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So very sorry to hear this. Such a great guy and the SGF is just a very special little corner of the Web, thanks to b0b. RIP.

That's great! These definitely need to be played in public. I need to get back to playing mine.

I reviewed the SM+ model a couple years ago, compared it to a nicer more professional style 4 model Gold Tone once made.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=352525

The SM+ is just ...

I figured "invent" was a bit of a stretch at least. First commercially successful design, sure. I think people were trying to electrify guitars back in the 20s if not earlier.

Though you'd find this news story today interesting:

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/american-invented-electric-guitar-rock-roll

The development of the Rickenbacker frying pan specifically is ...

I don't think the classic Don Helms style Gibson Console Grande guitars, from about 1948-1956, have any serial numbers on them, or only very rarely they might have one. Later Gibson console models mi ...

The reverb in a Fender tube amp, and a VP.

I think I've heard these referred to as "hula" style bodies. A few builders in recent years have continued to make them. Why they are less common, I don't know. Perhaps they're just consi ...

Fair warning, these may have different leg angles depending on which neck configuration (2, 3, 4) they were intended for. They're not necessarily all the same.

Jody also told me or implied a small coda to the story:

Sometime later on Merle Travis Composed that hit song FAT GAL Wink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ujLFdr8L9Q

Well, the Mk1 models are a little different as they only have a blend pot, and it is not 1Meg. But if you refer to the second page of this old thread I basically dug up all the wiring diagrams I coul ...

It kind of depends, for which Stringmaster?

I hadn't seen an update on Jody in a couple of years, I hope he's doing well. He reached out to me a couple of times about some vintage Fender guitars I had and was very friendly. He shared this one ...

I probably just don't know what I'm talking about, but if it's real then I don't know why the Country Music Hall of Fame, or a similar org perhaps, wouldn't get some donors together if they have to an ...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/14000_olredcompare_1.jpg

See what I'm talking about here, from the book and zoom in from the fb ad photo.

The listing is by a Marc Helms, so it sounds like it could be the family. Even if it was in the Hall of Fame museum, the family presumably retained ownership and could retrieve the guitar at any time ...

Thanks for the reply. As for strings sets, is there any you would recommend for the E13th and A6 neck?

A lot of people perhaps make up their own string sets, but to get started, if you look at the ...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/18178_20220405_185524_1.jpg
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/18178_20220405_185516_1.jpg

Yeah I think what you have is a very clean post-war ...

To OP:

I would surmise that, just as with Telecasters and other guitars, by the early 60s Fender was already finding suitable Ash less plentiful or available and was largely switching to Alder exce ...

I am happy to say I am a new proud owner of a Gibson Grande Console (unsure the exact year). I have to figure out how to play it now....
My lower neck is an A6 and my upper neck is the E 13th except ...

Nicely done, nice guitar. Good on you to preserve originality, but I can't imagine why anybody would want to go back to the original legs. My '54 seems to have come with 4 screw-in legs/mounts, much ...

That's very nice, well done.

I worked this out on my 8-string some time back and it is a lovely song on steel.

If by resonator you mean squareneck spider cone guitar then some players do use a G6 tuning, especially on 8 string instruments. The instrument is associated primarily with Bluegrass and Country musi ...

I bought a StringMaster once that had a crazy list price like this (like $2800 maybe), but I just offered what I wanted to pay. Nobody with any sense is going to just pay that, or anywhere close real ...

These look like TML guitars, basically identical to Johnson and Recording King, but without the plastic fantastic fingerboard. Pretty solid base to do some upgrades for a decent little lap. The pick ...

