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Use a good microphone. Any other alternative gives just a so-so (generic Fender) sound because you’re eliminating the speakers and the cabinet from the equation, and those are main assets of an amp ...

Willie had a ton of steel on his records throughout the 60s and into the mid 70s, and plenty since then…

That may be true, Scott, but my point was that there was no steel on his #1 hits (23 of � ...

Willie was one of the old country artists (like Don Gibson, Johnny Cash, Rex Allen, Johnny Horton, Ernie Ford, Jimmy Dean, and a few others) that was just never known for that sound. Willie’s had o ...

Sure sounds like Jimmy Day to me too, though a lot of the comments on youtube swear it's Ron Elliot. Whoever it is, thanks for posting, that's so good

Yep, I'd bet the farm that that's Jimmy! Nobo ...

...Nowadays, there is almost no need for it (C6th) in so-called "modern country"...

When you come right down to it, the same can probably be said for E9th. Laughing

Look, ...

Though many here are traditionalists and would say to definitely go with 10 strings, I think a 6-stringer might be fine to start with! The string spacing is more like a guitar, and there's the advant ...

I bought a TC Electronics “Arena Reverb” after it was recommended here on the forum by Bill Hatcher. It does everything I want it to do, and it was only $100. Smile

The Growler uses a pull/release changer, and the Justice has an all-pull design. (The all-pull is a more modern and capable mechanism.) The Growler uses a wood pedalboard, and the Justice uses a met ...

If your gut says EVM-15L, but you’re afraid of too many highs, then go with the bass version, the EVM-15B. (That’s what I did. Winking

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There should be almost no “friction noise” from a pedal steel as you’re playing! There will be a click, sometimes, as your foot contacts the pedal, and another click or thunk when the pedal hit ...

If the guitar was built correctly you wouldn't have to worry about all that.

Do you mean with compensators? Let’s face it, you can’t get the 7th string sounding perfect (with pedals up and pe ...

I think I left strings on one of my guitars about a year, one time. That was when I was playing regularly…very regularly. At that time, I was playing 5 nights a week (five 40 minute sets, plus one ...

When I tune, I tune the 4th string open to “E” on my tuner. I work the pedals and levers several times, until there is little or no change. Next (and this is my secret), I put the tuner away an ...

Rods should not rattle. In your first picture, you’ve got a rod right up against a puller. Because the pullers are welded to the cross-rod, you can’t move them, but you can bend that puller a li ...

What it does is to let some of the highs bypass the pot so they don’t get attenuated. It gives you a brighter sound than an ordinary pot pedal, but also changes the way it works, somewhat. Because ...

...I’d love be to hear what others do to get the guitar to sound more in tune...so what is your solution?

Stop, looking at your digital tuner and use your ears! Cool

You can't even place the b ...

Neat trick when you're asked to log in just to read an article...

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That’s what the Emmons “String Machine” did. It was a three-bank distortion unit with three small pickups that could placed under any three strings. The idea was to give the impression of an o ...

I started playing guitar back in the early ‘60s, playing Duane Eddy, Ventures, and all the other instrumental chart music that was popular back then. In the mid 60’s, I got my first pedal steel, ...

Visual shock-rock band that I always thought found their inspiration in Arthur Brown’s “God of Hellfire” video. Don’t know if they ever admitted it, though. Rolling Eyes

Just take it off! Whoa!

And if a problem reveals itself afterwards, try to address it a little more permanently and professionally than the previous owner did. Laughing

Multiple string licks with distortion are very tricky, due to the exaggerated "beating" between notes when both notes are coming through the same amp. Rockers solve the problem by using two ...

It also works well with the 6th string (half-tone) lower if you have that change where you can access it at the same time. Wink

I see it as kind of a "paint by numbers" thing that's been fixed by Photoshop. After all, who needs good looks when you've got Photoshop, and who needs musical talent when you have endless ...

Okay, here's what I'll postulate after looking more closely:

It has a pull/release changer and short (5-step) keyhead blocks with a non-step body, so it can't be a Classic. I eliminated it being a ...

