The Steel Guitar Forum

Michael Maddex wrote:

Giorgio Robino wrote:Michael, are these "EMG Select" humbuckers Pickup ?

They are. Stew-Mac offers several others as well. I just chose that one as an inexpensive example.

If you click the arrow to the right of the price, you can see the price in other currencies. If you follow the link at the top of the page, you can get more information about international orders. You can also display the site in other languages. I don't believe that they take PayPal, but they do accept credit cards, which you usually need to use PayPal anyway. They also accept International Money Orders.

I have only done business with them here in the US, so what I wrote above is taken from their website, not from personal experience. I think that if you spend a little time looking around their website, you can learn what you need to know. Good luck in your search.

thanks Michael,
Stewart-MacDonald just replied to me they don't accept paypal, I do not want to use credit card for obvious security reasons and bank transfer is complicated and most of all too EXPENSIVE for "small" stuff.

giorgio

Go for the GFS.
Same content for little money. Thay do paypal and have good customer service.
Thay have some "hotrail" style p-ups too.
Will do a good job in a lapsteel.

Ulf Edlund wrote:Go for the GFS.
Same content for little money. Thay do paypal and have good customer service.
Thay have some "hotrail" style p-ups too.
Will do a good job in a lapsteel.

you are probably right Ulf!

I re read the website you proposed:
http://store.guitarfetish.com/singlecoil.html

Thay have some "hotrail" style p-ups too.

what is this ? to what product possibly correspond in the list above ?

looking for minihumbucker pick-up I found that one:
http://store.guitarfetish.com/lilkiblhurap.html
(Lead 15k wiring); what do you think about ? now I have to contact the seller
BTW, thanks all for patience and help

giorgio

Giorgio Robino wrote: looking for minihumbucker pick-up I found that one:
http://store.guitarfetish.com/lilkiblhurap.html
(Lead 15k wiring); what do you think about ? now I have to contact the seller
BTW, thanks all for patience and help
giorgio

Yep! that's them. 15k is hot, 6.5 is not, 10 is moderate.

Thanks Ulf! OK, I decided for that Lil Killer, the 15k version (Hot) ... I do not understand exactly the difference in sound among three models; probably the "hot" ghave a more powerful signal ... considering I'd use the lap-steel guitar mainly for "solo" notes.

Dwight Lewis wrote:You probably should change your volume and tone knobs and capacitoras well since you are in there. Those steel guitars have cheap components. But with new quality strings, pickup, tone and volume controls, this steel will open up some eyes.

Of course you are right, I considered your suggestion to change the electronic; just bought pot, capacitor, all ...

A technical question:
connecting the Lil Kille Humbucker pick-up with a simple wiring: pick-up -> one tone knob -> one volume knob -> jack

Are the 250K Audio Pots (one for tone, one for volume) suitable for this pick-up wiring ?


Last but not least, I'm looking for quality strings, I'd like woudwound "noiseless" strings;

What o you think about these :

Gibson SEG-900M Medium L5 Pure Nickel Wound Jazz Electric Guitar Strings

?