The Steel Guitar Forum

Moving close to 89. Someone asked what I thought about "old age". I told them the I had no opinions since this is my first time.

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No one mentioned that some "set-up/step-down" transformers do not isolate the primary from the secondary. These are more correctly termed auto-transformers and if they are connected to an ungrounded neutral there is the possibility of shock. Auto-transformers are much cheaper that isolatio...

For years, I used a 2TB Fantom external drive for Acronis backups. Fantom advertises their hard drives as the fastest external hard drive on the market. I didn't give this a thought until my Fantom failed to read when turned on. The external Fantom drive spun up since I could hear its characteristic...

I used a Peavey Mace for years. It produced an excellent sound through two 12 inch Peaveys. A Peavey Mace was designed as a bass amp but everyone that worked with liked it for steel. I suppose that a Mace may be difficult to find these days but maybe one might find one for sale.

I have a GeForce GT740SC like new that is fully functional and can be overclocked. I can ship to the first buyer email to me for $35.00. This is a double slot video display adaptor with the following features: GT 740 GPU Engine Specs: Graphics card version GT 740 GDDR5 CUDA Cores 384 Base Clock (MHz...

Wired mouses are famous for bad switches. The contacts are small and wear quickly which causes double inouts. As Jack said, "Mouses are cheap, buy a wireless mouse."

I used a CPR CallBlocker for the past few years. The spammers/robocallers get one chance and when the CID appears on the CallBlocker, I push the RED Block Button and they never can make my phone ring again. Since I have six remote phones controlled by a base, when I am not close to the CallBlocker, ...

I wouldn't trade my Session D10 if I was paid to take one of the new non-Sierras. These are merely new, keyless guitars.

Many, many years ago AC powered, small 5-tube radios were sold in United States. These units had one side of the incoming AC line connected to the radio chassis. Now, if one was unfortunate enough to have the hot side on the chassis, there was a severe chance of shock. A local radio repair shop show...

Putting needle or ball bearings on roller nuts is like putting a telescopic sight on a pea shooter. Neither of these supposed anti-friction bearings will make sufficient axial movement to justify cost and/or perform better than a soft metal against a hard metal. For example brass sleeve inserts agai...

Some years ago, a famous violinist made a visit to New York city. He was asked to play a concert in Carnegie Hall. He lost his bearings on his walk from the hotel and asked one of street people, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" And the reply for both he and YOU , "Practice man, prac...

Before you go for any of the mentioned play toys, you must check the ground system for the house wiring. Some one mentioned a pole transformer short. If you have a poor or non-existent wiring system ground, you have a potential accident waiting to happen. A badly grounded house system wiring in New ...

A few years ago, a nice local venue tried an opening after years of inactivity. Unfortunately, the band did a practice afternoon so loud that the police shut the place down permanently and never to reopen. This is sad commentary for stupidity. There were some tickets sold for the evening sets but th...

I have always used Acronis (now 2018) and it has never failed me. It backs up to 2TB Fantom external hard drive on USB3 bus. The C: drive (Win 7 Pro) is a 10,000 RPM 1TB Western Digital that has throughput at about 190MB/second and with about 500GB to backup, a total full backup and validation takes...

The very best line conditioner is a Sola transformer. You should use the model that has harmonic filtering. I have specified this in many industrial installations where the mains are very dirty and computers need clean, regulated sine wave power. Solas run very hot since they always in saturation bu...

I have a steel guitar course on VHS tapes. It is rather difficult to use this format so I found software that "grabs" video (from a VHS player), converts it to various formats, and produces a computer file that can be burnt on an optical disk. That made the course easy to use since I can s...

Stereo does not mean solid as was posted here.
"Stereo" is derived from the international unit that defines a cubic meter.

Stere: a unit of volume equal to one cubic meter.
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I you need and/or think one or both of these enhances your technique, then you some considerable, self-disciplined practice to smooth out your changes. I've played steel guitar and pedal for 70 years and I never needed such crutches. However, as always, there is absolutely no accounting for taste.

For Mr. Sinkler: This lytle jewel is called a "CPR CallBlocker". Mine lytle box is Model V.202

I have a little black box that filters calls to my number. When a call comes that I don't like, there is a big RED button on the box. When that button is pushed, the incoming CID is memorized in a data base and that number will never reach my phone again. To date, there are 243 stored numbers in a p...

There is a program from the Netherlands that can "remove" ransomware without the financial problem of payment. Use Bing to look for HitmanPro3. You can have a free 30 day license or there are paid options that setup the program and upgrades for 1 to 3 years. I used this to successfully res...

I have an Auzentech Forte 7.1 PCI-e sound card and an accompanying Creative Sound Blaster Fatal 1 ty front, 5" single slot card. The sound card has the necessary connections and cables to connect the two cards together for front panel access. Both items word perfectly with MS OS Vista, 7, &...

For want of a proper place to post this, it's here in the computer section. http://www.spiegel.de/media/media-35515.pdf This is a link to the German newspaper, “Der Spiegel”. They have an article that is written in English and it comes directly from the United States National Security Agency (NS...

I find that most of the robo calls will ring two or three times and then quit. You might check if that's true with some of your calls. However, I have a little device that has over time solved all my unwanted telephone annoyances.

I had a request from a friend about data recovery. It seems that he had a CD with pictures but several CD/DVD drives were unable to read the disk. I have some forensic software that purports to be able to extract data from nearly any disk, either optical or hard drive. It succeeded with every disk t...