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Topic: Robert Paul Lee (Bobby Lee) Aug 1949 - Mar 2023
Brad Davis Replies: 371 Views: 2852574	Forum Section: Rest in Peace b0b (Bobby Lee) Posted: 11 Mar 2023 8:24 am Subject: Robert Paul Lee (Bobby Lee) Aug 1949 - Mar 2023
Brad Davis Replies: 371 Views: 2852574	So very sorry to hear this. Such a great guy and the SGF is just a very special little corner of the Web, thanks to b0b. RIP.
Topic: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Sep 2022 10:11 pm Subject: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	That's great! These definitely need to be played in public. I need to get back to playing mine.
Topic: Weissenborn Question
Brad Davis Replies: 12 Views: 1092	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Aug 2022 10:09 am Subject: Weissenborn Question
Brad Davis Replies: 12 Views: 1092	I reviewed the SM+ model a couple years ago, compared it to a nicer more professional style 4 model Gold Tone once made. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=352525 The SM+ is just ...
Topic: Adolph Rickenbacker and the invention of the electric guitar
Brad Davis Replies: 11 Views: 1644	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2022 10:24 am Subject: Adolph Rickenbacker and the invention of the electric guitar
Brad Davis Replies: 11 Views: 1644	I figured "invent" was a bit of a stretch at least. First commercially successful design, sure. I think people were trying to electrify guitars back in the 20s if not earlier.
Topic: Adolph Rickenbacker and the invention of the electric guitar
Brad Davis Replies: 11 Views: 1644	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2022 5:26 am Subject: Adolph Rickenbacker and the invention of the electric guitar
Brad Davis Replies: 11 Views: 1644	Though you'd find this news story today interesting: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/american-invented-electric-guitar-rock-roll The development of the Rickenbacker frying pan specifically is ...
Topic: Console Grande: serial number?
Brad Davis Replies: 4 Views: 893	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 May 2022 5:47 pm Subject: Console Grande: serial number?
Brad Davis Replies: 4 Views: 893	I don't think the classic Don Helms style Gibson Console Grande guitars, from about 1948-1956, have any serial numbers on them, or only very rarely they might have one. Later Gibson console models mi ...
Topic: What is the best ONE effects pedal for lap steel
Brad Davis Replies: 8 Views: 1671	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 May 2022 5:46 pm Subject: What is the best ONE effects pedal for lap steel
Brad Davis Replies: 8 Views: 1671	The reverb in a Fender tube amp, and a VP.
Topic: Guitar shaped bodies
Brad Davis Replies: 7 Views: 1592	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 May 2022 4:57 pm Subject: Guitar shaped bodies
Brad Davis Replies: 7 Views: 1592	I think I've heard these referred to as "hula" style bodies. A few builders in recent years have continued to make them. Why they are less common, I don't know. Perhaps they're just consi ...
Topic: Source for Fender 3" Round Sringmaster Steel Leg Inserts
Brad Davis Replies: 6 Views: 958	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2022 8:20 am Subject: Source for Fender 3" Round Sringmaster Steel Leg Inserts
Brad Davis Replies: 6 Views: 958	Fair warning, these may have different leg angles depending on which neck configuration (2, 3, 4) they were intended for. They're not necessarily all the same.
Topic: Jody Carver story
Brad Davis Replies: 2 Views: 808	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Apr 2022 9:32 am Subject: Jody Carver story
Brad Davis Replies: 2 Views: 808	Jody also told me or implied a small coda to the story: Sometime later on Merle Travis Composed that hit song FAT GAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ujLFdr8L9Q
Topic: Stringmaster Blend Pot Specs
Brad Davis Replies: 3 Views: 785	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Apr 2022 9:23 am Subject: Stringmaster Blend Pot Specs
Brad Davis Replies: 3 Views: 785	Well, the Mk1 models are a little different as they only have a blend pot, and it is not 1Meg. But if you refer to the second page of this old thread I basically dug up all the wiring diagrams I coul ...
Topic: Stringmaster Blend Pot Specs
Brad Davis Replies: 3 Views: 785	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Apr 2022 3:09 pm Subject: Stringmaster Blend Pot Specs
Brad Davis Replies: 3 Views: 785	It kind of depends, for which Stringmaster?
Topic: Jody Carver story
Brad Davis Replies: 2 Views: 808	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Apr 2022 2:56 pm Subject: Jody Carver story
Brad Davis Replies: 2 Views: 808	I hadn't seen an update on Jody in a couple of years, I hope he's doing well. He reached out to me a couple of times about some vintage Fender guitars I had and was very friendly. He shared this one ...
