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One of the COOLEST things a pedal steeler can do with an envelope filter is to put it just AFTER the volume pedal. You can use the volume pedal to control how closed or open the EF pedal is which basi ...

Not my guitar, but it's nearby at Music Folk.

https://musicfolk.com/product/zumsteel-d10-doubleneck-pedal-steel-guitar-c-1999/

Hi Charlie, I am using a Blucoil 9V 670 mA AC/DC power supply adaptor

Those have been reported to bleed their "switching noise" into the audio for a lot of users. It's powerful enough to ...

Fred and Bruce have it right.

You can't measure the output Z that way. The output Z is probably about 500 Ohms or so, less than the stated 1K. But measuring with a ohm-meter won't let you see the ...

I have a Sarno Octal preamp, power amp, and speaker. I am wondering if I could make a Dry Wet set up by adding a sarno classic with reverb and another speaker? Would I also need a 2nd power amp? Curre ...

Jerry's "Budman"!!!

128 lbs of beastly McIntosh power!!

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2326_03SarnoSpectrumPreamp_1.jpg

This looks great! It's not for sale yet on your website I guess? I see the SMS without the dwell knob but not the spectrum up there.

The Dwell is on the Spectrum mostly because the Dwell (aka r ...

Updated title. Oops. This is a PREAMP, not an AMP.

B

I'll try to gather more Spectrum samples to share. Not many yet. Here's me on steel on the latest Son Volt tribute to Doug Sahm. I'm no session guy or pro, just fake-it-till-you-make-it. But it's my 6 ...

To celebrate our 20th anniversary since we launched the Steel Guitar Black Box tube buffer here on this forum, I wanted to do something I've always wanted to do, to make a no-holds-barred, hand-wired ...

I've been using my Sesh pedal into a tube amp or tube preamp, mostly Fender style preamp (Revelation, SMS Classic, SMS Spectrum)

There is a redundancy here, a preamp into a preamp. But I'm keeping ...

wasn't the ross stuff just MXR clones?

Kinda. Their famous Ross Compressor that has been cloned and copied by Keeley, Analogman, and a few others was Ross's take on a MXR Dyna Comp. They actually i ...

There's a great video where JHS tells the whole story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKrIUNXVv8

It's amazing to me watching this evolution since the 90s. I'd argue that this entire Ross ph ...

For what it’s worth, none of those tone settings are for a Session 400.

Right. The Sesh and Session 400 (and its little bro the LTD 400) had a very different circuit, different midrange EQ, etc f ...

The FreeLoader does not have an on off switch. I treat the top input jack as the on/off switch. It's endlessly reliable and gives a good visual from a distance whether it's powered on or off. Also, it ...

Yes. It's a low power pedal and runs for a good length of time on a fresh 9v battery.

Brad

The F2B has gotten expensive in recent years. It's simply a pair of non-reverb channels from an old Fender preamp. Pretty straightforward, not magic or exotic necessarily. If you want that same Fender ...

Jack.

I once did a pot and volume pedal comparison, graphing the actual curves relating to pedal movement. The orignal AB or Clarostat mil-spec types had really good curves, smooth, no kink. The T ...

Thanks Noah!

Cyanoacrylate - Super Glue

I'm wanting to tune up this little old Regal 6 string lap steel with an open E tuning:

Low to high: E B E G# B E

Scale length is 23-1/4 inches

Plenty of string gauge/tension calculators ...

Good looking design. Should have plenty of gain and steel friendly tone shaping, even with insertion loss of the EQ sections.

And exactly what Scott said regarding final follower stage and bootstr ...

Hey Brad I have a Mullen RP guitar and a Session 400 and a Session 500 and I get harmonic distortion on both. Where is a good place to look?

Well there's the good kind of harmonic distortion those ...

To me, the problem I have with graphic EQ's is not nearly as much about the phase distortion problems, which are very real the heavier you EQ, but it's all the many electronic stages of crap the sweet ...

