The Steel Guitar Forum

Greetings, all!
When I was 18 , I bought a used Maverick (thinking I could play for Poco or Marshall Tucker). After a few lessons, and buying a business, I stuffed it in the attic. I am now 56, been playing 6 stringed slide guitars (weissenborn, dobro, ricky, chandler and cole-clark)but never professionaly.
I also lost my finger tip on my picking hand index finger 10 years ago, which changed the way I played. Recently, I dug out the Mav, but couldnt play it because the linkage was bent. Another respected poster here at the forum was going to "hot rod" it for me, but evidently had health issues, and never returned my emails after our initial conversations. In the mean time, I bought a Carter starter in perfect condition (thinking I could practice while the retrofit was done).
Best thing I ever did, because I discovered that with my "grip" the string spacing was too close together.I felt that I would never play the PSG, unless I could get that wide spacing. Frustrated with 10 strings, (and the constant hitting the wrong strings), I sold the Carter, and was going to give up...
Then I found the thread on the 6 string pedal steel guitar. It was a revelation to me, to say the least. No clunker strings with a wide spacing! SO I searched out someone to modify my Maverick, and found Jimmy Flynn of Lone Star PSG.
He is a very special guy. He makes a 6 string PSG with 3 pedals and 4 knee levers and an E9th tuning-Emmons copedent. He agreed to take my Maverick and re-invent it. Ill be posting pics as the work progresses. Bill

that was a cool body.

There were two incarnations of mavericks, the second being infinitely inferior to the first.

What a shame that you bought MK I

Maverick cabinet, MCI fretboard, unique end-plates...this thing is going to have some sort of mean mojo when it's done!

Keep us posted on how it works out. I've seen a couple of Mavericks re-worked that looked (and apparently sounded) terrific.

Sometimes we need to see the potential hidden beneath the outward appearance.

I'm Stumped!!!

How can a six-stringer be tuned to E-9th

                         Lone Star Steel 6”Lite” Copedent
 
 
String     Ga.   Note       LKL      LKR     A     B    C     RKL     RKR
 
   1.        .011     G#                                            A                    
 
   2.        .014     E             F           D#                                      
 
   3.        .022     B                                       C#          C#                  Bb            
 
   4.        .022     G#                                             A                                    
 
   5.        .034     E             F            D#                                 D                      
 
   6.        .036     B                                        C#                                                
 
      LKL=F lever   LKR= E lever    RKL=D lever    RKR=X lever
 
Tuning with PETERSON STROBE set for Sweetened E-9 for best results.
 
Some of the pedal and lever combinations usage. (shown for open position)
 
Pedal A= C# minor.
Pedal A1/2=E augmented.
Pedal  B= E suspended.
Pedal A+B=A major.
Pedal B+C=F# minor /F#m7
LKL=F diminished.
LKR=G#minor.
Pedal 04-Franklin pedal
Pedal A + F= C#
RKL=Edom7
RKR
Just some of the possibilities available on the 6”lite”.
 

well, it is cute. now what are you going to do with it? what's your total investment?

William, I am curious as to how and where you acquired the Maverick. I sold one through Pete Grant in San Jose around 1974 or so. Might you have bought mine?



Shorty

Chris-glad you think it’s "cute". Not only will it fit my needs,it looks a hell of a lot better now then it did rotting away in my attic. As for the cost, I am absolutely blown away at how inexpensive this has been. Of course,I already owned the Maverick, but it wasnt worth much (mabey 700?). As for "what will you do with it"...mabey back up in my attic?

Shorty-no such luck. I bought it for $450 used in Costa Mesa from a music store. Sorry

william..i actually think it's a pretty cool tool...esp. with the full blown copedent. price sounds fair considering the work involved.

shorty..i bought my first steel from pete grant in about '70! it wasn't quite as good as a maverick but it was really cheap. now i blame pete for getting me involved.

How can a six-stringer
be tuned to E-9th Question

An E9th requires only five
notes: a Root, a Third, a
Fifth, a Seventh and a Ninth.
~Russ

wow! wonderful work , indeed!
six stringers CAN be very enjoyable to play
and can play lots of music . the ones I build sound great , are light ,look good ,too . can be seen by using search here. congratulations on a good choice. steels are like us - there's good in there , ya
just gotta find it and bring it out.happy playing!
pastor bruce

Your copedant indicates 3 pedals and I see a fourth. What does that 4th pedal do?

Looks very inventive. How far are the strings going to be off the neck...?! Looks like quite a bit.... Maybe the pictures are deceiving.

4 th pedal for Franklin tuning. Notice the new alumatone pickup, along with the pickup for my Roland gk-2a. Jim Flynn has been the very best to deal with. Very inventive, as well as his craftsmanship. He is doing the final adjustments (as well as building a new case) and will be shipping it to me Monday. He said it sounds fantastic!