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Should have been original equipment. Still enjoying mine...thank you, John !

Hi Peter,
Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful C6 version of the Vince Guaraldi classic, 'Christmas Time Is Here'. I've enjoyed learning and playing it this season.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Tim

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A couple of thought provoking quotes come to mind. “The best sounding steel you’ll ever own is the one you just sold” – Billy Knowles “If what you play sounds good, it doesn’t matter what you play. If what you play doesn’t sound good, it doesn’t matter what you play” – Buddy Char...

Georg has made a good point. There are usually a couple of ways to get to your result and some can get involved with the necessity of a compensating rod. Your copedent and the desired effect of the pull should be taken into account... where you want to land and when. There are also other mitigating ...

If you look at the undercarriage you will most likely see that the bell crank pull for #9 is situated closer to the cross-bar than the pull for #2. Because the pull for #2 is further up the bell crank, it is a longer (and faster) pull relative to #9 by virtue of its distance further from the cross-b...

You might also try Billy Knowles at Steel Guitar East.
http://www.steelguitareast.com

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Try Leigh Pollari Steel Covers:

https://leighpollari.com/custom-steel-guitar-cover

I replaced the GFI-II with an AlumiTone on my 2006 Ultra S-10 It makes the guitar a bit brighter. The sound is more like a single coil. Although I haven't played out with it yet, it seems like it would get me all the way to the front of the stage without a problem. I made the swap on the recommendat...

If I'm following the conversation correctly, this is about arpeggiating the chord and the pockets are convenient groupings that, in this case, can be found at frets 3, 6, 8, 10 & etc. Yes, no?

Emmons / Lashley LeGrande purchased circa 1992 stamped 859L. Grey Burl mica with 14 hole bell cranks. Three knees were added to the C6 by Jim Palenscar around 2015 and now it sits as an 8+8.