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Topic: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 22 Views: 1148	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Apr 2024 9:46 am Subject: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 22 Views: 1148	One of the COOLEST things a pedal steeler can do with an envelope filter is to put it just AFTER the volume pedal. You can use the volume pedal to control how closed or open the EF pedal is which basi ...
Topic: Zum D-10 for sale - St. Louis
Brad Sarno Replies: 1 Views: 1049	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 1 Apr 2024 12:42 pm Subject: Zum D-10 for sale - St. Louis
Brad Sarno Replies: 1 Views: 1049	Not my guitar, but it's nearby at Music Folk. https://musicfolk.com/product/zumsteel-d10-doubleneck-pedal-steel-guitar-c-1999/
Topic: Earth Drive plus Revelation?
Brad Sarno Replies: 17 Views: 2043	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 16 Feb 2024 8:32 am Subject: Earth Drive plus Revelation?
Brad Sarno Replies: 17 Views: 2043	Hi Charlie, I am using a Blucoil 9V 670 mA AC/DC power supply adaptor Those have been reported to bleed their "switching noise" into the audio for a lot of users. It's powerful enough to ...
Topic: Sarno back box specs
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1485	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Dec 2023 10:09 am Subject: Sarno back box specs
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1485	Fred and Bruce have it right. You can't measure the output Z that way. The output Z is probably about 500 Ohms or so, less than the stated 1K. But measuring with a ohm-meter won't let you see the ...
Topic: Dry/Wet with Sarno preamps is this posible
Brad Sarno Replies: 4 Views: 1207	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Dec 2023 9:41 pm Subject: Re: Dry/Wet with Sarno preamps is this posible
Brad Sarno Replies: 4 Views: 1207	I have a Sarno Octal preamp, power amp, and speaker. I am wondering if I could make a Dry Wet set up by adding a sarno classic with reverb and another speaker? Would I also need a 2nd power amp? Curre ...
Topic: Power Amp for Pedal Steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 15 Views: 6545	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 12 Nov 2023 11:36 am Subject: Power Amp for Pedal Steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 15 Views: 6545	Jerry's "Budman"!!! 128 lbs of beastly McIntosh power!!
Topic: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 9 Oct 2023 1:54 pm Subject: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2326_03SarnoSpectrumPreamp_1.jpg
Topic: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 9 Oct 2023 1:50 pm Subject: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	This looks great! It's not for sale yet on your website I guess? I see the SMS without the dwell knob but not the spectrum up there. The Dwell is on the Spectrum mostly because the Dwell (aka r ...
Topic: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 9 Oct 2023 1:46 pm Subject: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	Updated title. Oops. This is a PREAMP, not an AMP. B
Topic: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Sep 2023 6:17 am Subject: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	I'll try to gather more Spectrum samples to share. Not many yet. Here's me on steel on the latest Son Volt tribute to Doug Sahm. I'm no session guy or pro, just fake-it-till-you-make-it. But it's my 6 ...
Topic: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Sep 2023 5:46 am Subject: SMS Spectrum Tube Preamplifier
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 4720	To celebrate our 20th anniversary since we launched the Steel Guitar Black Box tube buffer here on this forum, I wanted to do something I've always wanted to do, to make a no-holds-barred, hand-wired ...
Topic: Sesh 400 Scheming
Brad Sarno Replies: 13 Views: 1948	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Sep 2023 5:26 am Subject: Sesh 400 Scheming
Brad Sarno Replies: 13 Views: 1948	I've been using my Sesh pedal into a tube amp or tube preamp, mostly Fender style preamp (Revelation, SMS Classic, SMS Spectrum) There is a redundancy here, a preamp into a preamp. But I'm keeping ...
Topic: Ross Phaser
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1428	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Sep 2023 5:12 am Subject: Ross Phaser
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1428	wasn't the ross stuff just MXR clones? Kinda. Their famous Ross Compressor that has been cloned and copied by Keeley, Analogman, and a few others was Ross's take on a MXR Dyna Comp. They actually i ...
