The Steel Guitar Forum

Jim,
That is one beautiful guitar!

I saw your reason for the Emmons fretboards, but even without that condition they make the guitar look even better!

S-10D Rains, port red mica, 3 & 5, 705 pickup, emmons on the pedals. LKL raises E's, LKR lowers E's, RKL lowers 6 and raises 1,2. RKR lowers 2 a half then to a whole tone, lowers 7 a whole and lowers 9 to a C#. LKV lowers 10 to a A. Amp is a NV-112 and effects are a little reverb and a DD-3. Seat is red/grey made by Longhorn. Use a Hilton electronic pedal also. Nothing but Frenchy Steel Mill strings. I use Remington gun with teflon to keep guitar oiled. Bar is rotated between a Carpbar and a BJS bar. Tuner is VS-II. Picks are Zookies L-20 and other two are nationals with black covering by Andy Hinton.

Thanks, Justin ... I have to admit, the Emmons fret boards really do dress up the guitar nicely and I like them a lot. I see you're from Gainesville. I grew up in Sanger, but haven't been back there since I graduated high school in 1973.

Billy's post reminded me that I never mentioned my guitar's actual setup, copedent or string brand and sizes ... so, I should probably include that information real quick to complete my steel guitar setup description (by the way, I like this thread ... it's very interesting seeing all the different setups people are using).

Sho-bud LDG
Peavey session 400 0r 500
" profex-2
furman power strip
Peterson S-flip
BJS 1"
Golden gate thumb
National Fingers
Craig seat

Hilton V pedal. How did I forget that ?

Roger, thanks for mentioning your volume pedal ... made me realize that I'd forgot to mention mine in my setup description ... I was wanting to be complete in my description and keep realizing that I've left something out.

I use a Goodrich Model 120.

I have the following:
1977 Emmons D10 Push Pull
G D Walker Stereo Steel Amp System With 2 JBL 130's
Digitech Studio Quad 4 Processor
Goodrich Volume Pedal
Brad Sarno Steel Guitar Black Box

Tommy Shown
SMFTBL

Rains sd10= Emmons setup
alumitone PU
hilton pedal
revellation pre
mosvalve 500 power amp
tc electronics G sharp
ferman power supply
two 12 in cabs one with evm and one with delta pro
BJS bar
perfect touch picks/zookies thumb pick
jagwire strings, stainless-Franklin gage
peterson strobo
line 6 distortion
HOME MADE SEAT

Wow some of you guys have big rigs. Makes my back hurt more than it already does

Here's my current




Rains D10, POD XT, Hilton VP, N-ville 1000, small drum throne, MIM Nashville Telecaster, A/B switch

Sho-Bud Pro I (3 and 4) with pickup split switch
Sho-Bud Pedal
Mesa Lonestar Special (5, 15, and 30, usually set on clean 30 with no treble, all bass, no mids, no presence and very low volume to avoid issues with the natives)
Strings? (factory Tom Bradshaw)
George L Bar
National thumb and three finger picks
I also have migrane precursor, which might have pushed me to the black too.



Still learnin', still lovin'.
Guild Starfire IV and JF30, electric and acoustics. All blonds. Go figure.
I use a Digitech RP500 without amp modeling for multieffects on the Guilds (chorus, delay, tremelo, etc...).

Jim Lindsey wrote:Thanks, Justin ... I have to admit, the Emmons fret boards really do dress up the guitar nicely and I like them a lot. I see you're from Gainesville. I grew up in Sanger, but haven't been back there since I graduated high school in 1973.

Billy's post reminded me that I never mentioned my guitar's actual setup, copedent or string brand and sizes ... so, I should probably include that information real quick to complete my steel guitar setup description (by the way, I like this thread ... it's very interesting seeing all the different setups people are using).

Jim,
I live in Taylor. Could it be you thought I was from Tyler? Taylor is closer to Austin
I do know where Sanger is though.

Sorry, Justin ... I could've sworn that when I posted the other day, your avatar said Gainesville, Texas, USA. It might be time that I seriously think of getting my eyeglasses prescription changed.

Chris Schlotzhauer wrote:Wow some of you guys have big rigs. Makes my back hurt more than it already does

If you're including my rig in that big rigs number, that's why mine stays permanently set up safely at home!

Emmons Legrande III 8 pedals 10 knees.
2 Peavey Nashville 1000's.
Revelation Tube Preamp.
DigiTech TSR-12 Processor.
Furman Power Conditioner.
BJS Bar.
National Picks.
Steelers Choice Pac-a-seat.
Hilton VP.
George L's Cords.

Most often used setup is:

1. 1964 Emmons D-10
2. Hilton volume pedal, or Goodrich 120
3. Nashville 112, or Webb 614-GP, depending on gig
4. GeorgeL cords
5. GeorgeL stainless strings
6. Steeler's Choice seat
7. occasionally Boss RV-5, most often amp reverb
8. D2F covers on everything, and also a Danny Bentley fiber cover for the NV112.

There are other guitars I occasionally use, but everything else pretty much remains constant.

Maverick
Ernie Ball pedal
Ernie Ball bar
Ernie Ball strings
Ernie Ball Picky Picks
JMF amp
George L cords
Jack Heern seat

Geez, I didn't mean to kill the discussion just by saying the dreaded word "M******k"--

EMCI SD-10
Goodrich 120
Sarno Black Box
Evans FET 500 amp

I'm not worthy of any of it.