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Topic: Drying out a pedal steel ?? |
Kevin Raymer
From:
Chalybeate, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 18 Jul 2014 7:27 pm |
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Guys,
Playing an outside gig tonite we got rain on a bit.
Not bad but my steel got wet.
I have dried it all as much as I can and have it out of the case under a ceiling fan for tonight.
Any advice on how to proceed forward ??
Anything specaIal I should do ??
Thanks
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Kevin Raymer
Zum / Knaggs / Breedlove
Fractal Audio |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Jul 2014 11:39 pm
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If it just got rained on, rather than submerged, that should be adequate.
You didn't say whether you have a mica or lacquer guitar: if mica, I'd keep an eye out for delamination
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Kevin Raymer
From:
Chalybeate, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2014 4:13 am
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It's a Mica d10 Zum.
I'll keep an eye on it thanks.
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Kevin Raymer
Zum / Knaggs / Breedlove
Fractal Audio |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 19 Jul 2014 6:00 am
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If exposed to a good washing rain, I'd oil the changer once it dries
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 19 Jul 2014 8:00 am
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I got caught in a torrential downpour with my lacquer RusLer once. When I got home, I took it out and toweled it all down and used a hair dryer on low heat to blow dry it off. It worked pretty good. I then oiled all the movable parts and used furniture polish on the wood. I never had a problem with it after that.
My mica ZumSteel got rained on, lightly and I did the same thing. Everything was, is fine with that too. It's best to get as much moisture off the steel as soon as possible. Hidden moisture can delaminate the mica and or cause the wood to swell. Too much humidity can do the same thing. I just did 2 outside jobs, where, the humidity was about 90% and the temps went down to 50*. I did the same routine and all is well. Adverse weather is not friendly to pedal steel guitars or for that matter, any guitar. |
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Walter Bowden
From:
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2014 3:24 pm
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My band was caught in a thunderstorm on a pier in Myrtle Beach and my Stratocaster was thourghly soaked. As soon as I got back to my house about 1.5 hrs later I took it apart to dry out including removing the neck/pickguard/pups/switches/trem, ec. The neck had a rosewood fingerboard and it was never the same after that gig. I realized what a risk we take when playing outside and I bought a cheap pawn shop Les Paul copy to finish the outside gigs. I would really hate to risk my Emmons for a $150 gig.
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Emmons S10, p/p, Nashville 112, Zion 50 tele style guitar, Gibson LP Classic w/Vox AC30, Fender Deluxe De Ville and a Rawdon-Hall classical |
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Paddy Long
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 21 Jul 2014 3:50 pm
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I would change the strings as well 
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2014 11:30 am
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Turn off the reverb!    |
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