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He's the guy who convinced me to switch from a D10 to a universal. The steel guitar world lost one it's most influential and irreplicable figures that day. I'm proud to have known him.

You could find the right size blade pickup and the string spacing wouldn't matter. It'd prolly sound better too. Or get into slanting.....

The trick is to have it just barely graze the top of your knee at rest. If it's shaped wrong or too short, go out in your shop and fabricate a new one that sits just right. If the case won't close, fi ...

6V6 or 6L6 power tubes? I can't tell from the photos.

"Chicken Stuff" was my favorite tune of his. Hop use to play a Stringmaster laying on a folding card table which also held his cigarettes, ashtray, a glass and a bottle of hootch.

I saw a picture of a bar a few years ago that was a basic bullet bar about the size of a 10 string pedal steel bar and it had a steel ring coming out of the middle of it that could swivel. It seems li ...

I'd put string ferrules like what you find on the back of a Telecaster in the holes in the tailpiece to give the strings a more solid anchor.

It looks like the legs are a fixed length. There's got to be a way to at least level the back legs right?

Can a person still get parts for that guitar if they wanted to add a pedal or another lever or just add a couple pulls to existing levers?

That's really amazing Mike. I'm very impressed.

Swap out the half-ass pickup for a nice 8 string pickup. A lot of the mojo of those guitars' tone comes from the large horseshoe magnets. The internal pickup is not particularly special. Its the huge ...

I too play an A6 8-string tuned like this

E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
A
G

The 7th on the bottom opens up some nice combinations for western swing and bluesy jazz like a Dom7#9 among other things. If I ...

On my Excel U-12, the half-stops and I have them on 2 different levers, are nothing like any other guitar I've seen. Essentially it's comprised of 2 bellcrank looking parts facing each other. The one ...

Over many years I've learned 2 things about half-stops. You can feel the halfway point better with the inside of your thigh than the outside. And secondly, it's much easier to fineness the halfway poi ...

I was experimenting with putting a dobro tuning on the middle neck of my Stringmaster. I knew I wanted an E in the middle but it got in the way of the core dobro tuning which I wanted to maintain. So ...

One time at the St Louis steel convention Brumley played Jerry Byrd's arrangement of 'Dance of the Goldenrod' on a Ricky Panda 6 string C6. There's a lot of tricky bar wrangling in there but he nailed ...

Everything's the same but the fretboard. They're not interchangeable due to the different scale lengths.

Wow. I first met Bruce in 2007 at Colin Alder's Lapstravaganza in Santa Cruz where he played a set opening for Freddie Roulette. And a year later when we were both playing the 2nd Lapstravaganza along ...

When I first settled in North Hollywood in the early 70s, I lived about 2 blocks down Lankershim Blvd from Donte's jazz club. Every Monday was "Guitar Night" and they would either have Lenny ...

How much does it weigh in the case?

Any auto upholstery shop can sew one up for you in any color vinyl in about 10 minutes. All you need is a picture or sketch of the bag and its sections and bring your legs and rods so they can be test ...

I started out on rock & roll guitar like most guys and I made a living for a number of years doing that in the 60s and early 70s. When I had a guitar repair shop in the back of a music store in No ...

I inherited this from a friend who bought it new, never gigged with it - just played it around his apartment. I'd keep it myself if I played more guitar because it's exactly the color, pick guard, map ...

I've been playing steel around SoCal for about 45 years and the majority of the gigs have been 4-5 pc blend of California country rock and old school Nashville drinkin' & cheatin' songs. I played ...

Wow. Hank was a great guy and he built some of the most interesting lap and console steels I've ever seen. He brought a few over to my house one time and each one was one-of-a-kind. The Swingray was m ...

