Lone Star Lite 6 Pedal Steel $875

Ga McDonnell · Post by **Ga McDonnell** » 14 Apr 2011 1:01 pm

Lone Star Six String Pedal Steel

The popular Lite 6 model without the wait.

All features are pro level... triple raise/triple lower changer, all legs adjustable, hard maple body, no limits on tuning options, dual pickups with switch,.......

3 Pedals and 4 Knee Levers

24" Scale and 17-18 lbs in weight.

Setups are easy to change. Currently it has a setup based on a combination of the Leavitt tuning and the Pat Martino diminished sevenths concept.

Price $875 (67% of a new one).

These guitars sell for $1299 with a waiting time.

Will include extra parts for an E9 setup.

Shipping would be by Fedex.

Steve Perry · Post by **Steve Perry** » 15 Apr 2011 5:27 am

Can you explain the pickup set up? Is the back pickup set to swivel?

Ga McDonnell · Post by **Ga McDonnell** » 15 Apr 2011 6:37 am

Both pickups can be positioned at an angle individually and the pickups can also be slid forward and backwards, further or closer to the changer.

Those are Fender "Texas Specials" on there. I had also added a Kent Armstrong Johnny Smith neck pickup when I was using it.

String spacing is standard Fender so any pickup with poles designed for a Tele or Strat works.

Justin Douglas · Post by **Justin Douglas** » 15 Apr 2011 11:13 am

These are so cool! Jim Flynn's a tremendous guy and these little fellas are so much fun to play.

Richard Halverson · Post by **Richard Halverson** » 18 Apr 2011 11:27 am

Hi: Is there a case that comes with it?
Would you ship to Canada?
Thanks
Richard

Ga McDonnell · Post by **Ga McDonnell** » 18 Apr 2011 1:13 pm

These don't come with a case. A hard case is an option, or sold separately. I do have an almost new one for this but would have to price it separately.

As to shipping to Canada.....why not.

Ga McDonnell · Post by **Ga McDonnell** » 22 Apr 2011 12:16 pm

Had a couple of questions about the "weird" tuning.
Quick summary:

Open strings are the non-pedal Leavitt tuning. Lots of chords without pedals. Many more with them.

This tuning could be looked at as a C# diminished with two notes on top. The pedals and knees make it possible to apply Pat Martino's ideas which
basically say that any note in a dim 7th chord when lowered gives a dominant 7th of the lowered note. Since this repeats every three frets, you have
lots of chords which can be further modified by adding pedals and levers.

Wait there's more..... With pedals 1 and 2 down you have C6 with a D on top. Using pedals and knees you can emulate P5, P6, P8 and the C6 knee lever.

Love it, hate it. Whatever. Just change it all to an E9 and go with the flow. Looks like it's going to be headed for ebay pretty soon anyway.

Frank Verdone · Post by **Frank Verdone** » 3 May 2011 6:50 am

Hello; Is this guitar still for sale?

Ga McDonnell · Post by **Ga McDonnell** » 5 May 2011 4:52 am

The guitar was just sold on eBay.

CLOSED.