The Steel Guitar Forum

Here's my '66 Deluxe. It's loaded with a Joe Naylor Reverend Alltone speaker that sings like a bird.

Are these pickups considered early P-90's? Are they similar to the Gibson Ultratone pickups in sound and shape?

Hey Clyde, thanks for the tip. I’ll keep an eye out for that. It may be I’m going with too heavy a gauge on the low string.

Tell ‘Shorty’ (steel player and welder) from Kinston Ed said hello.

I noticed that Ko’olau offers an intonation bridge on their lap steel models KLS-1 and KLS-2.

The intonation on the lowest string is off on three of my 6 string lap steels: BR-4, Magnatone, and B6. The strings gauges are .058 to .015 for open D and E. The barred note at the 12th fret on the lowest string is sharp (almost half a fret) compared to the harmonic. To compensate at the 12th and ot...

Hey you guys know where I can get replacement plates in plastic, wood, or chrome? I want to replace the white painted metal ones so I can preserve them since the paint chips off so easily.

I just picked up this Ric B6 (~1940, 1.5"pu) and wanted to ask you guys a few questions. Neck relief on these bakelites, there's about a 1/16 gap above the top of the 8th fret under the straight edge. What's normal relief like on these? Are they supposed to be dead straight? (IMG_0031.JPG) The ...

Another vote for the Deluxe Reverb, great little amps!

That's good picture, thanks. Really clean too. That's a nice one!!

These tuners may be closer to what's on there: Link to tuners on Stewart-Macdonald web site.

Here's a pic of what I'm talking about:
http://www.hat.hi-ho.ne.jp/es345/oahu%20ariyama.jpg

I trying to find a 1930/1940 Oahu. All the ones I've seen have tuner issues. Is there a direct replacement for the 3-on-a-side tuners? Stewmac part #? And the wooden pickup cover, how are these removed from the guitar? Any issues to be aware of when buying one of these lap steels?

I've read that a B6 will fit in a Gold Tone lap steel case with just a couple inches left over. It's a hardshell rectangular case.