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Here's mine. I leave everything plugged in except the power. It started out with just the pegboard part in the center and grew with pieces of scrap lumber as I added pedals. Weighs a ton! FWIW, I'm running 4 instruments (Supro doubleneck, mandolin, flat-top guitar, and a resonator) through this into...

chris ivey wrote:oh wait....i think i solved the mystery!
your saying that each pair of like instruments share the same scale, right?
not that all mentioned do. that confused me, i guess.

Yep, you got it.

chris ivey wrote:bill...what don't you understand about scale length?

'scuse me, "pal"...

chris ivey wrote:what?? a mandolin has the same scale length as a double bass?

Chris, like this?

http://www.vintageguitar.com/16346/gibs ... ando-bass/

Thanks all!

Alan, it is my understanding the the mandolin and violin families are direct analogues, with the mandolin family fretted and plucked rather than bowed. Consider the following: Mandolin - Violin Mandola - Viola Mandocello - Violincello Mandobass - Double Bass all of which share the same scale and tun...

Here's my not so secret Supro doubleneck gigbag. I got the idea from SGF'r John Swain ( discussed in this topic ) and ran with it. It's a 49 key Kaces keyboard gigbag reinforced with shipping corners, foamboard, automotive interior foam, and felt. Nice and sturdy for the short trips I make and very ...

Hi Charlie, thanks mucho. I can definitely say that I have seen no steel players in salsa bands here. In fact, the besides myself there is only one other steeler I've seen, and we both live in the same tiny town (Rincón) on the far western tip of the island! The economy has really hurt the live mus...

Alan, couldn't the same be said for lap steels/electric guitars in general? BTW, really enjoy your posts over the years.

Bill

Howdy all, Bill Schmidt here. There is apparently a pedal steel player out there whose name I share, so I had to go with W. Bill for a handle. Sounds like a lawyer or somethin' (no offense). Long time armpit slide/guitar and mandolin player and I'm sorry to say looong time lurker here. Finally bough...

Not sure about a "comeback", but in the sleepy, music backwater of Rincón, PR there are 2 of us gigging regularly on lap. This time 2 years ago, zero...

True 'dat!, Thanks for posting Doug.

Lest we forget the imitable Mr. Dave, quoted in 2003 saying: "...this baritone slide. I play bass parts and all of that on that instrument. So, it has a huge sound. And then I have my seven-string, which has kind of a low bass string on it, and then a regular six-string guitar tuning. So you ca...