The Steel Guitar Forum

very regrettably letting this go, but needs must...
probably only UK buyers I'm guessing

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1931- ... 1498056831?

thanks!

hi! supposedly Charlie Wilson played one here http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Hawaiian-Music-Guitar-Masters/dp/B0000002RA and yes Sol is playing a Weissenborn on the cover of the Hollywood CD, and then again on page 6 and 12 of the booklet. The photo of him on the set of The Jazz Bride film looks like...

does anyone know what the dimensions of this bar are? i imagine they'd be different to the brozophonic? has anyone made a replica like this with two rounded edges? thanks!

hi there,
i've been listening to a cd on document records entitled 'hawaiian rainbow: hawaiian music on edison', and was wondering what thoughts people had as to what is the earliest recording of hawaiian steel guitar?
unleashing the debate!

hello all, hope you don't mind me posting this for those who may be interested. last month i released my album 'man and the echo', an all-weissenborn album which combines some traditional playing with more experimental elements [like john cage-like preparations between the strings, and tape looping/...

hello forum-ites i've recently got myself a vintage tricone squareneck with no case though. i'm in australia, and was wondering if you people had any thoughts on the best case for it that would be able to fly. id obviously prefer a national case, but they seem to be very difficult and expensive to g...

hey noah
can you PM me? i'm in australia and would love to know shipping if at all possible? regards
chris

Again, this is a great thread, thanks Guy for the transcription of "Sleep". I'd be very interested to see the "Stars and Stripes" transcription. I'm always interested in any tabs from that era for solo Hawaiian guitar, that I can have a go with on my Weiss! Does anyone have any o...

hi there,
I have a 1937 national new Yorker 8-string, the main pickup being a so-called "blade" pickup. It's great, but not as nice as the Supro split pickup in my 1940 new Yorker (6-string). Does anyone know if anyone makes an 8-string pickup (split perhaps?), I'm guessing not ?
Chris

thanks guys, ill see how those ones on ebay go, it never rains but pours! and thanks ben i'll try and get a non-rectangular case first perhaps !

Hello! I'm looking for anyone who might have a case for a National New Yorker lying around that they don't want ? I have an 8-string without a case, and a 6-string with a broken case!
Thanks!

hello forum-ites,

i'm looking for anyone who is selling a National Tricone Squareneck, for Hawaiian playing of course! Vintage or New - any condition (my budget isn't on the high side) - trades too? thanks! Chris

hi there! this info is probably buried somewhere here, but was wondering if anyone had a circuit diagram / schematic for a 1937 national new yorker? this is the one with the hidden pickups, but only the one selector knob below the bridge, so a little bit simpler than the earlier version which has fo...

hey allen wonderful story and beautiful guitar so jealous. i'm pretty sure the amp in the picture is a paling, here's one on ebay (albeit a 50's one) - it has that distinctive rounded top. id be very interested in doing a wiki page on les actually, i might start collating info, would you guys be int...

well i got one for my eh-150, made according to the measurements of my original, handmade handsewn! looks great and sturdy, you get the little clips too, but maybe im prepared to spend more than others on my little baby!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49759867@N04/6865435629/

it took me ages to find this originally, so want people to support this guy

http://machinistchest.com/site/products ... gory_id=57

Haha yes you did! And a beauty she is!

hi! was just wondering if any forum people here have (or know someone who has) an 8-string national new yorker lap? i'm looking for a late 30's model with the hidden pickups, but even a single pickup one with the "supro" pickup would be of interest to me!
thanks

hi michael, great collection wow. i have a national console d8 like yours too, courtesy of a forum member here. they're great. if you're interested i also have a contact for replica handles (handmade) for national/valco/gibson amps, which i got for my gibson eh150.

thanks guys, will check out the tribotone, im using a bullet bar at the moment just FYI. what is the tribotone made of ? maybe ill google first....

hi, i'm sure this topic has been addressed, but was wondering if i could get it all in a concise way in one place! i'm trying to experiment with a different bar on my weissenborn, that might be quieter with less scraping/string noise etc., i currently have a latch lake brozophonic? any experiences w...

hi there, just thought on the off chance anyone has an empty gibson eh-150 or eh-185 cabinet (i.e. with the guts gone or lost or whatever) - as i have functioning electronics and field coil speaker. the amplifier got destroyed in transit and even though i could restore the cabinet, its going to be a...

i had the same thought fred when i saw this, it made me slightly nauseous to see it, i love my new yorker, and the original pickup is the bomb! no noise either!
also @mike, thanks for the 12th street rag transcription thing im working on it!

thanks for your reply!, another question i had which i'm getting conflicting info about online. i have a k&k pure mini pickup and would like to get a k&k xlr preamp for it. what id like to know is where to put the effects pedals in my chain in relation to the preamp? before or after? effects...

hi there, i recently had a k&k pure mini installed in my tony francis style 1 weissenborn, i was wondering if anyone had any experience with the k&k pure xlr preamp, or have found any other preamp particuarly good with this pickup?
thanks
chris