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  Topic: Little Buddy
Tommy Mc

Replies: 21
Views: 8881

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 18 Mar 2024 5:25 am   Subject: Little Buddy
What exactly are the problems with this guitar? Mechanical? Electrical? Intonation?

Mike
I can't speak for any other than the one I owned. As I recall, the entire instrument was cheaply made ...
  Topic: Extended length pedals on my Derby.
Tommy Mc

Replies: 15
Views: 2359

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 22 Feb 2024 4:10 pm   Subject: Extended length pedals on my Derby.
Another option - keep the same pedals and drill new hole for the connector 1/4" or so closer to the pedal bar. No expense and just as effective. Have had this done on all my steels. Works great! ...
  Topic: Extended length pedals on my Derby.
Tommy Mc

Replies: 15
Views: 2359

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 20 Feb 2024 6:36 am   Subject: Extended length pedals on my Derby.
Where does one acquire these extended pedals for a Derby?
  Topic: Looking at a Derby - first PSG
Tommy Mc

Replies: 2
Views: 515

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Jan 2024 2:10 pm   Subject: Looking at a Derby - first PSG
You won't be disappointed with the Derby, they're fine guitars. I bought one from a friend last year and after I started gigging with it, my bandmates all remarked on the great tone. So it's a great i ...
  Topic: Session 400 Reverb issue
Tommy Mc

Replies: 3
Views: 539

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 26 Jan 2024 7:07 am   Subject: Session 400 Reverb issue
Thanks. I understand the concept, but not the exact process of which you speak. I did check and clean the connectors inside the amp and check for continuity. I can check for bad solder joints, but f ...
  Topic: Session 400 Reverb issue
Tommy Mc

Replies: 3
Views: 539

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 24 Jan 2024 3:47 pm   Subject: Session 400 Reverb issue
I'm having some trouble with the reverb in my Session 400 and hope the collective mind here can point me towards a cure.
I've checked the cables and cleaned the RCA connections. The cable input and ...
  Topic: Volume Pedals: Optical vs Pot & Response Curve
Tommy Mc

Replies: 5
Views: 614

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 20 Jan 2024 10:54 am   Subject: Volume Pedals: Optical vs Pot & Response Curve
The only thing I'll add to the good posts above is that while you've got much better things to do (at this point) than to play the gear game, you just might want to go for the Goodrich 120 pedal over ...
  Topic: Newbie looking for advice on buying an 8-string PSG
Tommy Mc

Replies: 29
Views: 2362

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 12 Jan 2024 1:18 pm   Subject: Newbie looking for advice on buying an 8-string PSG


Another option would be to buy a 10 string PSG and set it up with 8 strings.



I don't see any downside to this idea. In fact, one of my early mentors had done the same thing. This way, yo ...
  Topic: MSA Classic, 2nd string lower not low enough
Tommy Mc

Replies: 15
Views: 1064

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 9 Jan 2024 12:43 pm   Subject: Re: MSA Classic, 2nd string lower not low enough
So far I've tried:

-changing bellcrank hole to the one farthest from guitar body
-changing bellcrank starting angle to get more leverage
-sizing up my 2nd string from a 15 to a 16



One oth ...
  Topic: Beginner Player looking for advice on 1st pedal steel
Tommy Mc

Replies: 15
Views: 1440

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 9 Jan 2024 12:09 pm   Subject: Beginner Player looking for advice on 1st pedal steel
Vintage MSA's are very well built, reliable, and not too hard to work on. They tend to be valued less than some other brands because they are heavy and more importantly, they have a reputation for a & ...
  Topic: Unbranded Pedal Steel- anyone recognize this?
Tommy Mc

Replies: 14
Views: 1500

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 21 Dec 2023 10:45 am   Subject: Unbranded Pedal Steel- anyone recognize this?
It sure looks like a Little Buddy made by USA. I owned one back in the late 70's, and I would describe mine as "barely better than nothing, and barely playable." The back-story is that I h ...
  Topic: Scale Length of Derby Pedal Steel?
Tommy Mc

Replies: 3
Views: 557

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 16 Nov 2023 5:53 pm   Subject: Scale Length of Derby Pedal Steel?
I can't speak for them all, but mine is 24.25" scale.
  Topic: Digitally Pitch-shifted Pedal Steel Guitar
Tommy Mc

Replies: 51
Views: 14623

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 14 Nov 2023 2:08 pm   Subject: Digitally Pitch-shifted Pedal Steel Guitar
I'm trying to come up with a downside, but nothing so far Smile
I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if there's latency. Most of the sample playing was chords and slower stuff. Still, it's pretty i ...
  Topic: Tuner Recommendations?
Tommy Mc

Replies: 14
Views: 5911

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 23 Oct 2023 9:25 am   Subject: Tuner Recommendations?
Unless you tune every string straight up, a tuner that has the offsets programmed in is the way to go. Peterson StroboPlus HD does this and more.

