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I just breathe on the picks before putting them on.

Until a few weeks ago, I had never used stainless strings. I used various nickel types and eventually switched to Cobra Coils. Even with the CC's, which are a little brighter than nickel to my ear, The low strings always sounded muddy to me. I am now using D'Addario E9 sets, which are a stainless al...

Lots of good stuff here;

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Hi Larry,
If you are interested in learning to tune by harmonics, it is shown in detail here;
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... nic+tuning
I tune the open strings harmonically and the pulls to a set of numbers.
Have fun!

Ok, now I hear it. After sitting down with headphones and experimenting, here's what I found; The noise occurs when blocking a string with the metal pick. Kind of a "clank" as the string is stopped. Interestingly, once the note was blocked, it was completely blocked. With the plastic pick,...

I use the ProPik metal pick in the small size as I have skinny fingers. I re-bend the ring (make it smaller) in order to lengthen the blade, making it more like a standard pick. I used the Dunlops for a while and liked them, although the blade was too short for me. There is something about the weigh...

I frequently think back on these words...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOYYyJj1v8I
It could certainly apply (not suggesting anyone was high or anything) to one's perception of their tone on a given night.

Had I not found myself transported to a new state, in a family-friendly(no bars, no nothin') prison camp of a bedroom community, I would have never taken up the steel. It was either learn more tunes on the guitar that I'd never get to play, or learn the instrument I always wanted to, but never thoug...

I wonder if a coating on the string could prevent grooves in the changer fingers?

John,
You definitely get my meaning. The angle, etc. are problems and I'm sure much worse on a sd12.
I've been trying to think of a tool, like a screwdriver with a curved blade, that could drive the bushing back more gracefully.
If only we could use the socket trick from the inside out.

What has worked for me, and I think I've seen Jerry do, is tap the bushing outward with a screwdriver and a hammer. It works like magic if you hit it just right.
Please others chime in if this is wrong advice.

*Only referring to knee lever shafts. Never had a pedal shaft bind up.

Hello all,
Three and a half years for me. The time frame was more due to fate than anything else.
I am now happily gigging with a traditional country band.
Making a fool of myself weekly at the local senior center jam session for about a year helped a great deal.

Agreed 100%
Love my Fessy!

I am not really a younger player (45yrs) but am a new player (3.5yrs). The steel I fell in love with was all E9 stuff. I didn't have much affinity for Western Swing or the C6 sound. Now I love it! I play a lot of standards as well and can't wait to try 'em out on the C-neck. Sometimes I wish I had b...

Happens to me frequently.
When I was a teenager I would often hear the Grateful Dead playing in my mind. No particular song but always inspired, soaring jams. These days it's usually just white noise turned into jazz.

It is surprising that this experience is not universal among musicians.

With E's lowered and AB depressed you get a m7b5 one fret up from no pedals on strings 8,7,6,5.

Am7b5 at fret 6 with AB+E on strings 8,7,6,5.

Hi Gary,
I most commonly use C augmented to go from C to F, or the 1 to the 4.

A nice transition from C to F:AB at third fret, engage F lever and slide up four frets, release F and slide up one more fret to F at fret eight w/ A+B.

Hi George,
I'll give you a call.
Erich

Hello all, Well, a snowstorm put off the tech visit for a week. That's why no updates yet. Donny, thanks for the suggestion. We will try that. Bob, Believe it or not, the noise is easier to hear with the reverb off. I really think this amp has two issues. The first and worse being the sleighbell sou...

Thanks for your thoughts guys. This is all good insight. Just to answer Richard's question, I can hear what I think are the same harmonics through the different amps but they are only offensive through the twin. They are almost imperceptible through the Vox and subtle through the blues deluxe. It is...

Thanks Tim,
It's good to know someone else knows what I mean about the sleigh bells.
I'll pass this on to Bill and we'll try what you suggest.
Thanks,
Erich

Hey guys, Thanks for your replies. Bill Caruth did the rewire and its going to him. He has been a super guy to work with and has already gone above and beyond. I once had a friend run it through an eq and he said he was unable to get the highs out of it. That being said, I'm going to jump on the nex...