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Charley Erck

 

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Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 14 Mar 2017 3:13 pm    
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We have finished restoration work on this old pedal, converting it to a console, double ten.
The earlier photos show that it was pretty much a write-off, missing all pedal parts.
I believe, a late 50's guitar, it has a great tone with the old pickups and the changing to solid saddle and nuts. I am unsure if this will offend the pedal boys, but it is a great player
now.


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David M Brown


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California, USA
Post  Posted 14 Mar 2017 4:28 pm     Re: Converting old sho-bud
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Charley Erck wrote:
We have finished restoration work on this old pedal, converting it to a console, double ten.
The earlier photos show that it was pretty much a write-off, missing all pedal parts.
I believe, a late 50's guitar, it has a great tone with the old pickups and the changing to solid saddle and nuts. I am unsure if this will offend the pedal boys, but it is a great player
now.


I think that's a great idea, particularly for those folks that play 10 string tunings.

I bet there are a fair number of old pedal steels that could be de-constructed.
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 16 Mar 2017 7:20 pm    
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cool....
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Larry Lenhart


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Ponca City, Oklahoma
Post  Posted 18 Mar 2017 6:27 pm    
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Seems like a great idea to me, especially since it wasnt a functional pedal steel before you set to work on it. I bet it does sound good, and having 10 strings would be a big plus for it also. Nice work !! I would think that would inspire people to do the same to an old pedal steel they have that would cost a small fortune to revive as a pedal steel.
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