The Steel Guitar Forum

I think it would be a Supro string thru pup. You need a set of Rick Aiello NiBro magnets. Did you adjust the height of the poles? Pay no attention to the arrows as it's not my photo. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fG70Qnu6CGU/T8zMuaTwQII/AAAAAAAAD6A/gdVe_SGrq20/s320/valco-pickup-mounting-lap-steel.jpg

Do the 8-strings not have the stringthru pup?

John Roche wrote:He does not play just a collector

There should be a law against that.

Doug Freeman wrote:That pic's probably about 1993 as it is, so it's already close to 30 years old. Ouch!

errr...1993?...thats only 19 years...still old though

I gotta have the 5 on top for any 6th tuning.

Make sure to keep your volume knob wide open when going for the boo-wah effect. The amp you're playing through will also make a difference. I find the effect is a bit weak with a Fender Blackface tone stack. Something at least vaguely tweedish ought to work fairly well. Mind you I don't have a Fend...

...I mainly play my non-pedal steels through a Peavy Classic 30...It' much better than hauling a heavy amp like my Peavy Vegas 400, or a Deluxe Reverb. I did use a Fender Twin Reverb back in the 80's - Jack Jack, a Deluxe Reverb is the same weight (~40lbs) as a Classic 30, give or take a couple of ...

1956 Fender Guitar Stringmaster Triple-8 w/legs, Lap Steel, no case $2,200.

Lap Steel Guitars in Stock

Did it sell?

Jerry Hayes wrote:

Those legs are much heavier the stock Supros. Look more like Fender.

Paul Sutherland wrote:The tone pot rotates in reverse from the volume pot and when rotated entirely to the no treble position (full clockwise rotation) there is no output to the amp..

What Supro do you have? This sounds wrong.

Does your pup have two magnets or one (and a wood dummy)?

David Soreff wrote: ...and a Supro Comet Console from yours truly...I love my Supros:

Not enough to know it's called a Jet Airliner.

J D Sauser wrote:Interestingly, the recently introduced re-issue Gibson "UltraTone" STANDARD guitar boast a pickup labeled as a "STEEL P-90".

What re-issue ?

Thanks for the alert. I just busted it. Guess I'll have to drill it out, now. Wow, those old screws are about as sturdy as dust. I broke a screw on one of my Supro pickups. I very carefully disassembled the pickup, sprayed the broken screw with electrical cleaner/lubricant, and removed it with a pa...

Raise the pole/screw for that string.

Are you sure Denny's is a 6-stringer and not 8?

Does he still play with Two Tons?

You have an 8-string Airline/Jet Airliner. The 8-strings are a little less common, but they made a lot of 6-strings. I've got four in various condidtion.

Swap the thumb screw from another leg and you'll know whether its the threaded hole or the screw.

Steinar Gregertsen wrote:Try contacting Jason Lollar, from what I understand he makes replacement magnets (though I can't find any info about it on his website).

Jason must have a source for these since they are used in his copy of the Supro string through pickup.

Does Rick Aiello still make his NIBros replacement magnets?

Sounds more like you need to raise the poles on 3 & 4. These pups are very sensitive to pole height.

The legs on all (three) of mine work fine. Have you tried to find a suitable replacement thumbscrew?

If we're talking about the legs for a Supro Airline, they don't have a clutch, they have a thumb screw.

Does anyone today make something like a Fender direct string pickup that was in the originals?

http://www.curtisnovak.com/pickups/repa ... FenderLap/

Blake, the "sudden surge in Ukulele interest" in Tampa/Clearwater is due to my buddy Steve Boisen who's been doing Ukulele clinics at Sam Ash. He's part of the Tampa Bay Ukulele Society and they host regular open mikes.