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Topic: Recording Direct From Fender Dual Showman
Donny Hinson Replies: 5 Views: 263	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 19 Apr 2024 10:20 am Subject: Recording Direct From Fender Dual Showman
Donny Hinson Replies: 5 Views: 263	Use a good microphone. Any other alternative gives just a so-so (generic Fender) sound because you’re eliminating the speakers and the cabinet from the equation, and those are main assets of an amp ...
Topic: Willie Nelson - Why no Steel Player in band?
Donny Hinson Replies: 23 Views: 903	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 18 Apr 2024 8:41 pm Subject: Willie Nelson - Why no Steel Player in band?
Donny Hinson Replies: 23 Views: 903	Willie had a ton of steel on his records throughout the 60s and into the mid 70s, and plenty since then… That may be true, Scott, but my point was that there was no steel on his #1 hits (23 of � ...
Topic: Willie Nelson - Why no Steel Player in band?
Donny Hinson Replies: 23 Views: 903	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 18 Apr 2024 2:17 pm Subject: Willie Nelson - Why no Steel Player in band?
Donny Hinson Replies: 23 Views: 903	Willie was one of the old country artists (like Don Gibson, Johnny Cash, Rex Allen, Johnny Horton, Ernie Ford, Jimmy Dean, and a few others) that was just never known for that sound. Willie’s had o ...
Topic: Jack Greene and Jimmy Day
Donny Hinson Replies: 7 Views: 440	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 18 Apr 2024 6:11 am Subject: Jack Greene and Jimmy Day
Donny Hinson Replies: 7 Views: 440	Sure sounds like Jimmy Day to me too, though a lot of the comments on youtube swear it's Ron Elliot. Whoever it is, thanks for posting, that's so good Yep, I'd bet the farm that that's Jimmy! Nobo ...
Topic: Give me the truth about the C6 neck
Donny Hinson Replies: 87 Views: 15887	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Apr 2024 4:01 pm Subject: Give me the truth about the C6 neck
Donny Hinson Replies: 87 Views: 15887	...Nowadays, there is almost no need for it (C6th) in so-called "modern country"... When you come right down to it, the same can probably be said for E9th. Look, ...
Topic: Any 6 String PSG players out there ? Need advice !!
Donny Hinson Replies: 14 Views: 432	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Apr 2024 9:03 am Subject: Any 6 String PSG players out there ? Need advice !!
Donny Hinson Replies: 14 Views: 432	Though many here are traditionalists and would say to definitely go with 10 strings, I think a 6-stringer might be fine to start with! The string spacing is more like a guitar, and there's the advant ...
Topic: Ambience Reverbs for Pedal Steel
Donny Hinson Replies: 6 Views: 532	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 16 Apr 2024 12:50 pm Subject: Ambience Reverbs for Pedal Steel
Donny Hinson Replies: 6 Views: 532	I bought a TC Electronics “Arena Reverb” after it was recommended here on the forum by Bill Hatcher. It does everything I want it to do, and it was only $100.
Topic: Growler 10 string, 3x4
Donny Hinson Replies: 5 Views: 447	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Apr 2024 5:37 am Subject: Growler 10 string, 3x4
Donny Hinson Replies: 5 Views: 447	The Growler uses a pull/release changer, and the Justice has an all-pull design. (The all-pull is a more modern and capable mechanism.) The Growler uses a wood pedalboard, and the Justice uses a met ...
Topic: 15" speakers help! JBL, EVM, BW etc.
Donny Hinson Replies: 6 Views: 513	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 14 Apr 2024 6:16 pm Subject: 15" speakers help! JBL, EVM, BW etc.
Donny Hinson Replies: 6 Views: 513	If your gut says EVM-15L, but you’re afraid of too many highs, then go with the bass version, the EVM-15B. (That’s what I did. )
Topic: My pedal steel guitar makes a lot of noise
Donny Hinson Replies: 7 Views: 816	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Apr 2024 10:53 am Subject: My pedal steel guitar makes a lot of noise
Donny Hinson Replies: 7 Views: 816	There should be almost no “friction noise” from a pedal steel as you’re playing! There will be a click, sometimes, as your foot contacts the pedal, and another click or thunk when the pedal hit ...
Topic: cabinet drop
Donny Hinson Replies: 39 Views: 2905	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 12 Apr 2024 4:03 pm Subject: cabinet drop
Donny Hinson Replies: 39 Views: 2905	If the guitar was built correctly you wouldn't have to worry about all that. Do you mean with compensators? Let’s face it, you can’t get the 7th string sounding perfect (with pedals up and pe ...
Topic: so,, broke a string...
Donny Hinson Replies: 7 Views: 685	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Apr 2024 9:27 pm Subject: so,, broke a string...
Donny Hinson Replies: 7 Views: 685	I think I left strings on one of my guitars about a year, one time. That was when I was playing regularly…very regularly. At that time, I was playing 5 nights a week (five 40 minute sets, plus one ...
Topic: cabinet drop
