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Well, if you want something to place before the VP then the Exotic EP and other clean boosters won't get what you're looking for... overdriving your VP is probably not going to sound great, if active. ...

Which E13? More than one.

I'm with Jack... +1 on the Mobile Cube. Rose, you've heard mine before... not loud, but nice, with stereo reverb, runs on 8AA's or a OneSpot. Didn't Bobby Ingano use one for a while? Here it is!
...

I thought the Jackson Excels had a different decal? S H O T JACKSON? Still rockin' that fauxShoe you made for me Rick!

Lemon or tung oil... the cracks will recede.

https://www.stewmac.com/search/?q=fretboard+oil

Large amps are the Voice Of God... but God gets quite annoying sometimes.

My fave setup is a Strat SSH into a small 6V6 tube amp like my tweed Falcon. A clean boost puts it over the top. And that ...

I have an 8 string reso that has a 'clunky' low string.

Trying to explore why, I note that the bridge inserts overhang the spider channel on both ends by roughly 1/4".

Here's an experi ...

Bajo Sexto!

Thanks for posting that catalog page Russ. So, at least for that year, they called the single neck Deluxe 8 a String Master guitar. Interesting that they chose a picture of the discontinued 26" ...

I'm a proud owner of a Sonny guitar... that doesn't look like his work... and would be way far afield in UK.

Probably better than a kitchen trash can... which also works.

IMO the test of a good finish on a bar is to rub it across the high string... opposite of glissando... you'll feel noise and catching. BJS bars have no peer here... really too heavy for me, I use Pal ...

Most SM's just have a pot that shorts the neck pickup... giving a 'blend' of going from both to just bridge.

DeArmond made a stereo volume pedal that can be wired with one side reversed, like a pan ...

Post your exact schematic... some of these amps had balance instead of bias controls... the pot only controls one final.
They can be converted back or, adding a feature, you can have two pots, eith ...

In the 1956 catalog there is a single neck stringmaster. In 57 it’s relabeled a deluxe.

Indeed! The years before was the trap Deluxe...the '56 exactly resembles the later SM Deluxes... I ca ...

There are three things about a lap steel... no, *four*, there are four things about a steel:

1.) Bridge
2.) Pickup(s)
3.) Tuners
4.) Nut

The rest is window dressing. For rock, you alread ...

Hardware store dimmers are the main culprit... clubs find them easy to use and cheap... real dimmers are expensive. Look for dimmers in the light show, in the green room, etc. When turned all the wa ...

Dave, C.B. Gitty sells cheap piezo arrays... worth a shot, them NV's are expensive!

https://www.cbgitty.com/guitar-instrument-parts/10pc-3-string-rod-piezo-for-cigar-box-guitar/

It looks like a bayonet bulb socket. See the notches for the ears of the light bulb? First use I've seen for this.

If that's what it is, you can just break a lamp and solder to the base. Crazy!

Update: Although blocking behind the bar cleaned up the sound I am seeking to a degree, I am still not satisfied with the voicing on the 12th fret. I am going to change my tuning to either a B6 or a C ...

Your reverb drive signal is missing. Make sure you haven't swapped the in and outs to the tank. You've tried another tank... this points to the tank being OK.

You can set your voltmeter to AC vol ...

Glad to hear Jay... they were very affordable back in the day... I still have several left, but I'd buy another several if available. You might think about interesting glaze colors/patterns, that's a ...

I got a matching Supro 6-string and 5x7" tube amp for $350 from GC... I forget where, it was an extra 25$ shipping but it arrived in great shape. Has a case too! The little amp is a screamer wi ...

With the two dots past the 24th it would normally be a 22.5" scale... is there something funny going on? Beautiful axe btw.

You want quiet single-coil? You can do split humbucking, like a P-bass... or low impedance, like a Rickenbacher horseshoe. I've seen 8-string lapsteels with P-bass pickups on them... never heard the ...