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Topic: Jeff Newman RIP 20 yrs.
Michael Johnstone Replies: 11 Views: 1064	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 10 Apr 2024 9:13 am Subject: Jeff Newman RIP 20 yrs.
Michael Johnstone Replies: 11 Views: 1064	He's the guy who convinced me to switch from a D10 to a universal. The steel guitar world lost one it's most influential and irreplicable figures that day. I'm proud to have known him.
Topic: New SX lap steel and the Certano Bender doesn’t fit
Michael Johnstone Replies: 3 Views: 571	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2024 7:33 pm Subject: New SX lap steel and the Certano Bender doesn’t fit
Michael Johnstone Replies: 3 Views: 571	You could find the right size blade pickup and the string spacing wouldn't matter. It'd prolly sound better too. Or get into slanting.....
Topic: Vertical Knee Lever
Michael Johnstone Replies: 8 Views: 1530	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 12 Jan 2024 8:15 pm Subject: Vertical Knee Lever
Michael Johnstone Replies: 8 Views: 1530	The trick is to have it just barely graze the top of your knee at rest. If it's shaped wrong or too short, go out in your shop and fabricate a new one that sits just right. If the case won't close, fi ...
Topic: Fender Princeton Reverb II
Michael Johnstone Replies: 2 Views: 893	Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 22 Oct 2023 7:29 pm Subject: Fender Princeton Reverb II
Michael Johnstone Replies: 2 Views: 893	6V6 or 6L6 power tubes? I can't tell from the photos.
Topic: The great Hop Wilson makes the Washington Post!
Michael Johnstone Replies: 2 Views: 1554	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Oct 2023 7:24 pm Subject: The great Hop Wilson makes the Washington Post!
Michael Johnstone Replies: 2 Views: 1554	"Chicken Stuff" was my favorite tune of his. Hop use to play a Stringmaster laying on a folding card table which also held his cigarettes, ashtray, a glass and a bottle of hootch.
Topic: Lap steel with missing fingers
Michael Johnstone Replies: 10 Views: 1971	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Oct 2023 11:51 am Subject: Lap steel with missing fingers
Michael Johnstone Replies: 10 Views: 1971	I saw a picture of a bar a few years ago that was a basic bullet bar about the size of a 10 string pedal steel bar and it had a steel ring coming out of the middle of it that could swivel. It seems li ...
Topic: Fender Dual 8 question
Michael Johnstone Replies: 9 Views: 1496	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Sep 2023 6:33 pm Subject: Fender Dual 8 question
Michael Johnstone Replies: 9 Views: 1496	I'd put string ferrules like what you find on the back of a Telecaster in the holes in the tailpiece to give the strings a more solid anchor.
Topic: Ets sold
Michael Johnstone Replies: 19 Views: 3881	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 6 Jun 2023 10:44 pm Subject: Ets sold
Michael Johnstone Replies: 19 Views: 3881	It looks like the legs are a fixed length. There's got to be a way to at least level the back legs right?
Topic: Ets sold
Michael Johnstone Replies: 19 Views: 3881	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 6 Jun 2023 6:32 pm Subject: Ets sold
Michael Johnstone Replies: 19 Views: 3881	Can a person still get parts for that guitar if they wanted to add a pedal or another lever or just add a couple pulls to existing levers?
Topic: American Beauty Rag
Michael Johnstone Replies: 21 Views: 3066	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Jun 2023 10:05 pm Subject: American Beauty Rag
Michael Johnstone Replies: 21 Views: 3066	That's really amazing Mike. I'm very impressed.
Topic: Help with new Rickenbacker
Michael Johnstone Replies: 20 Views: 2310	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 May 2023 2:06 pm Subject: Help with new Rickenbacker
Michael Johnstone Replies: 20 Views: 2310	Swap out the half-ass pickup for a nice 8 string pickup. A lot of the mojo of those guitars' tone comes from the large horseshoe magnets. The internal pickup is not particularly special. Its the huge ...
Topic: Benders on an A6 tuning?
Michael Johnstone Replies: 13 Views: 1672	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 May 2023 5:07 pm Subject: Benders on an A6 tuning?
Michael Johnstone Replies: 13 Views: 1672	I too play an A6 8-string tuned like this E C# A F# E C# A G The 7th on the bottom opens up some nice combinations for western swing and bluesy jazz like a Dom7#9 among other things. If I ...
Topic: Where is the Half Stop Mechanism on a modern Excel U12
Michael Johnstone Replies: 10 Views: 1138	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 May 2023 3:53 pm Subject: Where is the Half Stop Mechanism on a modern Excel U12
Michael Johnstone Replies: 10 Views: 1138	On my Excel U-12, the half-stops and I have them on 2 different levers, are nothing like any other guitar I've seen. Essentially it's comprised of 2 bellcrank looking parts facing each other. The one ...
