The Steel Guitar Forum

Wally Pfeifer wrote: Hi John,
I'm not sure what the set up is with the Cumquat CDs at MTSU.
I would suggest you check
with Dr Reish at gregory.reish@mtsu.edu.

Wally Pfeifer

Thanks - will do!

Wally, are the CDs available for checkout at MTSU, or just for listening? I have relatives in Murfreesboro and wouldn't mind seeing (or listening to) the collection the next time I visit.

Tom Brantley:

http://www.rewindpickup.com/
http://rewindpickup.com/rickenbacker.html

He rewound both my 8-string Ric horseshoe pickups when he worked for Lindy Fralin, and rewound both Fender Deluxe pickups when he was at Mojotone. He did an excellent job.

Steve, which Lollar pickups are you using? They (well, you) sound fantastic. Also, what amp are you playing through, effects chain if any, etc.?

Tom Brantley rewound a '47 Fender Deluxe pickup for me and did a fantastic job. I also had two Ricky 8-string pickups rewound for me by Lindy Fralin (when Tom worked there) and they sounded great as well.

Tom's site:

http://www.rewindpickup.com/

You might try either low or high bass G with the 4th string raised from D to E. Strings 1-3 equal major chord, strings 2-4 equal its relative minor.

Absolutely beautiful!

All in 2:30, courtesy of Buddy Merrill. Nice close-up at 1:00 of bar bounces and working a tone knob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... k4zM#at=97

I always return to G or D (or A or E), 6 string. Every once in a while I'll retune the third string to go to a 6th tuning, but usually when accompanying someone else where I'll need minor chords.

Here's a link to Jason Lollar's version of the pickup. He winds to 7.9K, and says the pickup is an exact copy of an original. http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LGP&Product_Code=GCG&Category_Code=steel-guitar-pickups By the way, I looked up David Church ...

Depends on the vintage... pics?

Very cool, Mike!

From one of the masters:

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier ... wnut1.html

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier ... etnut.html

It looks a little like a similar idea to the pickups I had in my Fenders. You can see the cracked bobbin in the first pic; the second pic is after it was rewound. The red part would be the bobbin, I suppose. The wire is wrapped around the center plastic piece, 42 or 43 gauge wire. The strings go thr...

Big market for replacement tuners. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners.html http://www.allparts.com/Tuning-Keys-s/167.htm You can sometimes find one used replacement tuner, but usually they're sold in sets of 6. If you have a guitar store with a repair shop somewhere near you, they may have a tuner f...

Actually the tension on each string can be about the same, or higher on the high strings. Check out the tension on each string listed on this set of pedal steel E9 strings. TH tension on the high strings ranges from 28.7 - 31.2 lbs, where the lower strings range in the low to mid 20's. http://www.da...

Sold!

irealb is available on Android devices, too. Good program.

PM sent!

The body is steel and the necks are bakelite. The pickups were rewound by Lindy Fralin and sound amazing. I've had two Nationals (pre-New Yorker, an S-7 and a D-8) and two Fenders (both Deluxes from 1948-1949) before I bought this guitar. It's been said many times before, but there is nothing that s...

Not to muddy the waters (OK, it's a self-serving post) but I know of a late 40's Rickenbacher DC-16 that I'm looking to trade.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... 46#2008546

I have a late 40's Rickenbacher DC-16 for sale. Unfortunately, I think I've decided to go back to six strings instead of eight, so one neck and 10 strings have to go :). When I bought it the electronics didn't work and three tuner buttons had disintegrated. I replaced the tuner buttons. I also both ...

Yahoo mail has been in the news lately because of its security holes. My IT person at work highly recommended switching to another mail system. He suggested gmail, but there are probably a number of providers out there.

If "Joliet Bound" isn't the name of a song, it ought to be.

I used to have a D-8, but I sold it to-

Never mind.