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Topic: Distortion Pedal Help
Stephen Cowell Replies: 18 Views: 737	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Apr 2024 9:10 am Subject: Distortion Pedal Help
Stephen Cowell Replies: 18 Views: 737	Well, if you want something to place before the VP then the Exotic EP and other clean boosters won't get what you're looking for... overdriving your VP is probably not going to sound great, if active. ...
Topic: E13 transcriptions
Stephen Cowell Replies: 4 Views: 311	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Apr 2024 8:46 am Subject: E13 transcriptions
Stephen Cowell Replies: 4 Views: 311	Which E13? More than one.
Topic: Your favorite small battery-powered amp?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 18 Views: 1088	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 13 Apr 2024 7:42 pm Subject: Your favorite small battery-powered amp?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 18 Views: 1088	I'm with Jack... +1 on the Mobile Cube. Rose, you've heard mine before... not loud, but nice, with stereo reverb, runs on 8AA's or a OneSpot. Didn't Bobby Ingano use one for a while? Here it is! ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Stephen Cowell Replies: 19 Views: 1430	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Mar 2024 10:21 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Stephen Cowell Replies: 19 Views: 1430	I thought the Jackson Excels had a different decal? S H O T JACKSON? Still rockin' that fauxShoe you made for me Rick!
Topic: Cracks in fretboard
Stephen Cowell Replies: 6 Views: 505	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Mar 2024 10:18 am Subject: Cracks in fretboard
Stephen Cowell Replies: 6 Views: 505	Lemon or tung oil... the cracks will recede. https://www.stewmac.com/search/?q=fretboard+oil
Topic: Amplification question for 6-string non-pedal players...
Stephen Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 697	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 18 Mar 2024 8:55 am Subject: Amplification question for 6-string non-pedal players...
Stephen Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 697	Large amps are the Voice Of God... but God gets quite annoying sometimes. My fave setup is a Strat SSH into a small 6V6 tube amp like my tweed Falcon. A clean boost puts it over the top. And that ...
Topic: Are 8 string resos supposed to have an 8 string spider?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 3 Views: 502	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Mar 2024 10:01 am Subject: Re: Are 8 string resos supposed to have an 8 string spider?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 3 Views: 502	I have an 8 string reso that has a 'clunky' low string. Trying to explore why, I note that the bridge inserts overhang the spider channel on both ends by roughly 1/4". Here's an experi ...
Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Stephen Cowell Replies: 25 Views: 2983	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2024 9:35 pm Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Stephen Cowell Replies: 25 Views: 2983	Bajo Sexto!
Topic: Is it a Fender delux 8
Stephen Cowell Replies: 53 Views: 17321	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Feb 2024 9:18 pm Subject: Is it a Fender delux 8
Stephen Cowell Replies: 53 Views: 17321	Thanks for posting that catalog page Russ. So, at least for that year, they called the single neck Deluxe 8 a String Master guitar. Interesting that they chose a picture of the discontinued 26" ...
Topic: Identify this steel please...
Stephen Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 1142	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Feb 2024 9:17 pm Subject: Identify this steel please...
Stephen Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 1142	I'm a proud owner of a Sonny guitar... that doesn't look like his work... and would be way far afield in UK.
Topic: Would you use a toilet seat frame for a stand?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 14 Views: 1507	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Feb 2024 9:47 pm Subject: Would you use a toilet seat frame for a stand?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 14 Views: 1507	Probably better than a kitchen trash can... which also works.
Topic: Symptoms of a worn out steel bar?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 2 Views: 903	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Feb 2024 8:50 pm Subject: Symptoms of a worn out steel bar?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 2 Views: 903	IMO the test of a good finish on a bar is to rub it across the high string... opposite of glissando... you'll feel noise and catching. BJS bars have no peer here... really too heavy for me, I use Pal ...
Topic: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters??
Stephen Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 937	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 10 Feb 2024 9:51 pm Subject: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters??
