The Steel Guitar Forum

Hey everybody! I got the deoxit and got the pot moving again. Thanks for all the advice!

Thanks for the replies. I'm not at home but I'll pull out the multimeter and soldering iron when I get home. I located some dioxit about 20 miles away that I'm gonna go pick up. I'm gonna try to save that dang pot!

As long as I have it open I figured I’d share some pics. Everything appears original mind you I’m no expert.

Thanks Dave, I’ll hold on replacing it. I’ll order some deoxit. I went to a Guitar Center that said they had it but the actually did not. The steel is an old Fender but it’s pretty beat. All the fender logos are missing and the finish is worn. It’s definitely player grade so I’m not worrie...

Thanks for the reply! I have been using the contact cleaner for the last few days but it’s frozen and will not move at all. I bought a 250k CTS pot and I’m gonna open it up and take a look.

Hey there, couldn’t find the deoxit d5 locally so I used some contact cleaner and it definitely helped. I was a little worried because I got the knob stuck but it cleared it up. Still not as smooth as I would like but it’s definitely more usable now. Thanks a lot for the tip!

Thanks for the replies guys. I’ll give that stuff a shot. Do I need to remove the pot before I use this stuff?

Hey there! I picked up an 8 string Fender lap steel a couple a months ago and I think the pots need replacing. The tone knob cuts out sometimes when I turn it and it is really tight making it tough to do the tone knob trick. I really need that trick as it’s essential to the sound of the old Hank s...

Hey Ricky, my buddy dragged me along to check out Dale a couple weeks back. Needless to say I'm now a big fan I've been picking up all his records as I can afford them. So far my favorite is the first "Truckin Sessions". I love your playing on that record. I have to ask, on "I gotta g...

Thanks Lane, I've watched a couple of your videos already. Good playing!

Thank you Lane! I appreciate all the help that you've given me on this forum. I did a search of the forum and I missed that thread, sorry bout that.

Hey folks, I acquired a copy of Winnie Winston's pedal steel guitar book and I was wondering if anyone had a copy of the CD they could email me. I did a search and saw there was a post about it in the old forum but obviously I couldn't post on the thread as it was closed. Winnie also replied in the ...

I picked my steel up from Williams Guitars this morning. Bill did excellent work and had the job done in three days! Bill spent time talking with me and answering my questions and is an all around class act, I'm definitely looking forward to doing business with him again. I'm gonna have to get used ...

Thanks for all the replies fellas. I have decided to take it to Williams Steel Guitar on Saturday. I talked to Bill on the phone and they seemed really nice. He said it should take about a week. I'll let you guys know how it turns out. Thanks again everyone for taking the time to try to help a noob!

That is quite beautiful John and thanks for the pics!

Thanks for the reply Larry, I'll keep that in mind when I'm deciding were to place my knee levers. Cheers!

Thanks for the reply Don! Any pics of what you did might be helpful if you have the time. I'm not an expert on putting these things together so I'm a bit nervous about it. I can do pickup and pot swaps on my guitars no problem but this seems a little more difficult. Luckily I have a father in law wh...

Well I bought my knee lever and recieved them in the mail, now I just have to install them. Does anyone know where I might find instructions for doing this? I did call Williams guitar and they said they'ed have time to install them at the end of the month but I thought I'd put a feeler out there to ...

Thanks for the replies Lane and Tony, I really appreciate it. I looked at the site but I didn't see a full knee lever kit. I'll shoot Mr. Yahl an email for more info. Thanks again fellas!

Hello folks, I was hoping some kind soul could give me a bit of advice on adding a couple knee levers to my pro-1. I haven't been playing my steel much for the last 7-8 years as I ended up starting a band that i had to sing in and singing and playing guitar is way easier than singing and playing the...

Thanks Herby.

Steve-o

Hello all. Tonight at a gig my treble control for my reverb channel went out. The first channel was fine, treble, mids, bass all worked. Checked my pedals and chords and my tele and everything pointed to the treble knob. Any suggestions on what could be wrong? Steve-o ------------------ Sho-bud Pro ...

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Steve-o

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