The Steel Guitar Forum

Apparently I had the Molex connector reversed. Flipped it and reverb hum disappeared. Must admit to feeling a bit stupid right now...

Lynn, my Vegas also hums at about mid-level up. I've cleaned the pots but still get the hum. Don't know if that's typical for this amp but boy is it annoying!

Thanks David! Like I said, my ear is pretty bad for chords and I really appreciate your help with this. And you're right, it's a sweet one!

I have a terrible ear for subtle chord and note changes! Anybody know the guitar dhords for "Shirt Off My Back"? I hate to ruin the song by messing up the changes. Thanks!

johnnyupok on YouTube offers helpful tabs etc. for lots of good stuff. He's a lefty so it looks weird from the righthanded perspective but afater a while you get used to it!

Danny...I tend to move my knee abit while working the A and B pedals. Like I said, I'm just learning so I will have to concentrate on that area while practicing. Thanks for the advice!

Thanks Tucker! I live in Richmond, VA. Can you come over and help me with the adjustments!!!

I'm a novice learning on a Mullen Discovery after playing (sort of) an early 70's Sho-Bud Maverick with 1 knee lever. I had no problems getting a good stomp on the 3 pedals since there was no left knee lever to get in the way. Now I am constantly hitting the LKL by accident. I tend to sit toward the...

Thanks to all for good advice and taking the time to assist me! I ended up going with a used Mullen Discovery that should be more than enough PS to keep me busy for the next 20 years or so. I'll definitely head up to Billy Cooper's...he must give free ice cream to anyone visiting his shop judging fr...

Thanks everyone for your advice. I decided to go with a Mullen Discovery model that I found used but mint on Reverb.com. $1800 seemed more than reasonable so if all goes well with the sale I'm a happy camper!

Thanks everyone for your advice. I decided to go with a Mullen Discovery model that I found used but mint on Reverb.com. $1800 seemed more than reasonable so if all goes well with the sale I'm a happy camper!

Brad...tell me about it! I've been watching for one for quite awhile with no success.

Got burned recently by a seller on eBay after I won a brand new 2014 Mullen Royal Precision...he cancelled claiming damage done in shipping but I'm not buying it. Fortunately I did get a full refund. Anyway, I'm a beginner but advanced in years (6Cool and plan to spend the remaining ones learning th...

Got burned recently by a seller on eBay after I won a brand new 2014 Mullen Royal Precision...he cancelled claiming damage done in shipping but I'm not buying it. Fortunately I did get a full refund. Anyway, I'm a beginner but advanced in years (68) and plan to spend the remaining ones learning this...

Forgot to say that I did get money $$$ back fortunately!

Got burned recently by a seller on eBay after I won a brand new 2014 Mullen Royal Precision...he cancelled claiming damage done in shipping but I'm not buying it. Anyway, I'm a beginner but advanced in years (68) and plan to spend the remaining ones learning this beautiful instrument. The eBay aucti...

Love to know the price on this.

Thanks so much Richard! They had exactly what I need! And you're right about James Morehead being my former supplier. I remember he was quite ill when I first contacted him. So sorry to hear he has passed.

Forgot the pic!...

Cheap pot metal finally gave out on this part (not sure what it's called...see pic). It 's where the pedal rod connects to the undercarriage. Anyone know where I can get a couple for replacement? Some changer fingers broke a few years ago and I found some replacements from a guy in Oklahoma (I think...

Thanks for the replies fellas. No flourescents in the area and re-orienting didn't help...BUT I replaced the input jack, grounded the jack to the changer base and it seems to have fixed it about 95%. I think the house wiring may be guilty of the remaining 5%.

Well it's been a while and looks like the pickup noise is still enough to be irritating. I tried grounding the black wire from the jack to a metal block on the guitar underside but it's still noisy. I notice that the noise greatly increases when I put my finger on the jack itself. When I take it awa...

You nailed it Ernest! I braided the leads and the hum is almost gone! As I recall, the wires were twisted when I took the pickup out for rewinding. Glad it was a simple, but effective fix.

Thanks fellas. I'm going to try a different power source and see what happens.

I just thad the pickup on the old Maverick rewound (thanks Mike!) but I'm still getting a pretty pronounced 60 cycle hum. I've checked the cords and amps and all is fine with other guitars so I'm wondering if there is some shielding in order on the Maverick. The 2 leads just come through the guitar ...