Stephen Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 937	Most SM's just have a pot that shorts the neck pickup... giving a 'blend' of going from both to just bridge. DeArmond made a stereo volume pedal that can be wired with one side reversed, like a pan ...
Topic: Setting power tube bias on Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb
Stephen Cowell Replies: 21 Views: 2105	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Feb 2024 1:52 pm Subject: Setting power tube bias on Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb
Stephen Cowell Replies: 21 Views: 2105	Post your exact schematic... some of these amps had balance instead of bias controls... the pot only controls one final. They can be converted back or, adding a feature, you can have two pots, eith ...
Topic: Fender Deluxe 6 and 8 info wanted
Stephen Cowell Replies: 55 Views: 32274	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2024 1:45 pm Subject: Fender Deluxe 6 and 8 info wanted
Stephen Cowell Replies: 55 Views: 32274	In the 1956 catalog there is a single neck stringmaster. In 57 it’s relabeled a deluxe. Indeed! The years before was the trap Deluxe...the '56 exactly resembles the later SM Deluxes... I ca ...
Topic: Good Second Lap Steel?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 15 Views: 1866	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2024 1:27 pm Subject: Good Second Lap Steel?
Stephen Cowell Replies: 15 Views: 1866	There are three things about a lap steel... no, four, there are four things about a steel: 1.) Bridge 2.) Pickup(s) 3.) Tuners 4.) Nut The rest is window dressing. For rock, you alread ...
Topic: "Buzzing"
Stephen Cowell Replies: 6 Views: 830	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 30 Jan 2024 9:52 pm Subject: "Buzzing"
Stephen Cowell Replies: 6 Views: 830	Hardware store dimmers are the main culprit... clubs find them easy to use and cheap... real dimmers are expensive. Look for dimmers in the light show, in the green room, etc. When turned all the wa ...
Topic: Replacing/Repairing Fishman Nashville PU in Beard Odyssey
Stephen Cowell Replies: 10 Views: 704	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 27 Jan 2024 10:43 pm Subject: Replacing/Repairing Fishman Nashville PU in Beard Odyssey
Stephen Cowell Replies: 10 Views: 704	Dave, C.B. Gitty sells cheap piezo arrays... worth a shot, them NV's are expensive! https://www.cbgitty.com/guitar-instrument-parts/10pc-3-string-rod-piezo-for-cigar-box-guitar/
Topic: Unusual connector on Oahu lap steel
Stephen Cowell Replies: 3 Views: 697	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jan 2024 10:38 pm Subject: Unusual connector on Oahu lap steel
Stephen Cowell Replies: 3 Views: 697	It looks like a bayonet bulb socket. See the notches for the ears of the light bulb? First use I've seen for this. If that's what it is, you can just break a lamp and solder to the base. Crazy!
Topic: C chord on 12th fret in C6 Tuning
Stephen Cowell Replies: 17 Views: 1480	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jan 2024 10:33 pm Subject: C chord on 12th fret in C6 Tuning
Stephen Cowell Replies: 17 Views: 1480	Update: Although blocking behind the bar cleaned up the sound I am seeking to a degree, I am still not satisfied with the voicing on the 12th fret. I am going to change my tuning to either a B6 or a C ...
Topic: Session 400 Reverb issue
Stephen Cowell Replies: 3 Views: 568	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 24 Jan 2024 8:49 pm Subject: Session 400 Reverb issue
Stephen Cowell Replies: 3 Views: 568	Your reverb drive signal is missing. Make sure you haven't swapped the in and outs to the tank. You've tried another tank... this points to the tank being OK. You can set your voltmeter to AC vol ...
Topic: Paloma Stone Slides
Stephen Cowell Replies: 1 Views: 395	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Jan 2024 8:37 pm Subject: Paloma Stone Slides
Stephen Cowell Replies: 1 Views: 395	Glad to hear Jay... they were very affordable back in the day... I still have several left, but I'd buy another several if available. You might think about interesting glaze colors/patterns, that's a ...
Topic: Jackson 8-string Console
Stephen Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 1471	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jan 2024 11:10 pm Subject: Jackson 8-string Console
Stephen Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 1471	I got a matching Supro 6-string and 5x7" tube amp for $350 from GC... I forget where, it was an extra 25$ shipping but it arrived in great shape. Has a case too! The little amp is a screamer wi ...
Topic: My 6-8 console steel
Stephen Cowell Replies: 18 Views: 1777	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Jan 2024 9:39 pm Subject: My 6-8 console steel
Stephen Cowell Replies: 18 Views: 1777	With the two dots past the 24th it would normally be a 22.5" scale... is there something funny going on? Beautiful axe btw.
Topic: Single Coil Pickups
Stephen Cowell Replies: 13 Views: 1981	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 9 Jan 2024 9:10 pm Subject: Single Coil Pickups
Stephen Cowell Replies: 13 Views: 1981	You want quiet single-coil? You can do split humbucking, like a P-bass... or low impedance, like a Rickenbacher horseshoe. I've seen 8-string lapsteels with P-bass pickups on them... never heard the ...