The Steel Guitar Forum

Kool Color.
Is that some kind of knob next to the keyhead or a place for the bar?
I think Jackson PSG's are all very nice and well thought out designs.

Bill Ford wrote:A better drawing of fingertip, and MSA changer.

It looks like that design would give you two raises and no lower?

Hi Mark, Sorry but I know very little about the history so have no idea when Baldwin was involved with Sho~Bud. You'd need to ask someone else about that. As for that Mullen I had. I bought it used from the classified ad's in the news paper back before I had internet about 1987 maybe. I had never ev...

So sorry for you Larry and your daughter.
Indeed our lives can change in the blink of an eye.
If there is one good to come from this I would think your wife did not suffer long before being taken back by the Lord.
We never met bit will be in my prayers.
Andy

Hi Wayne,
#3 will be something nice to see.
The first two came out so nice that I'd put a few $$$ of this one being the best yet!

Thanks Chris,
Doing the best I can...
Andy

Hi Mark, The Crossover was the same as some later models of Sho~Bud also. These were used with all the rack & barrel pulling system Bud's. The rack and barrel was a great idea because you were only limited to the number of pulls on a string by how many barrels you had to put on any pull rod. The...

hi Andy, beautiful guitar. i kinda remember that you had some Bigsby style pickups that you were thinking of using. did they get used on something else instead? was just curious as to how they sounded. mark No it turned out they were a tad too wide with the base to work on these two lap steels. I'm...

Back in the USA now so if anyone knows someone looking for a nice lap steel at a good price plus the ride....
Anyone interested can contact me through the forum PM system.
Comes with a padded vinyl case with large pocket for your picks, bar, can of beer or what have you.

Back in the USA now so if anyone knows someone looking for a nice lap steel at a good price plus the ride....
Anyone interested can contact me through the forum PM system.
Comes with a padded vinyl case with large pocket for your picks, bar, can of beer or what have you.

They don't have Dan Bau in any other country but Viet Nam where it's very popular. The pickup is a small pole magnet wound with fine coil wire. Looks like a sewing machine bobbin. The original instruments were acoustic, but so quiet they were not often used. Now with the pickups they sound to me a l...

Not quite steel guitar, but killer harmonics and no pedals needed with the buffalo horn wammy bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOhFnWOeCE

Seems to me like the kind of music any steeler would like?

Bill Fisher wrote:I like the Bigsby stuff. Thanks.

Bill

Hi Bill.
Me too, but I do want to finish the pedal steel first before I get to those Bigsby style items.
Thanks,
Andy

Got the first one done last month for anyone interested. It's the long 24" scale. I plan to get the short scale 22.5" scale when I return to the US this week. I put the long scale up for sale before I left and hope to sell it when I return on the 18th of October. Tone & Volume controls...

Thanks Greg for helping out with my answer and for the nice demo sound track. I'm really knocked out by what Ross is doing with his new Sierra designs. Loads of very good thinking has gone into these. It's been three years since I last saw one so I had trouble remembering all the features. Best wish...

Hello Peewee, Last I saw when available they seem to be offered for around $15,000.00 in decent condition. That would seem to be about the usual asking price these days, but the actual getting price I have no idea because they are out of what I'd be spending and I wouldn't want to waste someones tim...

The new Sierra's have carbon fiber legs. I'm not sure of the size or how they attach to the guitars and pedals since I'm not one of the lucky owners. :lol: As best I remember they seemed a little larger than the steel to aluminum legs. I think Bob Lee's was adjustable for height from the playing pos...

Hello W.C. There are things called "Stand Offs" if I remember right. They are used on circuit boards and other electronic parts. Usually nylon in round or hexagon shapes with a hole in the center. You can find them in various sizes and only need to tap the threads into them. The trick is t...

Thank You Lonnie,
Doing the best I can.
Andy

Thanks John,
The design is based on the National New Yorker lap steels from the 1940's though I made several changes and alterations from the originals that were 6 strings.
Andy

Thanks Dan, Worse things happen to people my age so I'm not about to complaining. Not a painful thing except for my pride. Gotta keep thinking science will find a way to improve things for me. The focused ultrasound deal seems to be a huge help for some people... They go in shaking and come out stea...

Thanks Bill, Funny thing was I was dodging a knot (That lighter colored spot) and just missed the place where it separated from the rest of the board. :lol: The other short scale steel has very unusual grain. It was a tad too short so I had to attach the head with a nice large hand cut dove tail. Ca...

Sorry to say I just sold mine. The only steel I have ever owned that has slightly lighter action that my Promat was the custom made Mullen I bought at the same time. The Promat I feel had slightly better tone and the sustain was quite a bit better. That said, both are the finest steels I've had and ...

Thanks Chris,
I'll have it for sale again when I return to the USA after the 17th of October.
Best wishes,
Andy

Thanks Dan,
I have some other ten string Alumitone pickups. Plan to use one on the PSG I'm building.
They sure do sound good to my ear.
Best wishes,
Andy