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For anybody interested, Steel Trappings is publishing a series of articles on the design process for the new 'Oi No Ka 'Oi lap & legged steels. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/21562_Steel_Trappings_1.jpg https://steeltrappings.com/202211/st20221110.shtml Check it out, feel free to co...

Hi all I had the please of spending some time with Jim Palenscar ~ Steel Guitars of North County last week. As you all know, he's a wealth of information and expertise. He has two of the very first 'Oi No Ka 'Oi steels, and will be the exclusive SoCal dealer. He has this lap 6 string with fabulous A...

Hi all Available now: all 'Oi Na Ka 'Oi legged steels with front tray and Quilter SuperBlock amp. Everything at your fingertips! https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/21562_SuperBlock_1.jpg Pair with a Quilter BlockDock, the new 'Oi 8" or 10" (or 12" with a ToneBlock 202) matchi...

HI all

The new 'Oi No Ka 'Oi Legged Steels in 6, 8 and 10 String are ready!





Pure Tone
Huge Sustain
Noiseless Signal Chain
Unlimited Possibilities
Carbon Fiber Legsets = total weight 8#
Lifetime Warranty

wwww.oiacoustics.com

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/21562_Quiver_2_1.jpg The quiver of 6, 8 & 10 courses are ready for demo'ing at the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Assocation Festival this Saturday. Alan Akaka will be playing his that afternoon and evening. Details are now up at www.oiacoustics.com And loaner...

Mark Prucha, President of the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club, happy as a pāpaʻi with his new 'Oi No Ka 'Oi H822!

This review of the 8 string short scale pictured above, and a demo that I gifted to his school, came in from Alan Akaka this morning: "Aloha Kevin, I had a fabulous time at the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club convention. Your lap steels sounded great. The feel and tone were very good. I e...

Thank you! https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/21562_IMG_1517_1.jpg Spent a couple of hours with Alan Akaka today, who took this one away for himself as well as one for his most promising student. I'm looking at going to the HSGA Festival in three weeks - maybe I'll see some of you there.

Announcing… The ‘Oi Na Ka ‘Oi https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/21562_H822_Lower_Bout_1.jpg 6, 8 & 10 string Hawaiian steels in curly & spalted Maui Mango with maple core and double truss rod that will never warp – guaranteed for as long as you own it. GeorgeL 10-1, SS, PF-1 or TW ...

Hi Mike

Found this thread after I sent you an email, that there are checkout troubles happening on the store. Glad you reopened it; fabulous work you do.

Kevin

Hi Mike Not really on topic here, but this was a later thread of yours. Major headaches trying to check out an order of both CDs, print Bebob, e-Scales and the pair of Moonlighter CDs. I get this message: "Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /homepages/21/d183254243/htdocs/steelinstruct...

Hey Mike Thanks for the feedback. The active came with 250k pots; I was thinking the same on using 500k for passive pots; don't want dark combined with tone control. It came with a .22uF (they say unless that's a misprint from .022) ceramic cap, which has a lot of range, but that's active. I frequen...

Hi All Just checking to see if anyone has recent experience or thoughts using (550k?) volume pot and (.047?) caps on a tone pot using a GeorgeL 10-1 on a lap steel. Just had an active pickup completely die :whoa: after a day (reason undetermined yet) so I'm swapping to passive and hoping to avoid fu...