understanding your steel

Farris Currie · Post by **Farris Currie** » 17 Sep 2005 4:53 am

Great Possibilitys Charlie!!!my spelling is rough!!! I want to be able to sit the guitar set up in a frame,then be able to roll it to where ever!!!also must be no marring. protect the endplates ect.
Thanks Charlie!!!! farris

Steve Hackney · Post by **Steve Hackney** » 17 Sep 2005 7:53 pm

Farris
Well, I finally Got-Er-done. It's amazing what a lot of cleaning and a few new parts can do to improve the playability of an old steel. All the slop is gone out of the pedals and levers. The strings return to pitch like there suppose to and it just feels better. I didn't do much to the cosmetics except for a little polishing and buffing. But I did refinish the undercarriage and that looks 100% better even though I'm the only one that will usually see that part of it. It just makes me feel better about the old Bud.
Pics are on the way in your email.

Farris Currie · Post by **Farris Currie** » 18 Sep 2005 9:37 am

STEVE AND CHARLIE,hope i don't get mixed up,but if i do please forgive me!!!

Steve that guitar is very nice my friend!!!
now you know that sho-bud like the back of your hand!!something goes wrong you know exactly what to do!!!

Charlie,i dreamed about your project last night in my sleep!! I walked forward picked up my steel and set it right in a holder.
endplates sit firmly in nylon padded holders completely adjustable,locked them down and turned the steel over! man i got mad, legs hung on something, i said oh crap got to redesign that. boys i see such a monster holder comming soon. Mount steel in, flip it and work any way want to. turn it back over try it.gotta have lock to lock in any postion. COMMING SOON GUYS. farris

Jay Dee Maness · Post by **Jay Dee Maness** » 18 Sep 2005 7:20 pm

I am a firm believer that a big part of playing the steel guitar, is knowing how it works and, how to work on it.

Farris Currie · Post by **Farris Currie** » 22 Sep 2005 1:50 pm

Thank you Jay Dee,yes very important,if we can't fix the little problems,good chance not gonna get the good sound.
i have a friend plays a Gibson lead,and we have to set the action on that guitar reg.to make it sound great. Can't depend on someone else to set it for us.
Well been off for a few,watching the storms. Lots of Friends in Texas area,and very worried about each of them.
back soon with more discussion!!! farris

Jon Kostal · Post by **Jon Kostal** » 28 Sep 2005 8:28 pm

Had an Emmons D10. On a gig broke one of the hooks between the rod and the finger. Had to borrow one from the C6 neck to continue on. Ordered 5 from Emmons Co. Never broke another. You need to know how to fix 'em, toooooo. Complete disassembly and reassembly really not necessary, just maintain tooooooo. I spel purty gud. Possum talk. Saw a guy playin a Sho-Bud. Told him his picks were wrong, right hand technique was wrong, pumped his "a" pedal toooo much, amp was wrong, volume pedal was scratchy and old, bar was wrong(tooo thin toooo thick tooooo short tooooo long), guitar was an ugly green, and his tone sounded like muddy sewer water,tooooo. He said, "Let's take it outside." We went to the parking lot. He swung at me, and I hit him over the head with a Goodrich 120. End of story, I was right. I know my stuff, tooooooooo.

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 29 Sep 2005 2:43 am

The problem with playing pedal steel: my setup doesn't work for this song; I can fix that.... but first I have to clean off the workbench--hmmm, how can I rebuild it so I can mount the guitar on it and flip it over?
Then you end up rewiring the shop. Song?

Too bad we can't recall those dream details. But you've got me thinking again, Farris.... slide it right into a cradle on the bench, clamp it down, turn it over....