Topic: Ross Phaser
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1428	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 Sep 2023 8:05 am Subject: Ross Phaser
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1428	There's a great video where JHS tells the whole story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKrIUNXVv8 It's amazing to me watching this evolution since the 90s. I'd argue that this entire Ross ph ...
Topic: Sesh 400 I have #64
Brad Sarno Replies: 27 Views: 7041	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Aug 2023 7:38 am Subject: Sesh 400 I have #64
Brad Sarno Replies: 27 Views: 7041	For what it’s worth, none of those tone settings are for a Session 400. Right. The Sesh and Session 400 (and its little bro the LTD 400) had a very different circuit, different midrange EQ, etc f ...
Topic: Sarno Freeloader
Brad Sarno Replies: 5 Views: 1299	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Jul 2023 7:05 pm Subject: Sarno Freeloader
Brad Sarno Replies: 5 Views: 1299	The FreeLoader does not have an on off switch. I treat the top input jack as the on/off switch. It's endlessly reliable and gives a good visual from a distance whether it's powered on or off. Also, it ...
Topic: Can Sarno Earth Drive run on a 9v battery?
Brad Sarno Replies: 4 Views: 818	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 28 Jun 2023 8:08 am Subject: Can Sarno Earth Drive run on a 9v battery?
Brad Sarno Replies: 4 Views: 818	Yes. It's a low power pedal and runs for a good length of time on a fresh 9v battery. Brad
Topic: Alembic Preamp
Brad Sarno Replies: 15 Views: 1841	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 Jun 2023 8:28 am Subject: Alembic Preamp
Brad Sarno Replies: 15 Views: 1841	The F2B has gotten expensive in recent years. It's simply a pair of non-reverb channels from an old Fender preamp. Pretty straightforward, not magic or exotic necessarily. If you want that same Fender ...
Topic: volume pedal advice
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 1500	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 24 May 2023 11:18 am Subject: volume pedal advice
Brad Sarno Replies: 10 Views: 1500	Jack. I once did a pot and volume pedal comparison, graphing the actual curves relating to pedal movement. The orignal AB or Clarostat mil-spec types had really good curves, smooth, no kink. The T ...
Topic: String Gauge & Tension for a Regal lap steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 5 Views: 816	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jan 2023 9:44 am Subject: String Gauge & Tension for a Regal lap steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 5 Views: 816	Thanks Noah!
Topic: Vintage Lapsteel Tuner Keys
Brad Sarno Replies: 8 Views: 1006	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jan 2023 9:04 am Subject: Vintage Lapsteel Tuner Keys
Brad Sarno Replies: 8 Views: 1006	Cyanoacrylate - Super Glue
Topic: String Gauge & Tension for a Regal lap steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 5 Views: 816	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jan 2023 8:57 am Subject: String Gauge & Tension for a Regal lap steel
Brad Sarno Replies: 5 Views: 816	I'm wanting to tune up this little old Regal 6 string lap steel with an open E tuning: Low to high: E B E G# B E Scale length is 23-1/4 inches Plenty of string gauge/tension calculators ...
Topic: Preamp project - opinions welcome
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1709	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Oct 2022 9:52 am Subject: Preamp project - opinions welcome
Brad Sarno Replies: 7 Views: 1709	Good looking design. Should have plenty of gain and steel friendly tone shaping, even with insertion loss of the EQ sections. And exactly what Scott said regarding final follower stage and bootstr ...
Topic: Why EQ doesn’t help much
Brad Sarno Replies: 17 Views: 3108	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 Sep 2022 11:35 am Subject: Re: Distortion
Brad Sarno Replies: 17 Views: 3108	Hey Brad I have a Mullen RP guitar and a Session 400 and a Session 500 and I get harmonic distortion on both. Where is a good place to look? Well there's the good kind of harmonic distortion those ...
Topic: Why EQ doesn’t help much
Brad Sarno Replies: 17 Views: 3108	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 10 Sep 2022 9:28 am Subject: Why EQ doesn’t help much
Brad Sarno Replies: 17 Views: 3108	To me, the problem I have with graphic EQ's is not nearly as much about the phase distortion problems, which are very real the heavier you EQ, but it's all the many electronic stages of crap the sweet ...