The Steel Guitar Forum

Hmm... I have to try my Rotosphere tonight with my Shobud. I never thought of that and I have used my Rotosphere with Voce to get the B3 sound.

I met Herb couple of years ago when I bought my NV400 from him. Great guy and been to his house where he was making his PSGs and other steel guitars here in Houston, TX. He was sort of complaining that no one in his family was interested in taking over that business of making PSGs. He is getting old...

Oh, I fogot to mention that this Wiggler has 2 12AX7s tubes in them. Gives a nice warm tone.

Brad, Last night I tried for the first time, Electro-Harmonix's Wiggler tube vibrato/tremolo box with the steel. It sounded really good. I would like more spec on your gadget and possibly some web presentation of the gadget with pictures and possibly some MP3 files to listen to with and without your...

Thanks a lot Mike Brown. Yes, it truely great to have you here to answer any questions about the PV Steel amps. I agree with a lot of what you've said. I guess the volume is quite low in the amp manufacturing business I can easily say that it would be quite hard to consistently make the same quality...

Thanks for the info. I just wrote to this guy about his device. Here is the URL to that one: http://www.biasking.com/ Has anyone tried using this device? Looks cool indeed, but no other info on the website. Hopefully he'll write back with more info.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I have Hiwatt DR-103 one of those classic amps made in 1979.

I have a THD Hot Plate power soak connected to this amp output which soaks the power from this amp. I have this amp bright vol turned up to about 65% and main volume turned upto about %80. I control the loudness with the Hot Plate. That way I get the real amp crunch tone without loosing my hearing. ...

Thanks for the info, Tom. Yes, I found some interesting online articles on biasing myself. Some of them even shows you how to do it and what you need to do it yourself. I wouldn't venture into doing that myself. A good friend of mine is a good analog engineer and I was thinking of taking his assista...

My Shobud does sounds pretty good even through a Hiwatt. It is quite different tone form a PV NV400 though. Hiwatt seems to have a lot more low end than the PV (my bass know is usually turned up all the way in my Hiwatt) regardless and you can certainly get the feel of the tube sound with the Hiwatt...

I got them through a very good friend of mine in CA who owns an electronic repair shop and I got them for $100 for these 4 EL Mullard tubes and I see the XF date codes on them and they are clearly Mullard tubes and they have been tested. I have seen some of the tubes go for over $300 in EBay. By the...

All; If you own a tube amp, have you ever had to change your power tubes? If you did, did you have to re-adjust the bias settings in your amp for the new tubes? I have acquired relatively inexpensive Mullard EL34 matched quad tubes for my Hiwatt. Currently I think I have the Teslas installed in the ...

I must say I like NV400 too, although haven't yet compared it to a NV1000. I have been playing with Hiwatt DR-103 tube british amp. I get a completely different sound out of my Shobud LDG through this rig. I have a 2x12 (200 watts) EVs connected to this amp through a TC Electronic's G-Major processo...

All; First time I recorded some PSG tracks at home last weekend without amplification (Direct Inject). I should say that the tracks came out pretty good with an Alembic F2B preamp. I have always used Alembic preamp (lots of lows can be added) for my 6 string guitar recording and this is the first ti...

I did some trial tracks last night without the amplification, direct inject. I used an Alembic F2B preamp, surprisingly, the tracks came out pretty good. This preamp is really very good with lots of lows and I have always used it with the electric 6 string guitars. This is the first time I used it w...

I did some trial tracks last night without the amplification, direct inject. I used an Alembic F2B preamp, surprisingly, the tracks came out pretty good. This preamp is really very good with lots of lows and I have always used it with the electric 6 string guitars. This is the first time I used it w...

Hi All, Thanks for all nice responses. My NV400 is a modded one bought about 2 years ago brand new from Remington steel, here in Houston. I think I paid about $425 for it. So, it appears that NV400 is very similar to the NV1000, although I would want to compare side by side at some point. May be Her...

Guys, Is there a significant difference in the quality of tone between Peavey Nashville 400 and Nashville 1000? I recall someone telling me that Nashville 1000 has more of a tube sound. Is that really true? I have a Nashville 400, do I need to eventually trade this in for a 1000. Of course, 1000 per...

Guys, Is there a significant difference in the quality of tone between Peavey Nashville 400 and Nashville 1000? I recall someone telling me that Nashville 1000 has more of a tube sound. Is that really true? I have a Nashville 400, do I need to eventually trade this in for a 1000. Of course, 1000 per...

All, Oh what a marvellous time I have been having with my ShoBud Lloyd Green mean machine! I never knew that this guitar could be so much fun, truely! Thanks to you all who helped me get started. Now I need some info on how to change strings and the basic maintenance of this machine. Ken Kimbro (the...

You guys have been wonderful! Quite a few tips here as well as names of teachers in Houston is a wonderful thing to have! I think many of you are right, nothing like a teacher showing you some of the very basic stuff on the Steel than truck load of vids! However I am also going to get few books to g...

Hi, I recently bought a nice used Shobud LDG model PSG with a Goodrich volume pedal. It is a very nice guitar except I don't know how to play it yet. I have been playing 6 string guitars for over 15 years. Now I need help on getting started on this one. I am looking for resources for learning includ...