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Wayne,
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bob

What Jay said. Maybe it depends on the kind of music you're playing, and the instruments you're playing with. For me, I play a lot of dense jazz chords, and there are so many complex chord interactions all over the place that I can't make it work any other way than straight up, especially with five...

I've been using this for many years and haven't had complaints about tuning, yet. And I have a pretty fair ear myself. But, now that you bring it up, since the Newman tuning with the E's sharp seems to be programmed into the Strobostomp I may have to give it a try. BTW, does anyone remember the her...

Don Helms' parts can be played note-for-note using the method I described. The parts are tabbed out in his "Your Cheatin' Heart" songbook, available from the Forum catalog or from Scotty. To play from Don's tab, you need to do the following string substitutions on your head: b0b, The song...

What is best way using a "standard / modern" PSG, to get close to the type of harmonies /chords that Don Helms used on the Hank Williams recordings of circa (?) early /mid 50's on such tunes as Hey Good Lookin, Honky Tonk Blues, Your Cheatin Heart, Jambalaya. If can't exactly duplicate, th...

Andy, In your intro to the thread you mentioned BE for "Night Life". His intro to, and solo in, Judy Collin's "Someday Soon" MADE that song IMO. Unlike Night Life, it made it to mainstream top 40 charts. Would guess most of the readers of the magazine are not steel players so BE ...

If you could add just 2 levers to the standard C6, what would they be? This has been touched on in the Forum from many perspectives in the past but I could find NO consensus. Plus it would be nice to take a fresh look. By reaching a consensus or at least showing a trend, hopefully this will help man...

Dave, I am interested in attending. Some questions: 1. Is there a consensus / quorum for 14 July? 2. How is it best to communicate our level and desired content? 3. E9, C6, or both? I would like some C6 but if i am only one, i wouldn't want to take others time on it. Overall, what are your thoughts ...

Bobbe, A while ago (maybe years), I seem to recall you mentioned in this forum that you were considering creating instructions and /or making a video for sale on how to tweak / make mechanical adjustments to an Emmons P/P to get the best possible tone. Do you still have any intentions of doing that?...

Bob, In tab, the keys listed on the top line are the keys that the band would be playing in. The tab itself may represent chords or it could represent a lead part or just backup fill. So don't read the tab sheet chord and expect to see that chord tabbed out below. Greg Greg, My embarrassment for ha...

I am new to C6, so please excuse my basic question. Why is the first chord called a D? The notes as far as i can tell on fret 9: S3: A S5: E S8: F# Is it a case of "2 outta 3 ain't bad", thinking the bass player will play the D? If so, what does the E do here??? Seems to suggest a ninth, s...

Hey Bob, I hope you didn't take what I said as a "slam". I figured you might have thought of the outside diameter, especially the "E" clips. BB Bobby, No i did not take it as a slam. It was merely a correction of a mistake. As a new comer, i see the neat thing about this forum i...

[quote="Bobby Bowman"]Ken,
They are both 1/4 inch rings (.250). One is the snap ring which takes (in most cases) a snap ring pliar.

Ken,
Bobby is absolutely right. The rings are about 1/4 inch. I apologize for the mistake. Trying to go too fast i guess. bob

Ken, I think you want a special tool known as snap ring pliers. They look like pliers except the ends have 2 small prongs that fit into the 2 holes near the open end of the retaining ring. They act the opposite of normal pliers, in that as you squeeze the handles together, the ends go apart, thus sp...

Quote: There are actually very few string factories on the planet; most "brands" are packaging, not manufacturing. This raises some questions, at least in my head. How much difference then does it make which brand of strings we use? How many factories are there? Do factories manufacture to...