Topic: Half Stop Feel Accuracy
Michael Johnstone Replies: 31 Views: 5330	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 22 May 2023 4:49 pm Subject: Half Stop Feel Accuracy
Michael Johnstone Replies: 31 Views: 5330	Over many years I've learned 2 things about half-stops. You can feel the halfway point better with the inside of your thigh than the outside. And secondly, it's much easier to fineness the halfway poi ...
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Michael Johnstone Replies: 12 Views: 1953	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 May 2023 10:07 pm Subject: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Michael Johnstone Replies: 12 Views: 1953	I was experimenting with putting a dobro tuning on the middle neck of my Stringmaster. I knew I wanted an E in the middle but it got in the way of the core dobro tuning which I wanted to maintain. So ...
Topic: Tom Brumley on C6
Michael Johnstone Replies: 4 Views: 1375	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 May 2023 1:47 pm Subject: Tom Brumley on C6
Michael Johnstone Replies: 4 Views: 1375	One time at the St Louis steel convention Brumley played Jerry Byrd's arrangement of 'Dance of the Goldenrod' on a Ricky Panda 6 string C6. There's a lot of tricky bar wrangling in there but he nailed ...
Topic: Stringmaster body swap?
Michael Johnstone Replies: 3 Views: 746	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 May 2023 5:15 pm Subject: Stringmaster body swap?
Michael Johnstone Replies: 3 Views: 746	Everything's the same but the fretboard. They're not interchangeable due to the different scale lengths.
Topic: Bruce Wandmayer
Michael Johnstone Replies: 10 Views: 4698	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 1 May 2023 11:13 pm Subject: Bruce Wandmayer
Michael Johnstone Replies: 10 Views: 4698	Wow. I first met Bruce in 2007 at Colin Alder's Lapstravaganza in Santa Cruz where he played a set opening for Freddie Roulette. And a year later when we were both playing the 2nd Lapstravaganza along ...
Topic: Jerry Byrd on Stringmaster + Why He Quit Hotel Work (1988)
Michael Johnstone Replies: 16 Views: 2750	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Apr 2023 12:41 pm Subject: Jerry Byrd on Stringmaster + Why He Quit Hotel Work (1988)
Michael Johnstone Replies: 16 Views: 2750	When I first settled in North Hollywood in the early 70s, I lived about 2 blocks down Lankershim Blvd from Donte's jazz club. Every Monday was "Guitar Night" and they would either have Lenny ...
Topic: Please Close
Michael Johnstone Replies: 6 Views: 2061	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 7 Feb 2023 2:34 pm Subject: Please Close
Michael Johnstone Replies: 6 Views: 2061	How much does it weigh in the case?
Topic: My dilemma
Michael Johnstone Replies: 12 Views: 11963	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Nov 2022 1:24 pm Subject: My dilemma
Michael Johnstone Replies: 12 Views: 11963	Any auto upholstery shop can sew one up for you in any color vinyl in about 10 minutes. All you need is a picture or sketch of the bag and its sections and bring your legs and rods so they can be test ...
Topic: Difficulty of pedal steel vs other instruments.
Michael Johnstone Replies: 96 Views: 25397	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 29 Sep 2022 11:54 pm Subject: Difficulty of pedal steel vs other instruments.
Michael Johnstone Replies: 96 Views: 25397	I started out on rock & roll guitar like most guys and I made a living for a number of years doing that in the 60s and early 70s. When I had a guitar repair shop in the back of a music store in No ...
Topic: 1989 Fender Strat Plus SOLD offsite
Michael Johnstone Replies: 0 Views: 1071	Forum Section: For Sale: Other Instruments Posted: 10 Jun 2022 11:24 am Subject: 1989 Fender Strat Plus SOLD offsite
Michael Johnstone Replies: 0 Views: 1071	I inherited this from a friend who bought it new, never gigged with it - just played it around his apartment. I'd keep it myself if I played more guitar because it's exactly the color, pick guard, map ...
Topic: What Is Your Niche?
Michael Johnstone Replies: 39 Views: 6225	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Jun 2022 6:47 pm Subject: What Is Your Niche?
Michael Johnstone Replies: 39 Views: 6225	I've been playing steel around SoCal for about 45 years and the majority of the gigs have been 4-5 pc blend of California country rock and old school Nashville drinkin' & cheatin' songs. I played ...
Topic: Hank Mann passed away in March
Michael Johnstone Replies: 5 Views: 2386	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 25 May 2022 9:08 am Subject: Hank Mann passed away in March
Michael Johnstone Replies: 5 Views: 2386	Wow. Hank was a great guy and he built some of the most interesting lap and console steels I've ever seen. He brought a few over to my house one time and each one was one-of-a-kind. The Swingray was m ...