people's style of playing. Mine is set up like this, I would like to change it.

Awesome! For the record, I have owned three Sierra's, and those contact pins can get dirt/dust in them causing them to stick and lose contact. I have sprayed them like you have & then used compressed air to blow all the gunk out.

You mentioned cleaning the pickup contacts. It could also be an issue with one or both of the contact pins on the guitar sticking & making/breaking contact.

Beautiful! The Alumitone Pickups are awesome too! This one won't last long!

Some of you may have heard Lorraine before, I just discovered her. I really like her voice - so smooth. No mention on her website as to who the steeler is, but it's good stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMlzqo0YFHI

From what I can tell, his 3-4 pedals appear to be set up as standard 1-2 Emmons. Interesting.

"Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me." Very nice!

A beauty, and I like where you are storing the tone bar!

I believe this link will work. Someone click on it to make sure, please!

Not the best work, but it's something I threw together for a radio show a few years ago.

https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/pla ... ID=7262583

Looks like 150 W according to 3 different sites I found.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... delta.html