The Steel Guitar Forum

The file will leave a crisper and more polished edge than sanding; normally after flush trimming, I will use a 7° bevel trimmer and follow with filing;the important thing is whether you sand or file is to try to maintain the angle throughout the whole process. It definitely takes some practice, but...

Hi Dan- I've been doing cabinet and laminate work since the 80's,so I've dealt with stuff like this; if you can lift the sheet a little, use a putty knife to apply some adhesive to both surfaces, let it dry and press and roll it back down. A laminate file works much better than a mill bastard file, ...

Guitar sold- please close thread

I'm trying to sell my Fesse,purchased New from Billy Cooper 2010.It's in excellent condition,it's a 3×5,with a George L pickup.(not sure which one, it was on the guitar when purchased). I'm including a Wallace tru-tone pickup with it,and 2 rods with bellcranks which I used on strings 1+7; I used th...

Hi all- I was wondering how many players wind their strings so that they're pulling straight thru the rollers, as opposed to winding the strings towards the bottom of the tuning peg- it seems the rollers would be less restricted this way, even though there is more strain on the tuning peg - I'll try...

On my Ultra that 6th string one step drop is on rkl- it also raises string 1 one step and string 2 a half step; will backing off the nylon tuners be enough,or do you need to change it at the bellcrank?

That shouldn't be a problem, I've got plenty of room on the stop screw; thanks a lot for your help

Is your ultra keyless? I've heard you can drop notes with less adjustment than with a keyed headstock(which I have),or if it's not enough to matter

I have heard they are easy to work on- I'm probably over cautious; I'll take notes and pics as I'm making changes- once I've done it the overall mechanics will probably make a lot more sense

Not a problem at all- I was doing a world class job of getting it out of whack WITH my hands on it! thanks again for your replies

Jon-I reread my original post- I wasn't very clear about my question-sorry about that. When I got the guitar I had Billy Cooper add the split- the compensator came later. I did try a wound string at some point and got the full drop by moving the stop. the problem was I couldn't get the split to do w...

Jon-thanks for the reply- I didn't think of not needing the compensator; with the plain I was getting about a 15-20 cent drop with the A/F combination. so..since I already have the split rod, is it just a matter of getting more throw on the bellcrank and/or moving the lever stop with the wound string?

Hi,hopefully I can get some pointers on this; On my GFI ultra i'd like to try a wound .022 in place of the plain .020- I had good luck on my Fesse,the problem being the split with the B pedal; The fesse has split screws on the changer- pretty straight forward; I had a rod installed for the split on ...

I'm still on the fence about the plain vs. wound 6th- it's hard to hear the fundamental note when tuning; I use a wound .022 on the fessy, the drawback being the extra throw when dropping it to f#

Thanks for the reply- the guitar came with SIT stainless on it; I use Live Steel Strings nickel normally- I'll order a custom set and see how it goes thanks again John

Hi, hope I'm posting this where it's supposed to go; I just got the Ultra a few weeks ago, had Billy Cooper add splits and a compensator on pedal A to control the drop on my 6th string; seems to work well; my question is with the 24" scale the string tension is less than I'm used to- if I bump ...