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Topic: My Schild went to Texas | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 2 Views: 557 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Mar 2024 10:14 am Subject: My Schild went to Texas |
had a great two week trip across Texas including the Texas Steel Guitar Jamboree, my Schild met a lot of great players and builders and even made it to the stage on a Tracy Bird Show.
Everybody compl ... |
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Topic: “TONE” That Is The Question | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 34 Views: 22004 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 28 Nov 2023 1:38 pm Subject: “TONE” That Is The Question |
thanks Justin and Fred, i think everybody who offers his time in this forum brings in a lot of passion for the steel guitar.
Everybody has his own musical biography, resulting in different likes and ... |
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Topic: “TONE” That Is The Question | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 34 Views: 22004 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Nov 2023 11:03 am Subject: “TONE” That Is The Question |
"I can tell you that the reason I did not come to pedal steel earlier in life is that I do not like the traditional tone of it. I feel nothing when I listen to most traditional country music whic ... | |
Topic: Mullen Discovery & GFI Expo price difference | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 13 Views: 1971 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Jul 2023 8:35 pm Subject: Mullen Discovery & GFI Expo price difference |
you can`t go wron with either one. I once owned an S 10 Expo, just as good as my Ultra.
Customer Support on GFI is legendary, but also great on Mullen as everybody says. I would consider the Mullen ... |
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Topic: watch what i would identify as an earlier Tommy Detamore | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 4 Views: 621 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Jul 2023 4:15 am Subject: watch what i would identify as an earlier Tommy Detamore |
great stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyb61bkD-t8 |
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Topic: What's the best lightweight 12" speaker? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 15 Views: 2543 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 Jul 2023 1:25 am Subject: What's the best lightweight 12" speaker? |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0b7qUPPKwI
in this video they seem to agree that the TT12 is the best speaker... |
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Topic: What's the best lightweight 12" speaker? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 15 Views: 2543 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Jul 2023 8:26 am Subject: What's the best lightweight 12" speaker? |
Hi David, do you have a link to the speaker shootout? | |
Topic: Single coil or Humbucker ? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 19 Views: 1308 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Jul 2023 5:28 am Subject: Single coil or Humbucker ? |
i use a Truetone Single Coil 16 k and never had any problems wit hum
propably our electricity is better over here the telecaster besides me hums a lot |
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Topic: how do you set up your guitar? Cranked or level? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 11 Views: 1857 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Jul 2023 2:36 am Subject: how do you set up your guitar? Cranked or level? |
i agree, John, it`s also easier on bar control in my opinion, better view on the fret makes it more natural to keep the bar straight.
Thanks for all your thoughts, guys. |
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Topic: how do you set up your guitar? Cranked or level? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 11 Views: 1857 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 29 Jun 2023 1:09 am Subject: how do you set up your guitar? Cranked or level? |
i checked the level of my guitar standing on a plain level surface.
i found out it was slightly cranked toward me. After lenghtening my back legs the guitar now is horizontally which is more comfort ... |
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Topic: Sold | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 9 Views: 2604 |
Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 5 May 2023 7:13 am Subject: Sold |
beautiful guitar! | |
Topic: low weight/modern equivalent of bf/sf twin reverb? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 18 Views: 2697 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 26 Apr 2023 7:52 pm Subject: low weight/modern equivalent of bf/sf twin reverb? |
definately Tonemaster ! | |
Topic: Half Stop Feel Accuracy | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 31 Views: 5323 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Apr 2023 8:14 pm Subject: Half Stop Feel Accuracy |
Schild is the mechanically best guitar on the market imho
here`s the half stop. works fantastic. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/6497_DSC_0567_2.jpg |
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Topic: Bar to string pressure or not ? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 9 Views: 2955 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Apr 2023 1:10 am Subject: Bar to string pressure or not ? |
never thought too much about this , but recently I found out that i w as putting more pressure on the bar than necessary
Especially in the higher registers I notice a remarkably increase in sustain ... |
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Topic: John Hughey w/Vince Gill | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 6 Views: 2032 |
Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 8 Apr 2023 5:29 pm Subject: John Hughey w/Vince Gill |
great stuff, thanks Walter | |
Topic: Truetone unwinding - how far? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 8 Views: 1468 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Apr 2023 11:42 am Subject: Truetone unwinding - how far? |
Ethan, i`m glad it worked for you so far.
The more you unwind the brighter you can expect your pickup to sound. One of my favourite players, Tommy Detamore uses around 14,5 on his push pull guitars. ... |
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Topic: Truetone unwinding - how far? | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 8 Views: 1468 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Apr 2023 11:20 am Subject: Truetone unwinding - how far? |
depending on what you want. Pickups for steel guitars have gotten hotter nowadays, what many players might prefer.
A lot of us are hooked on the older sounds of our ravourite records. those were mai ... |
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Topic: Stage One Volume Pedal | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 2 Views: 788 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 28 Feb 2023 9:26 pm Subject: Stage One Volume Pedal |
i agree, Steve, after purchasing the first one i soon got me a second. I really appreciate the light weight and the pedal has all a steel guitar pedal needs. ... | |
Topic: why do steels sound flat, exept Paul Franklin and co | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 21 Views: 3340 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 28 Feb 2023 11:15 am Subject: why do steels sound flat, exept Paul Franklin and co |
thaks for your input, guys, i used to try different pre sets on my peterson tuners, they were okay but never really satisfied me.
the best instruction i got was on the Paul Franklin basic course wher ... |
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Topic: why do steels sound flat, exept Paul Franklin and co | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 21 Views: 3340 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Feb 2023 11:02 am Subject: why do steels sound flat, exept Paul Franklin and co |
most of the time i watch live videos of country performances including my own ones the steel guitar sounds flat. ... | |
Topic: Professorhonkytonk.com | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 19 Views: 4478 |
Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 10 Feb 2023 10:36 am Subject: Professorhonkytonk.com |
very well done, Jordan! | |
Topic: Flying picks | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 46 Views: 5715 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Jan 2023 9:24 pm Subject: Flying picks |
i was playing a show one time and laid my picks behind me on a stage riser, to switch to telecaster. A camera man filmed from behind and stepped on my picks right before the next song whe ... | |
Topic: Steels that makes you smile from ear too ear!!!! | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 11 Views: 2545 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 21 Jan 2023 11:41 am Subject: Steels that makes you smile from ear too ear!!!! |
definately this one. I feel really blessed to own it.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/6497_7480fe5ca89e48c9b805d8acb76ea219_1.jpg |
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Topic: Affordable leg mount for Peterson Strobostomp HD | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 15 Views: 2785 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 21 Jan 2023 11:16 am Subject: Affordable leg mount for Peterson Strobostomp HD |
i have the peterson app on my i phone. with the matching adapter you can tune your guitar precisely even under noisy conditions if you have written down the offsets in cent.
i use the Strobo HD on my ... |
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Topic: Cleaning and/or Restoring a GFI | |
Norbert Dengler Replies: 9 Views: 1374 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2023 9:05 am Subject: Cleaning and/or Restoring a GFI |
i agree with Scott,
this guitar looks well beaten in and surely sounds great. i would do a normal cleaning and a setup and leave this beauty as it is. GFI guitars are almost indestructable, i have ... |
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