Kale Stiles with the Hi Flyers - Tiki pedal steel

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 14 May 2021 12:00 pm

https://www.facebook.com/kale.stiles/vi ... 7426669677

Miles Lang · Post by **Miles Lang** » 17 May 2021 5:57 am

Kale is a good player. Iâ€™m looking forward to this record

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 17 May 2021 10:38 am

Fun video, excellent player, a nod to Big E & a headless Bud. What's not to like?

Kully Stiles · Post by **Kully Stiles** » 7 Jun 2021 1:01 am

Hey thanks! Feels extra cool to be listed here. I spend a lot of time surfing the forum. It's been an great resource.

Andrew Roblin · Post by **Andrew Roblin** » 7 Jun 2021 6:08 am

What wonderful playing! And what a fun video.

Kale, could you please tell me about your Sho-Bud? What's the story? Was it originally keyless? And where on earth did you find such a special instrument?

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 7 Jun 2021 11:12 am

Kale, that was super nice. Great tone and playing. Very cool.

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 8 Jun 2021 6:25 am

Loved it Kale!

Kully Stiles · Post by **Kully Stiles** » 10 Jun 2021 2:40 am

Thanks for the nice words. My bud has been discussed here once before in this thread.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... 2416a4ecc1

Larry Allen did some work on it, and then it ended up with Jim Palenscar, who sold it to me back in Oct of 2020. My first step out of the non-pedal world.
I replaced the midi pickup with a momentary switch to turn my Leslie pedal off and on, built a new armrest, carved out the Tiki Fretboard, moved the left leg knee levers to the center (for double footing), and converted it to a souped up C6. This last part was only possible because Jim gave me about a 1 hour crash course in changing rods and timing pulls. Love that guitar, and I think I've finally dialed in my extended C6 coped. Havent changed any rods in 3 weeks which is a new record.