The Steel Guitar Forum

I am downloading the lossless FLAC files from CD Baby right now. Thanks for the heads up!

Steve Ahola

One more vote for Amazing Slow Downer! As for the free alternatives their sound is much inferior to ASD which offers 4 different modes including Karaoke which will strip out the vocals or instrument in the center channel. I've heard good things about Transcribe which will also spell out the notes he...

I've been doing most of my browsing the past few years using Android tablets running versions 4.2 and 4.4. I save my PC for more serious tasks, usually off-line (I am running Windows 7 right now although my preference is the 64 bit Enterprise version of XP.)

Steve Ahola

The first two steels I got were Morrell 8 stringers which I tuned to E13 and C6. I'd use the E13th when trying to play along to Hank Williams tunes but one day picked up the C6 by mistake and didn't notice it for about a half hour. "What the heck is going on???"

Steve Ahola

One friend makes steel guitar legs from mike stands he buys at flea markets. He uses threaded inserts typically used by contractors in concrete.

Steve Ahola

If you need to repair or modify an amp it is much easier with an eyelet or turret board. However companies like Mesa Boogie use thick double-sided pcb's with large ground planes to reduce noise. As already mentioned pots or tube sockets mounted directly to a pcb are an accident waiting to happen. St...

Although outside the OP's price range I have to give a big two thumbs up to the Bugera V22 Infinium. The clean channel gets really loud and stays clean while the OD channel goes from low gain overdrive to Robben Ford/Dumble tones. Street price for the combo is $400 new with the head around $330 alth...

I love this little baby. http://www.ztamplifiers.com/products/club.html I love ZT amps but the Club model has been discontinued so look for it used. The original Lunchboxes sound good through an external speaker. Built in China, designed in Berkeley by Ken Kantor (I think I got his name right.) Ste...

If you already have legs but the threads aren't right a trip to the hardware store can offer a low cost alternative. I was able to use brass plumbing fittings and threaded rod to adapt legs for a Supro (I had to use a tap to thread the inside of the flare fittings.) Thanks for posting a source for *...

Great pedal! I shoulda coulda woulda come back last night to buy it...

Favorite new pedals (new for me, that is) Behringer UV-300 for $25 : I love the sound that Lonnie Mack gets with his Magnatone amps on his old recordings but was wondering what he was using in his big tours for Alligator Records in the 80's. The Boss VM-2 vibrato pedal, discontinued decades ago. It...

I just sent you a PM on the RV-3

Thanks for the heads up on this! I checked their website and they have around 40 listed, mainly in areas with a big interest in steel guitar. The shipping from a particular HPB location is $3.99 for the first book and $2.99 for additional books. Their website also lists other stores selling the book...

With a steel on your lap I think that your arm tends to pivot as you move up and down the fretboard while with a stand your arm (and body) has more freedom of movement. With the steel on your lap you can know exactly where it is so you could theoretically play with your eyes closed. However you shou...

Jack Aldrich wrote:From the bottom:
(G/A) (Bb/C#) E G A C E G

What gauge strings do you use for a normal scale (not short, not long)? In particular I was wondering about the Bb/C#.

Thanks

Steve Ahola

After using these fingerpicks for about 6 weeks I really like them but they do seem to wander around a bit on my fingertips, rotating back and forth or wanting to slide off. Just for the heck of it I thought that I would give my coated National NS-2's another shot on electric guitar and was surprise...

C6/A7 E C A G E C# C A (bass note) Is this what you use for one neck on your Dual Professional? If so how do you tune the other neck? Steve Ahola P.S. Thanks again for the heads up on the $100 Dual Pro at that music store in Santa Cruz a few years ago. I had the pickups rewound and it sounds great!

Don McGregor wrote:I would call this an F9 tuning, myself, as it has nothing in it except the notes in an F Major triad plus G, the ninth note of an F Major scale.

I am no expert on this but I would call it an F/9 or Fadd9 as there is no b7th (Eb).

Steve Ahola

Mike: Dance-O-Rama was released in 1955. I was under the impression that Joaquin's best work with Spade Cooley was in the late 40's but if this was recorded when he got back with Cooley in the 50's he obviously still had that magic! Is there a source for the other 3 tracks? A1 Sparkling Silver Bells...

I didn't know about the ProPiks which look very similar (it seems like the nail part on the ProPiks aren't quite as big but that could just be from the angle of the picture.) http://elderly.com/images/accessories/PK/PK47-M_sm_.jpg The Tone Deaf picks are a little bit cheaper- $7.50 for a 3 pack incl...

I just got these Tone Deaf fingerpicks in the mail and I like them so much that I just ordered two more 3-packs: $7.50 each including shipping from UK! (I plan to coat a few of them with Plasti Dip so that they are easier on my cuticles.) Having recovered from the ulnar nerve damage on my left arm w...

Here is the video cued up to begin right at the solo. Simply amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8IDSA39zzw&t=0m39s

Steve Ahola

I just ran across this movie about resonator guitars...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Nw8dQWL4c

Here is Part 2 which is under 3 minutes long...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJQkF_5_no

Steve Ahola

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I used my Harbor Freight heat gun (item #96289) to heat up the cone enough to remove the glue on the outside of the cone. To remove the cone entirely I think I will need to cut into pieces. It appears to be a contact cement. I have some little balls of it which I w...

I got this Dobro in ~1978 and while over-tightening the screw back then damaged the cone. I ordered a replacement cone from Dobro and I evidently glued it in. Ouch! :( I have no idea what kind of glue I used back then- probably carpenter's glue but maybe something solvent based. If it is white glue ...