The Steel Guitar Forum

Crack me up Dave... I was going to go back and edit that mis-spelled word but I'm leaving it for the laugh I got from your post so others can appreciate it too.

I'm going to check out Beats Walkin' next.

I have me a new "commuter CD"... It's the kind you put in the car to play during the 1.5 hour trip to work in the morning and again at night. You like listening to it so much you leave it in the player all the time. Jim Cohen's "Four to the Bar"...boy am I'm sorry now that my wif...

Howard... I play my BTB-505 through a 100W Traynor with a 4x10 cabinet. But the cab kills my back to move it these days. I picked up an Ibanez SW-65 for $225 new that I can carry without too much pain. It's a tilt back and has RCA inputs for CD player etc. You can unplug the speaker from the amp. I ...

Todd e-mailed me first...he gets the CD.

Thanks to all who played "Who wants a free CD?"

Me three for Nesmiths "Hits". Its my favorite Nez album. Tropical Campfires gets a vote for 2nd place. It's amazing what two can do! If there is anyone who's never heard "And the hits just keep on comin'" I have an extra copy here that you can listen to. Drop me an e-mail and I'l...

<helps who?> Helps me Donny. I'm the only one who will be playing this instrument so I'm only concerned about my comfort (selfish as that may sound http://steelguitarforum.com/smile.gif ). Specifically I suppose I should have stated that every 1/4" helps to keep my right knee from being hit by ...

Hi Tom... I came on this morning to remove that bottom hinge post...too late! http://steelguitarforum.com/smile.gif You are correct... Even with my heel directly on the floor before the hinge with just my toes on the pedal my kneee still moves up and down. So the bottom hinge is not a good idea and ...

Now you have me day dreaming... Let me refine the height definition as the height of the heel part of the pedal in the horizontal position since it is the height of the heel that affects the height of my knee. If it were possible to have a spring loaded return on a pedal hinged at the base (like the...

Thanks Keith. I would define height as the height of the pedal in it's fully horizontal position. The pressure sensitive pad sounds interesting for a wah-wah pedal. But as a volume pedal how would you set level and keep it there? Unless you split the pad into 2 halves..one for louder and the other f...

Norm - I have a Session D-10. Do your legs have the locating pin that you insert into the slot and twist? Are you able to twist the leg but not able to pull up on it? Or is the fit so tight that you can't turn it either? If that pin comes loose and sticks out too far it might be catching on somethin...

Who makes the lowest profile pedal and what is it's height? The lowest I've found so far is the Goodrich L120 which I estimate to be 1 3/4" (one of their pedals was listed as 2 1/4" and the low profile version was said to be 1/2" less than that). But every 1/4" helps so if there ...

In his other post Bob was "talking up" Carter.. Prasing the 3 week early delivery...even mentioning that it was black. The day the guitar arrived there were people on the forum clamoring for information from Bob about his guitar...so I don't think Bob "jumped the gun" as much as ...

This is what I though I had cut out:
http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/music/hocket.html

Lotsa French and Latin in there. It appears that hocketing is not necessarily melodic but rhythmic as well.

cross-fade/dissolve/morph all good. But there must be a classic musical term for this?

If you don't read past the first paragraph!

Hocketing sure covers it - Here's a great write-up on it...
http://www.salon-digital.de/particles/paradocs/hockets/press/phil/hockets_phil.html

I agree... Last Waltz, Hell Freezes Over, Allison Kraus. I don't have surround sound yet...someday I'll really get to enjoy these DVD's! Although not "the best music DVD" I also like the "other" "Red" Rhodes (I think there are at least 2 steel players by that name) who ...

Erv - My feet hurt trying to hold down 2 pedals in stocking feet! But some guys kick field goals barefoot so I suppose I'm just a foot wuss! Rob - I too am a beginner. One thing I didn't think about was that just moving the lever a hair affects the tuning on that lever. Donnie - Thinking always gets...

Funny you should mention that Erv. I'm wearing very flexible Rockport shoes..too flexible maybe. I was thinking about going to a boot to get better double pedal firmess in the sole. I won't mess with my knee lever spacing until I try it in boots...I may need the extra space I have there now. Thanks!

I was hoping to duplicate the method used at the factory but I'm not fussy. I'm going to do a little tugging on the front panel. If it comes off cleanly and easily I may just go with the contact cement method. If it doesn't seem to want come off easily I'll just do a dab of the crazy glue at the app...

Here's a direct link to mickd's tab
http://www.micksguits.btinternet.co.uk/tab/star/page1.html

I suppose I should be asking this in the Kitchen Cabinet area of the Home Depot website. I have 3 places on my Sierra Session D-10 where the formica is coming loose. Two on the neck between the pickups and changer and the front face with the brand logo. Am I wrong to think that the formica has heat ...

I've got skinny legs and have a gap of about 1 to 1-1/2 inches between my leg when it touches the left knee lever and the right knee lever. This allows me to fidget with the pedals without disturbing either knee lever. But if I were to make a move from LKL to LKR on the same string there is a disrup...

I usually refer to it as "my Pedal Steel Guitar" or "my Pedal Steel". If the material, functionality and playing skill should be considered when naming the device my Sierra would be called: "Heavy Aluminum Bi-directional Sonic Torture Device" (Oh no! Another STD to worr...

The local ACE didn't have any bushings but did have roll pins. Here's what the final assembly looks like. The pin is just 1/4" shorter than it should so the hex head is recessed 1/4" deeper than all the others but that is acceptable to me. I have posted a pic in a while..let me see if this...

Thanks Ole! That's my wife's joke. McMaster Carr!!!! Why didn't I think of them? You can buy a brass/bronze bushing that is exactly the same as what they sell in guitar stores as a finger slide for 1/3 the price. I'll check and see what they have listed under nylon bushings. I agree Eric...I like th...