The Steel Guitar Forum

The person asked me to purchase google play cards for your niece. I will report it to google.

I appreciate that I'm not the only one having difficulty with the USPS. I've had a package sit for 10 days at a center within driving distance. Yesterday I wrote USPS and received a standard reply stating there are delays due to COVID. After my inquiry it started moving today. Not sure if it helped ...

Unless that hardback was published by Folio Society, I wouldn't pay that much. I check e-book, affordable and portable.

A long shot but it can't hurt to ask!

Looking for an Infinity S10 with at least 4 and 5. Thank you!

I never had the pleasure of working with him but I do own one of his last guitars. It's the only lap steel I'll never part with.

Very interesting, thank you for posting Andy.

This is sold. Please close.

It is Erv. I don’t remember what it does, something with volume.

For sale is a 1938 (dated by pot) Oahu Tonemaster. I picked it up to work on lap steel but never got around to it. It’s a long scale steel in pretty decent condition as can been seen in the photos. I cleaned and lubed the tuners and put a fresh set of C6 strings on it. The case has seen better day...

That was great! Thanks for posting Ricky!

On Trak is no longer built.

Dave, I bought a dozen or so off of EBay from a Russian seller years ago. The EV is a long life tube. I’ve run them hard and they do last a long time. You can probably find nicer sounding tubes but for the price, they tick all the boxes for me.

Try the 6P14P-EV. They last a very long time and sound nice to my ear.

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I'll give my limited experience. I had an MSA Legend that was a couple of years old and currently play a Zum Stage One. The MSA: 1. An adjustable copedant with a considerable amount of options given the number of raise and lower holes. 2. Split tuning available on every string. 3. Stainless steel an...

If you’re looking at MSA, I’ve been thinking the same thing. There pricing makes me scratch my head and wonder. You could do a D13 with that set up if you’ve not looked into it yet. I’ve thought of some odd balls with stringing it 2-11 standard E9. It would be nice to see the end of a fret b...

Paddy, My steel has the inside pickup on a rail system and it works great. And for Marty, It slides both ways. It was done because my father and I were not sure which angle direction we would want all the time..So he made the rail so the player could vary the angle direction. chose. Paul Paul, Coul...

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Where is the ideal placement for a neck pickup on a steel? Is there a standard or ideal placement?

I was looking at my Stage One. If I could figure out how to remove the neck, it seems easy enough to cut the neck down some and put a second pickup on it.

This has been an interest of mine too. Lap steels have them, why not the pedal steel?

Desert Rose builds a steel with two pickups as an option. I was trying to convince another builder to do this but he stopped building steels.

Jim Palenscar has his guitar b0b.

What model is this? Can't figure it out...

I'm on the younger side and consider this also, especially with guitars as I consider a new steel purchase. When you look at all the brands that have came and went and how hard it can be to find parts for some steels, it blows my mind how some can fetch the prices they do on the forum. Maybe it's no...

I do as Jim stated. Tuner out on my volume pedal to a Peterson HD with the volume off at the pedal.

Doug, thank you for the detailed history. You’ve done an amazing job with these guitars. I’ve got #511 and it sounds fantastic and plays well.