There are a few phone apps that let you program c ...
  Topic: Best vehicle
Tommy Mc

Replies: 24
Views: 12467

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 16 Oct 2023 4:01 pm   Subject: Best vehicle
Once the steel's upside down in the case, another minute or two would see it totally packed up and secure. Surely our lives aren't that short! Smile

I don't think this about saving time. The case of ...
  Topic: Another question, this time a pedal question
Tommy Mc

Replies: 27
Views: 6309

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 6 Oct 2023 7:53 am   Subject: Another question, this time a pedal question
By "play" do you mean that the pedal has a lot of slack before it even starts to engage the strings? Or do you mean that it has moretravel once the strings are engaged?

If it's just slac ...
  Topic: Tone Struggles
Tommy Mc

Replies: 35
Views: 4576

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 6 Sep 2023 3:58 pm   Subject: Re: Tone Struggles
Well, last night I was in the studio practicing, and I mentioned it to the engineer, and he showed me the spectrum analyzer for my channel... NOTHING below the low-mids. This was my DI signal.


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  Topic: Third string Gauge .011 vs .015.
Tommy Mc

Replies: 19
Views: 2172

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 29 Aug 2023 7:09 am   Subject: Third string Gauge .011 vs .015.
I have enough strings to last my lifetime due to buying sets to get the 3rd string .011. My question is, can I substitute a .015 without problem and a noticeable difference.....
If not a .015 and if ...
  Topic: Adjustable intonation
Tommy Mc

Replies: 7
Views: 1085

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 20 Aug 2023 6:06 am   Subject: Re: Adjustable intonation


If this system was deployed would it negate the use of sweetened tuning charts as you could do sweetened intonation at the " bridge roller "

Dave, I'm pretty sure the reasoning behind ...
  Topic: How did you decide?
Tommy Mc

Replies: 27
Views: 3519

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 6 Aug 2023 3:13 pm   Subject: How did you decide?
In my case, my choice was just serendipity. There aren't any music shops around here that sell steels. Only a few come up for sale locally, and that's pretty much word of mouth. Back in the mid 80' ...
  Topic: Msa
Tommy Mc

Replies: 1
Views: 511

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 17 Jul 2023 4:31 pm   Subject: Msa
As I understand it, the "Pro-Am" version of the Sidekick had a triple raise-triple lower all-pull changer. In my mind, that adds a little value. Still, it's only a 3+1 student model. A bran ...
  Topic: Barn Find Steel Guitar!
Tommy Mc

Replies: 11
Views: 1831

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 17 Jul 2023 10:06 am   Subject: Re: more pics of mystery steel
More pics - no visible branding or ornamentation. seems inexpensively made.

I have not been able to test the pedals and lever because the one of the guitars legs that the lower pedal mechanism att ...
  Topic: Clip in tuners
Tommy Mc

Replies: 4
Views: 742

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 23 Jun 2023 8:02 am   Subject: Clip in tuners
Prior to buying a Peterson tuner, I used the Peterson PitchGrabber clip-on pickup along with the phone app PitchLabPro. Currently I'm using a Peterson StroboPlus HD with the TC-3 clip-on pickup which ...
  Topic: Buddy Cage's 1970s E9 Copedent
Tommy Mc

Replies: 15
Views: 2503

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 5 Jun 2023 8:32 am   Subject: Buddy Cage's 1970s E9 Copedent
Jordan, there are a couple of ways to chart out copedents. The above one for Buddy Cage is more of a graphic representation from the viewpoint of a seated player. The arrows on the left side represen ...
  Topic: Shubb SP-2 tone bar problems
Tommy Mc

Replies: 6
Views: 1188

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 4 Jun 2023 3:35 pm   Subject: Shubb SP-2 tone bar problems
Thank you all....so maybe nothing wrong with the bar specifically, except that chrome would have been a better choice?

Of course there is more friction on the wound strings, but that's consistent ...
 
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