The Steel Guitar Forum

$100 Bill, i'll pay the shipping.

Chris, you should be able to get all of those changes with a 4th pedal on the Mullen discovery.

Totally devastated and touched to hear this today, b0b always a wonderful and thoughtful gentleman in every way, God bless old friend.

Another consideration is that the song has been sped up or slowed down after it’s been recorded, maybe for a 3 minute radio time slot or other reasons. Could be recorded in G dropped to F# then recorded the vocals. If there’s a ton of open string bluegrass style licks ala tony rice it probably wasen...

I'll take them Davo, paypal? .025 on the Dunlop fingerpicks?

Here’s my take on this topic. It can work very very well if you are settled in with a situation, such as a regular gig, you will need your own monitor channel and mix to be able to dial in to your tastes, and that includes EQ for each other instrument you will have in your monitor mix preferably, al...

Check there’s free play in pull rod when the lever is not engaged, although that normally caused a note to come back sharp, it’s still worth a look.

It's probably normal AC hum if you are in a house? As a test, move the steel at an angle of 90 degree's and see if it diminishes some, single coils are very buzzy in houses, something to do with a house ground loop. Try some different leads too, and make sure they are not running over an extension l...

If you go with guitar one's, you will need to buy '3 a side type' ala les paul for orientation purposes, then buy 2 sets and have 2 spare tuning keys, I doubt they will drop right in and i'll bet they are too small, but you never know, i'd go their website and look up size specs.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/5809_EB26692444B148259EC51EC522E9649E_1.jpg Here’s a pic of an MSA I did that had the same problem, epoxied into place and lined up, it’s been road rashed and dropped a couple of times in the case, still going strong. Sweet new Grover’s with keystone head...

I'll put this out there even though it's not the 'correct' method...Many times Grover replacements can fit but there is problems with the 'alignment pin' not matching your keyhead. First off, you need to know the length of the shaft and diameter of the hole, using a micrometer is good to take all th...

b0b, I first heard about the forum in ‘Jackson Hole’ Wyoming 2001 ish…I believe I joined a few years later, I can’t thank you enough for this wonderful cyber connection to a worldwide connection to steel players that have become a brotherhood. You always ran the forum with top shelf policies, allowi...

Polish each finger with this a few times and polish out the grooves to a shine, and install some new strings

I ve taken wood necks off of guitars and played with a dummie fretboard, weight savings, no tone difference, one of the reasons for alloy neck is to save weight, it’s just a hollow tunnel with a fretboard glued on, it’s not a solid piece of alloy…Tonal differences in guitars are generally due to oth...

I’ve loafed a couple of MSA classics and Sho-buds, saved approx 15 lbs each, removing all not needed crossrods and brackets, it all mounts up but the necks are quite heavy being solid wood, vs an alloy hollow neck of todays guitars. I think working on a 12-16 lbs is reasonable, a split case will als...

Thanks again fellows, All good info and consideration.

I like the idea of extended E9 and have considered it, I often wondered with the low strings how much more effort or heavy the pedal and levers are to operate? I like a quick light action.

Thanks fellows all good inputs, i appreciate it, i wish each and every one of you a fantastic 2023.

That franklin has the beefiest stops i have ever seen, i like those very much indeed...the thinner ones like sho-bud work great too but i have had a couple slip off, because there is not much width and the bell crank rod has side to side play that needs to be taken out, it is possible for them to la...

Fret 8, A pedal down, strum 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,

I only tried stainless once, they were not for me so that's out of the mix already.

Thanks chaps for the input, i'm following, much appreciated, and merry Christmas to you all.

Thanks fellows for the input , I’m prepared to try anything.
I use all Mogami cables that are fairly new but you got me thinking Donny I have plenty of other ones to experiment with, I’ll give that a run.

Is the black box a tube pre-amp Richard?

Hello mates, has anyone dealt with brittle, thin, harshness in the high fret range? I’ve been waiting to get a recording to demonstrate my issue, and I was asked to a jam session last week at a celebration of life benefit. I was able to use my phone and stick it on the headstock and get a recording ...