Topic: Don Helms' guitar for sale on Facebook Marketplace?
Brad Davis Replies: 17 Views: 3572	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Apr 2022 5:36 am Subject: Don Helms' guitar for sale on Facebook Marketplace?
Brad Davis Replies: 17 Views: 3572	I probably just don't know what I'm talking about, but if it's real then I don't know why the Country Music Hall of Fame, or a similar org perhaps, wouldn't get some donors together if they have to an ...
Topic: Don Helms' guitar for sale on Facebook Marketplace?
Brad Davis Replies: 17 Views: 3572	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Apr 2022 7:52 pm Subject: Don Helms' guitar for sale on Facebook Marketplace?
Brad Davis Replies: 17 Views: 3572	https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/14000_olredcompare_1.jpg See what I'm talking about here, from the book and zoom in from the fb ad photo.
Topic: Don Helms' guitar for sale on Facebook Marketplace?
Brad Davis Replies: 17 Views: 3572	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Apr 2022 7:43 pm Subject: Don Helms' guitar for sale on Facebook Marketplace?
Brad Davis Replies: 17 Views: 3572	The listing is by a Marc Helms, so it sounds like it could be the family. Even if it was in the Hall of Fame museum, the family presumably retained ownership and could retrieve the guitar at any time ...
Topic: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Apr 2022 5:34 pm Subject: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	Thanks for the reply. As for strings sets, is there any you would recommend for the E13th and A6 neck? A lot of people perhaps make up their own string sets, but to get started, if you look at the ...
Topic: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Apr 2022 5:48 pm Subject: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/18178_20220405_185524_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/18178_20220405_185516_1.jpg Yeah I think what you have is a very clean post-war ...
Topic: Wood Leo Used For the Stringmaster
Brad Davis Replies: 25 Views: 4466	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Apr 2022 9:40 am Subject: Wood Leo Used For the Stringmaster
Brad Davis Replies: 25 Views: 4466	To OP: I would surmise that, just as with Telecasters and other guitars, by the early 60s Fender was already finding suitable Ash less plentiful or available and was largely switching to Alder exce ...
Topic: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Apr 2022 9:28 am Subject: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Brad Davis Replies: 103 Views: 68692	I am happy to say I am a new proud owner of a Gibson Grande Console (unsure the exact year). I have to figure out how to play it now.... My lower neck is an A6 and my upper neck is the E 13th except ...
Topic: Gibson Console Grande Leg Mods
Brad Davis Replies: 2 Views: 2040	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jan 2022 9:32 am Subject: Gibson Console Grande Leg Mods
Brad Davis Replies: 2 Views: 2040	Nicely done, nice guitar. Good on you to preserve originality, but I can't imagine why anybody would want to go back to the original legs. My '54 seems to have come with 4 screw-in legs/mounts, much ...
Topic: My Favorite Hymn IN THE GARDEN
Brad Davis Replies: 3 Views: 1122	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Aug 2021 10:52 am Subject: My Favorite Hymn IN THE GARDEN
Brad Davis Replies: 3 Views: 1122	That's very nice, well done. I worked this out on my 8-string some time back and it is a lovely song on steel.
Topic: C6 on a resonator
Brad Davis Replies: 10 Views: 3880	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Jul 2021 6:29 pm Subject: C6 on a resonator
Brad Davis Replies: 10 Views: 3880	If by resonator you mean squareneck spider cone guitar then some players do use a G6 tuning, especially on 8 string instruments. The instrument is associated primarily with Bluegrass and Country musi ...
Topic: Profiteering
Brad Davis Replies: 12 Views: 2786	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Jul 2021 10:12 am Subject: Profiteering
Brad Davis Replies: 12 Views: 2786	I bought a StringMaster once that had a crazy list price like this (like $2800 maybe), but I just offered what I wanted to pay. Nobody with any sense is going to just pay that, or anywhere close real ...
Topic: Inexpensive Lap Steels - be prepared to work on them!
Brad Davis Replies: 12 Views: 5284	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Apr 2021 5:30 pm Subject: Inexpensive Lap Steels - be prepared to work on them!
Brad Davis Replies: 12 Views: 5284	These look like TML guitars, basically identical to Johnson and Recording King, but without the plastic fantastic fingerboard. Pretty solid base to do some upgrades for a decent little lap. The pick ...