Donny Hinson Replies: 39 Views: 2905	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Apr 2024 2:45 pm Subject: cabinet drop
Donny Hinson Replies: 39 Views: 2905	When I tune, I tune the 4th string open to “E” on my tuner. I work the pedals and levers several times, until there is little or no change. Next (and this is my secret), I put the tuner away an ...
Topic: Pull Rod Overhaul
Donny Hinson Replies: 9 Views: 1175	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 10 Apr 2024 11:52 am Subject: Pull Rod Overhaul
Donny Hinson Replies: 9 Views: 1175	Rods should not rattle. In your first picture, you’ve got a rod right up against a puller. Because the pullers are welded to the cross-rod, you can’t move them, but you can bend that puller a li ...
Topic: Treble bleed on passive volume pedal pot ?
Donny Hinson Replies: 2 Views: 323	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Apr 2024 5:16 pm Subject: Treble bleed on passive volume pedal pot ?
Donny Hinson Replies: 2 Views: 323	What it does is to let some of the highs bypass the pot so they don’t get attenuated. It gives you a brighter sound than an ordinary pot pedal, but also changes the way it works, somewhat. Because ...
Topic: cabinet drop
Donny Hinson Replies: 39 Views: 2905	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Apr 2024 3:16 pm Subject: Tuning is a skill, just like playing!
Donny Hinson Replies: 39 Views: 2905	...I’d love be to hear what others do to get the guitar to sound more in tune...so what is your solution? Stop, looking at your digital tuner and use your ears! You can't even place the b ...
Topic: Neat trick! (internet tip) using archive.is/
Donny Hinson Replies: 1 Views: 338	Forum Section: Computers Posted: 6 Apr 2024 2:25 pm Subject: Neat trick! (internet tip) using archive.is/
Donny Hinson Replies: 1 Views: 338	Neat trick when you're asked to log in just to read an article... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y1Bgktoxxq8
Topic: "Wolf tones" with Overdrive
Donny Hinson Replies: 13 Views: 816	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 5 Apr 2024 12:06 pm Subject: "Wolf tones" with Overdrive
Donny Hinson Replies: 13 Views: 816	That’s what the Emmons “String Machine” did. It was a three-bank distortion unit with three small pickups that could placed under any three strings. The idea was to give the impression of an o ...
Topic: Steel players who gave up "armpit" guitar for the steel?
Donny Hinson Replies: 55 Views: 1920	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 5 Apr 2024 11:52 am Subject: Steel players who gave up "armpit" guitar for the steel?
Donny Hinson Replies: 55 Views: 1920	I started playing guitar back in the early ‘60s, playing Duane Eddy, Ventures, and all the other instrumental chart music that was popular back then. In the mid 60’s, I got my first pedal steel, ...
Topic: Kiss sells brand and songs for $300 Million
Donny Hinson Replies: 16 Views: 867	Forum Section: Music Posted: 4 Apr 2024 8:36 pm Subject: Kiss sells brand and songs for $300 Million
Donny Hinson Replies: 16 Views: 867	Visual shock-rock band that I always thought found their inspiration in Arthur Brown’s “God of Hellfire” video. Don’t know if they ever admitted it, though.
Topic: The Mystery Shim
Donny Hinson Replies: 24 Views: 1712	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 4 Apr 2024 1:16 pm Subject: The Mystery Shim
Donny Hinson Replies: 24 Views: 1712	Just take it off! And if a problem reveals itself afterwards, try to address it a little more permanently and professionally than the previous owner did.
Topic: "Wolf tones" with Overdrive
Donny Hinson Replies: 13 Views: 816	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Apr 2024 10:38 am Subject: "Wolf tones" with Overdrive
Donny Hinson Replies: 13 Views: 816	Multiple string licks with distortion are very tricky, due to the exaggerated "beating" between notes when both notes are coming through the same amp. Rockers solve the problem by using two ...
Topic: Most common uses for B->Bb change
Donny Hinson Replies: 11 Views: 1045	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Apr 2024 10:27 am Subject: Most common uses for B->Bb change
Donny Hinson Replies: 11 Views: 1045	It also works well with the 6th string (half-tone) lower if you have that change where you can access it at the same time.
Topic: What does "locked to a grid" mean?
Donny Hinson Replies: 41 Views: 12561	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Apr 2024 4:48 am Subject: What does "locked to a grid" mean?
Donny Hinson Replies: 41 Views: 12561	I see it as kind of a "paint by numbers" thing that's been fixed by Photoshop. After all, who needs good looks when you've got Photoshop, and who needs musical talent when you have endless ...
Topic: MSA Identification Help Needed
Donny Hinson Replies: 9 Views: 786	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Apr 2024 4:17 am Subject: MSA Identification Help Needed
Donny Hinson Replies: 9 Views: 786	Okay, here's what I'll postulate after looking more closely: It has a pull/release changer and short (5-step) keyhead blocks with a non-step body, so it can't be a Classic. I eliminated it being a ...