The Steel Guitar Forum

Elva West made a few hollow body lap steels.
He lives in anaheim hills in California.

Thank you all for your input. The progression from D - D7 - G - C is one of them. Are there any more variations. I am using the A6 tuning.

What is the best or easiest way to modulate fron D to C for lap steel. Is there a instruction or video regarding modulation to any key? Thanks.

SAW THIS SURFBOARD 8 STRING STEEL ON THE NAMM SHOW. REAL NICE FINISH.

Thanks Jerry. The profex works. No problem getting the A and B channels and C with the card. I think I know what I did wrong. Some how I pushed the play and global buttons and turn the unit on which will reset it to the factory setting. Now I get a warning that the battery is low and yet I have the ...

I have not used my profex II for some time. In the process of finding out how it works, I accidently erase all the Jeff Newman's settings in my cache card. I have not been able to retrieve it. I also get a message on my profex that the battery is low. Does my profex has a battery? Question: How do I...

VERY NICE TUNE. MAHALO JAMES

Yes, it will fit. body width 10" body lenth 13.25"
length 34.50" A bit long for the Rick.

SWR WORKINGMANS 10 BASE AMP (80 WATTS)
MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS jsmith1378@aol.com
thank you.

GEORGE DE FRETES PLAYED THIS BLINDFOLDED.
BOTH GEORGE AND RUDY WAIRATA HAVE A NICE NICE RECORDING OF THIS SONG.

MAHALO BERNARD. IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU ON MAY 5.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU MORE OFTEN. WAS FUN MEETING ALL THOSE MUSICIANS. YOU ARE A GREAT MUSICIAN YOURSELF. CIAO
JEFF, THE LAP STEEL IS A 1950 SUTTON 6 STRING. DON'T KNOW WHO MADE IT. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON IN HAWAII. TAKE CARE.

Aloha Jeff. Thanks for your kind words. I forgot the make of the guitar except it is a European made 6 string lap. I let you know as soon as my friend gets back from France. Use C6 for Hula Blues(F)and A6 for Sand(D)instead of B11. I like to slant the E chord, sounds a lot better in my opinion. The ...

Mahalo Kay for your kind words. It was fun to be around that many well known European steel players.
I am in the process of updating my DVD of 6 songs recorded during this event. Take care and hope to see soon again. A Hui Hou . jos smith

Thanks Ray for the info. The one my friend has is a 6 string lap steel. I am sure the 6 string is a lot less than the 8. I have not seen any Excel steels for sale on this Forum lately.

A friend of mine wants to sell his Exel J. Bird series 6 string frypan, which is in very good condition. I don't what year it was made. Anybody has an idea what it is worth. Mahalo.

LOVE TO HAVE A COPY. THANKS PATRICIA
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LOVE TO HAVE A COPY. THANKS PATRICIA
jsmith1378@aol.com

Aloha Armand,
As far as I know, Tjo never met Sol cause sol passed away way before Tjo came to California. I know all the steel guitars Tjo had. His favorite was the Rickenbacher 6 string fry pan which Peter inherited. E mail me at jsmith1378@aol.com if you had any more questions.
Malama Pono.
Jos.

I don't remember George playing a Rick Silver Hawaiian steel here in California. Sol died in 1953 and George came to California in the late 60's. I used to play with George in those years. Yes, he had various made steel guitars but I never saw a Silver Haw. steel. For your info we buried George next...

ANY USED PEDAL BRACKET FOR A HILTON VOLUME PEDAL?
MAY E-MAIL ME AT jsmith1378@aol.com

I just got my ETS S10 a few weeks ago and I love it.
It is pretty steady for a light PSG.

THANK YOU JACK AND JIM FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE.
I WILL CALL YOU JIM.

Need to replace the (gain) mod pot of this Model 7A matchbox. It is making a crackling sound. The pot is a cube with a value of 100K ohms. Anybody knows where to get this part. Thank you so much. You can
E-amail me at jsmith1378@aol.com.
BTW: Can I used a regular 100k ohm audio taper pot?

THANK YOU GUYS. I FOUND THE SOURCE.

Thank you guys for the information. Just ordered one from Don Blood. Mahalo.