The Steel Guitar Forum

hi to all been absent here for a while and sorry to learn we lost bOb. He taught me a lot and I will miss him. I have built a respectable collection of pre war laps (rick and national) A22 7 string black krinkle oaak Silvo, 1 of 16 known New Yorker 7 7 and 8 string ricks NAtl. HE Crab with nice gold...

Worked with Skip in the Kendalls Moving Train Band
in the 80s
Sweet and funny guy, got me started on psg.
A real musical artist who could play the stock licks but always added his own special spice. Great guy to be on the road with.

Under bright light with my reading glasses on I can see no trace of a number anywhere on the headstock, inside or out. nuthin' but original black crinkle.

As the new owner of this rare axe, I can say it is worth exactly what some nincompoop was willing to pay for it. It arrived 3 days late after UPS "misplaced" it. Though well packed it was damaged in shipment. The 1st string tuner fell off and the pup was not working. A bit of surgery fixed...

Has anyone tried swapping cover plates between different generations of bakelite ricks ?
Thinking about cobbling together the better parts of prewar, wartime and post war model bs. Concerned about screw holes, contours and clearance with horseshoes, etc

Bobby, Probably is the same one. Williams 400 D10 burgundy/maroon from Scott in Asheville. Ive wanted to drop it to my 5´9¨ build, but put it off. Not that I´m lazy (okay, Iḿ lazy) Mostly itś that this thing is so much fun to play Iḿ avoiding the downtime. Maybe on my first (long overdue) st...

Just got off the phone with Bill but forgot to ask him this. He was so generous with his time I don't want to call him back and be a pest. Will other brands of extensions work or do most people just fabricate something ? I could build it but I'd rather spend my time on grips and scales. Thanks in ad...

I hate to say this, but being Mr. Negativity Pants: If whomever broke in saw that guitar, don't be surprised if they come back. As someone else eluded to, it belongs in a house where it might be just a *little* more secure. Points well taken. Again, timber framed cob house, not a shed. I have repla...

Wait - you’re keeping your new pedal steel guitar in a shed with a dirt floor?? No, It is a carefully crafted timber framed cob house, solar powered and with a nice jute rug and climate control. I loosely refer to it as my picking shed. The dirt in question is outside of the door. I ain´t stupid...

So I come home from paying for my 1st PSG and I hear my cabin alarm going off. (My picking shed where my brand new 1996 Williams 400 D10 sits waiting to be properly flogged, prolly take 10-12 years at the least) So I go to the cabin to see the door busted in and strange footprints in the dirt, and I...

pardon my redundancy (or repetition) if this has been mentioned but

when I get into a plateau/funk on one instrument I grab another guitar and go crazy for a couple of days. Then I taper off of that by thinking about how to apply it to the previous (funky) instument.

works for me.....

will more stickers make my car go faster ?....

Im considering a Sierra Session or Williams 400, both keyless. I'd like to be able to tune individual string down or up a whole step (without using the pedals. It gives me open strings that fit the key at hand. Question, Will the keyless tuners allow this OR are they only for fine adjustments ? Than...

Hey Paul, is this still for sale ?

Thanks Keith. I guess there's no student models that are convertible ?
I could live with 4 pedals (I understand many players do without #4)

Are there any decent PSGs out there under $1500 that can be easily set up as C6.

I know most student models are fixed, but are there exceptions?

I've played guitar for 50 years, dobro and lap for 30, C6 lap for 20, so I know what I'm getting into.

Thanks
Bert

I really want to buy a C6 single neck.
Or a single neck E9 that can be easily converted to C6.

Eight or 10 string, mechanically sound, plays in tune

Thanks
Bert

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Yes, just concealed This is a quote from Retrofret The pickup is the same blade-equipped unit with an internal horseshoe magnet used on all first National and Dobro electrics. It is mostly hidden, inserted from the back into an abstract shaped metal housing molded into the body. Several online sourc...

I am selling my National Electric Hawaiian with original case and bullet bar. I am posting here to give fair notice to members of this great forum 7 day auction starting 3/20/16 9pm EST Ebay item number 162012915367 I encourage you to bid early and often. I reserve the right to sell high bidder at a...

I have a 1939 model 59 body that I found on ebay a few years back. It was spraypainted gold and I immediately reversed this indignity (no trace of the greyburst, so I think it was stripped before the gold) I would love to bring this axe back into service (maybe blue chrome this time) So far I have t...