I bought a Hudson E9 6-string, 2 pedals, 2 knee levers guitar to attempt to learn the pedal steel. It really helped to the point that I felt ready for a full-scale version. So, I bought a Stage One ZumSteel Encore.
That left me with the Hudson, which I no longer needed. I attempted to sell it on this forum with the E9 setup, but, with no interest, I removed it.
I started thinking that here I had an extra pedal steel, and that I could probably re-purpose it so that it could be more useful. I had the idea that the guitar could perhaps be modified to a different tuning so it would not be just a scaled down E9 guitar.
I called Jimmy Hudson and discussed the possibility of modifying the pedals and knee levers on the 6-string Hudson to a standard GBDGBD “dobro†tuning, with the pedals and levers changing the chords to the corresponding chords on the E9 Steel. That we did (see the chart below). Now, without the pedals and levers it can be played as a 6 string “dobro†with the flexibility of having the inversions, minors and sevenths readily available. I also requested that, in case this didn’t work out, he allow the possibility of changing the guitar back to the E9 tuning. He replaced the welded cranks with adjustable ones with set screws. I also had Jimmy extend the legs by 1 inch for more leg room.
I installed a new pickup with volume and tone controls, and made some new pedal pull rods.
The instrument works great and has very nice tone.
As it turns out, I just have too much stuff, and I need some room.
The instrument comes with a hard case. I am asking $800 plus shipping.
Please call with any questions or comments.
Thanks,
David
801-583-0355
