The Steel Guitar Forum

(This post is by way of empathy if not directly helpful information specific to a Fender 400. But you have Dr. Palenscar on the case, so that's promising.) I noted with interest (but didn't act in time on my own behalf) a post by member Steven Schwartz a few years back who had a Hudson psg custom ma...

“How many ZBs must a man restore/Before they call him a man?…”


(—Also Bob Dylan)

I could tell you, but you’d have to kill me.

This just in from the SWSGA: We are excited to announce the upcoming 2024 SWSGA Show in January 2024! It will be held at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Mesa, AZ. So mark your calendars for Friday, January 19th and Saturday, January 20th to be there to support all of our cast and crew who have been w...

Set of 4, age/originality not important as long as they fit and work. This is for a late-1953 26" doubleneck if that makes any difference.

The ones that got away: 1968 Gibson ES-335 #916155 1971 (ca.) ZB S-10 #0248 1860s (ca.) Martin 2-1/2-17(?) (Then, Weissenborn Style 4, Weissenborn Style 2, 1974 Martin D-41.) Dozens more got away, but these are the few that obliterate my sleep and torture my every waking moment. Bloomfield’s Les Pau...

I’d say a grand or so. Tuners look to be upgraded. (Nut-slot spacing looks a little haphazard.) This is 1990, a time of, let’s say, variable quality and consistency just ahead of the Gibson acquisition (1993). Sound and playability are more important than age or fancy tuners.

I bought a Ric NS steel from him at an agreeable (and presently impossible) price. Very sorry to hear this.

I’m starting over at almost age 70. I’ve had two reconstruction surgeries on my left ankle that have left it fused and supinated (tilted outward). I just found a converted GFI D-10->SD-10 that I’m having the ABC pedals moved from locations 123 to 678 for my right foot. (I’ll decide later whether to ...

I think some Sho-Buds were longer than most psgs, meaning not a lot of other types of cases would fit. Save it, sell it, pass it on.

Before I order from GFI, does anyone have a set they don’t need? (4 legs and 3 rods.)

Barring (to use the “O Brother Where Art Thou?” vernacular) unforeseen ob-stack-les, of which there have been myriad the last three years, I’ll be there.

This looks like a Chicago-era Model 37, 1936 or 37?, very similar to The famous two 37s that Mike Auldridge played for many years. If memory serves, his two had serial numbers in the 200s.

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Elvis and Col. Tom demanded 33% to record it, according to Hoyt Axton who was a teenager and present as his mother and Tommy Durden were writing the song. (My interview with H.A. for the New Times Weekly Phoenix, 1980.) Years later, Elvis wanted to record “Joy to the World” for a similarly sharkish ...

Terrible news. RIP Hank.

Email sent.

S G was the answer to a Jeopardy! question tonight…”as played by Jimmy Day and Greg Leisz.” Sa-lute!

Fred Stuart, Riverside CA, and formerly of the Fender Custom Shop, has made some faithful custom reproductions of Bigsby standard guitars--particularly as to correct design of the pickups. He may consider his research and work to be proprietary professional information, in which case I may be in lin...

My Dual Professional (#D46x) has boxcars, blue bottom flocking and no sockets or legs. I vote aftermarket on yours.

207: soldered-strips grille.

There is a company in the US that makes a Stringmaster/Deluxe S8 kit. I think the company is called Hudson Jimmie Hudson recently posted that he's selling the business. This was the post, but it's been edited since I first saw it. (Too bad--I was ready to have an S-10 built.) https://bb.steelguitar...

I'm bummed-squared-cubed to have to cancel my reservation for this year's show. My reasons, while medical, are orthopedic rather than immunilogical. I'll make a donation to SWSGA in lieu of a three-day admission ticket. The rest of all-y'all have fun.

After years of haughty disdain and semi-notorious scorn, I softened a bit and found myself owning a 640 and 670, both intact, better sounding than I expected and priced right. I'm not a luthier, but if there's any doubt, I'd ask one. (Hire one?) I've reglued a few braces and a bridge over the years,...

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