The Steel Guitar Forum

I tried a little bit of Flitz (because it's what I had on hand) and it seemed to polish it a little better...but not w/o great effort. I'll check out some of these other suggested products.

Thanks guys.
Keith

Thanks James. Mine is currently measuring 16,870 ohms on my Fluke meter. Does the impedence (or resistance?) change over time and degrade?

That "hokey looking" way is the right way to ground your changer so that you do cancel hum when you touch your strings to play. Make sure you do not have corrosion or paint under that spring holder when you put it back together. I like to also run the ground wire under a changer screw, on...

OK, I have the pickup out of the guitar. It has this rather hokey looking grounding scheme of wrapping a bare portion of the ground wire (blk) around a screw on on of the changer string retainers so that when the screw is tightened, the wire presses against the metal spring retaining angle metal and...

Oh, and its most definitely 60cycle hum. I've tried turning off the lights, moving it etc. No joy.

Keith

Hi All,

After having my LDG in storage for a few years, I pulled it out and it is humming somethin AWFUL. It's almost unplayable. Any suggestions, check wiring etc? New pickup? Will I miss the tone?

Thanks,
Keith

Hi All, I have a a Sho-Bud LDG that needs some cleaning up. Any suggestions on what to use on the wood finish and what to use to polish/brighten up the hardware? Looks like a bit of a project. I don't want to do any damage to the finish or hardware finish obviously. Also, who does nice professional ...

Thanks Dave, Larry & Larry, I've located Gordon's contact info (dexonline.com is a wonderful thing). Also, though these forums, I found that Bobby Koefer lives in Bend but I'm not sure what his personality is, if he's even interested in teaching someone....it would be a complete cold call! Oh we...

Hi All, A new forum member here....Thanks to you all for the great wealth of info contained in this forum. I have aquired a 70s Sho-Bud LDG and am looking to learn. If anyone knows of someone in Central Oregon (Bend, Redmond, Madras, Sunriver, or Sisters) who gives good lessons, please let me know. ...

How about Ryan Adams & The Cardinal's "Pa" off their Jacksonville City Nights record? Some good sad PSG on that track too. Here are the lyrics: Pa drove to town yesterday to pick out her grave He found the lot where she'd lay Then he drove to old man Ed Sutterton's place To find him so...