Peavey PowerSlide and HipShot Trilogy

Louie Warren · Post by **Louie Warren** » 24 May 2013 3:39 pm

I've just done a search and didn't find anything on this so, hopefully this isn't a dupe.

I got a PowerSlide from my lovely wife for Christmas last year. Love it. Yes, the strap and the gig bag are cheap, but do the job for now. The biggest thing I find lacking is being able to go to multiple tunings. Right now, I have to organize set lists to ensure all tunes requiring a certain tuning, are in one set. That way I can retune during the breaks. I built a Strat out of eBay parts and installed a HipShot Trilogy on it. That guitar was my sole slide guitar for most gigs; I could bring one guitar and do at least 3 different tunings, saving bringing 3 separate guitars to a gig. I'd love to be able to do this with my PowerSlide, but don't know if using the HipShot designed for lap steels would work. Has anyone else done this? Thanx.

Webb Kline · Post by **Webb Kline** » 30 May 2013 8:20 am

http://store.hipshotproducts.com/cart.p ... tail&p=162
Apparently so. You don't say whether you have a 6 or 8, but here's one for an 8 string. I know a guy who put one on a dobro and it killed the tone, but it may work just fine on an electric solid body.

Ron Landis · Post by **Ron Landis** » 1 Jun 2013 12:57 pm

I'd like to hear from someone who is using this Trilogy thingy on a steel. If it really worked, it could make a single neck guitar pretty versatile. You may have to design the guitar around it to make room for it and use a roller bridge.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 2 Jun 2013 5:59 am

Steve Cunningham · Post by **Steve Cunningham** » 2 Jun 2013 9:19 am

I have the 8-string Trilogy on my Trembley...it works great. I initially had a roller bridge/nut to help with tuning accuracy, but found them to be "tone-suckers". After replacing them, the guitar sounded much better, and still stayed in tune great while using the Trilogy...a rare win-win.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 2 Jun 2013 2:32 pm

Steve,
I agree! I put a roller bridge and roller nut on my Hipshot Tele. I figured it could only make things work better. G and B benders and 4 toggles. The guitar lost all it's sparkle. Went back to a standard Tele bridge, and my luthier did an exceptionally careful job of slotting a new nut. With just a bit of lube, the guitar works perfectly, and it's wonderful tone came back.