The Steel Guitar Forum

Help. I bought a few Nibro magnets for my Valco lapsteels and would like to find a few more as the herd seems to multiply. I can't seem to track down Rick Aiello who made them anywhere. Does anyone know I might get hold of some?
Thanks, Pete Hunt.

Hawaiian Wedding Song - 1959, on my Roy Smeck Special that I bought with my paperboy money.

Hawaiian Wedding Song - 1959, on my Roy Smeck Special that I bought with my paperboy money.

I've got a metal body Dobro that's pretty mellow sounding. I'd like to experiment with different bridge saddles to see if I can get a bit more of a rockin' sound out of it. Right now there's an ebony topped maple saddle in it, but I'd like to see if anyone has any ideas on alterantives. Thanks much....

I've got a steel body Dobro from the mid-80'. I'd appreciate any suggestions on what strings to use on it. I play country blues on it and like a sharper sound and haven't been entirely happy with phosphor bronze. On this guitar, I usually play in E major or A tuning. All suggestions are welcome. Tha...

Does anybody know of anyone who can make a custom stainless bar? I have a particular shape I really like, but stock they're too long. So I have to cut them down, then they score easliy (probably because my playing is not to far from gorilla-style when I'm playing R&B). I know I could soften my t...

I'm gettin' pretty tired of lugging a mike and stand around...any suggestions for an add-on pickup for my metal bodied Dobro? I play mostly country blues on this particular instrument and want to keep the "metal" sound. I'd compromise a bit on sound in order not to drill into the instrumen...

Any suggestions on a pick up for a metal bodied dobro? I play mostly country blues on it and would like to keep the "metal" sound (and stop lugging microphones and stands around).
Thanks in advance,
Pete Hunt

I keep a couple of bars in cases and my favorite speed bar (right now a cut down Robert Randolph #1) in my gig bag in a zippered pouch. Then in my pack I carry around some picks and an old stevens bar tied up in a sock. Yep, a sock. I'm right now headin' to the store for some mini M&Ms. I'm goin...

Here's a link:

http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?category=26

Pete

I'm thinking of ditching my Holy Grail reverb in favor of a tube unit...always liked the tube sound better. I had a Premier about 40 years ago and if I think back through the fog of the sixties, I remember that it sounded great but was really sensitive to all the the stumbling around on stage. I stu...

Thanks, Guys,

I'm sure that the Roberts driver would work, but I can't resist Ken's tip of something with the actual name of a "Weird Head Screwdirver" from fliptops.com.

Thanks again,
Pete

I went to clean out my early 60's Ampeg amp and tried to remove the chassis to get some of the layers of gunk out of the pots, etc. When I went to unscrew the faceplate I found that it was held in place by some of the weirdest screws I've ever seen. Nothing that I have (or that my friend the gear gu...

Thanks, Doug!
Pete

I have a Roy Smeck Special Gibson EH-150 that is missing a knob. It's a bakelite rosette knob like all the EH-150's. How can I find a replacement knob? Does anyone know a good source of replacement knobs? I understand that Gibson sometimes used radio knobs on it's early guitars, are there any radio ...

I'll pay top dollar for a knob for my EH-150

Help.

Pete Hunt

I read the solutions for the Supro with masking tape gunk on it...I'm wondering if anyone has experience getting decals off? I've got a Valco MOTS 6 string that someone pasted decals up the neck for an E scale. Great if you only play in E.......but, geez, I'm tryin' to branch out... Do folks think n...

Whoa!
I just got two sets of nibro magnets and installed them in my Supro double six.
Whoa!
Rick Aiello is the god of magnetism....well, a saint, anyway...
Whoa!!!!

There's a "Kahlman" lap steel on ebay. Item 380015122704 (sorry, I don't know how to do a link). Never saw anything like it in my limited experience. Anybody know anything about it?
Thanks

When I started playing lap I used flat wound stainless Black Diamond strings and a thumb and 2 finger picks. After brief tries on electric standard guitar playing "Telestar" and "Wipeout" with flat pick, settled on acoustic guitar with thumb and 3 finger picks. For the last 35 ye...

I do it pretty regularly. Security always asks what they are, so I put them in one of the bins rather than in my carry on bag. I say they're for playing a "country steel guitar" and just cruise on through.

When I was 12 and carrying my EH 150 on the bus to lessons, I'd have to say, "It's NOT a violin!" when the other kids snickered. Now I just call it a lapsteel.

That was a really nice piece to see. Seems to be a bonus, too. There's a great cut by Bukka White (Listed as Booker White) playing slide guitar in the column to the right of the clip. If you listen to that song (which is amazing) a cut of Mr. White playing "Poor Boy" lap-style with a kitch...

I vote for vintage, too. I got a few vintage lapsteels off of ebay with nothing but good instruments at a fair price (although maybe this is the one area in life where I'm lucky). I still go into pawnshops and music stores and ask if they have any old lapsteels, though ebay seems to have done away w...

Thanks, folks, for all the information. It's really great to have such a wealth of knowledge available. I'm going to check out the suggestions. The Solemate clip is impressive. Maybe, though, I just need to pillage my daughter's tuition money and get a Deluxe.....or two.... (kidding, of course...sor...