Share Your Setup

[Mike Shefrin]

I am curious as to the different setups everyone uses, and whether you are happy with what you have. I am extremely satisfied with my current setup after having gone through many different changes of equipment.

1)Candy apple red finish ZB SD-10 (3+5)
2)Jagwire stainless steel strings, E9 12-38
3)ZB volume pedal (Allen Bradley pot)
4)Boss RV3(I plug it into the send and return in the back of my Steel King. Sounds better this way)
5)Fender Steel King w original speaker(I don't use the amp's reverb. I use the RV3 for a little reverb and delay)
6)Jim Burden custom made wide stainless steel bar
7)Fred Kelly red polycarb thumbpick and two National NP2 fingerpicks
8 ) C.B.I Goldrush cables
9)Walker seat

What are the rest of you using?

edited for corrections

[Greg Cutshaw]

1)Red MSA Legend D-10 (E9/C6 8+8) with Truetones, 16.6 kohm
2)Jaguar E9/C6 strings (stainless)
3)Hilton Lightweight and Goodrich Model 120 Volume pedals
4)Boss RV5(use both Hall and Plate reverbs)
5)Fender Steel King, original speaker (I don't use the reverb)
6)BJS bar(15/16 for ten string)
7)Blue Herco thumbpick and two National Nickel Plated fingerpicks
8)Guyatone MD-3 Delay
9)George L's Cables

Greg

[Pat Carlson]

1 Mullen Royal Precision 3x5 (Red of Course)
2 Jagwire Nickel Wound
3 Hilton Low Profile
4 Steel Guitar Black Box
5 Lexicon MPX 100
6 BJS Bar 1"
7 Peavey Nashville 1000 & Peavey PX 300
8 Zookies 20 Thumbpick National Finger Picks

Tone maybe just a little bit bright.
Thinking about trying a Peavey Dual Deltafex

[Brian ONeil]

1) White Mica Williams S12WB universal 7x4
2) Goodrich 120 volume pedal
3) MXR Dyna Comp Compressor
4) Boss RV3 pedal
5) Vox AC15 (with single 12" Celestion Alnico Blue)
6) National thumb and Dunlop finger picks
7) BJS bar or some unidentified 10 string bar
Cobra Coil strings

[Stu Schulman]

Desert Rose D10 green lacquer 8+5
Bill Lawrence XLR-16 pickups
Sho-Bud Christmas Tree Amp
Steelseat.Com Seat
Goodrich 120 volume pedal
John Pearce bar
GHS Boomers strings
Zookies M-20 thumb pick
Dunlop fingerpicks
This is my classic country set-up no distorto

[David Doggett]

MSA Millennium E9/B6 S12U 9 & 5
Truetone and BL 912 pickups
Fender Dual Showman Reverb head
2x12 Jensens, or two 1x15 JBL Marrs cabs
Hilton VP
Seymour Duncan Twin Tube distortion box
Jagwire strings
Twister double bullet bar
National metal thumb and three finger picks

[Dick Wood]

Williams D10 8x5
Fender Steel King
Hilton Pedal
1" Bullet Bar
Boss Delay
Fred Kelly Thumb speed picks National Finger picks

[b0b]

This is what I use most of the time:

1. Williams D-12X 5+5 maple with ebony black finish
2. Jagwire strings, nickel wound
3. Williams volume pedal (potentiometer type)
4. Mesa/Boogie Maverick Prototype w/12" Tone Tubby ceramic speaker
5. (optional) 12" Tone Tubby alnico extension speaker
6. H&K Rotosphere (in effects loop of amp)
7. various tone bars (Zirconia, BJS, Schubb-Pierce, glass, Nick Maniloff)
8. Zookie thumb pick, 3 National finger picks

[Dave Harmonson]

My current set-up:
GFI D 10 Ultra Keyless 8&6 Red and Gold
SIT strings
Fender Vibrosonic w/ JBL 15
Hilton Low profile pedal
Boss RV3 (reverb setting)
Rat distortion box
Zookie thumb pick and 2 National finger piicks

[Cal Sharp]

The same setup I've been using for the last 20+ years, except for the volume pedal and the seat:

Emmons P/P D-10
Nashville 400 or Bandit 65
Peavey Profex
Hilton volume pedal
Blue thumb pick and whatever 2 finger picks I can find in my box that seem to fit
Seat from www.steelseat.com
Various tuners, rack-mount or hand-held, currently a Korg
Black Emmons T-shirt

[Billy Carr]

Black mica GFI Ultra S10D w/3 & 5
FSK amp w/1501BW
Peterson VS-II tuner
Hilton pedal
DD-3 Delay
Frenchy's Steel Mill strings
George L cables
(Guitar changes on a regular basis,as do picks.)
Walker seat w/side compartment.

[Bent Romnes]

Well this should be good for a laugh..

Homemade SD10, 4 and 5. All wood incl neck
A, B and C work great.
Ped 4 (Franklin)don't work so I unhooked it. Pedal is still there for cool factor.
Raise and lower E's on LKL and LKR work great
LKV lower 5&10 will work when I get a new, different shaped KL made
RKR lower 2 and half stop 9 works only on lower 2 a half tone. Half-stop broke.Must re-design.
RKL..at a loss as to what strings to hook it up to. Right now it's lowering 1 and 6. NO idea of it's function.

Sho-Bud v ped (narrow kind that hooks to the ped board. PEC pot
Nashville 112. Sweet.

One of these days I will attempt another youtube so y'all can hear what a homebuilt sounds like

[Twayn Williams]

My current setup:

GFI S-10 Ultra -- not happy with the pickup, still fiddling with the copendent, but a sweet guitar

Tama HT730 drum throne -- very comfy, but needs a back-rest

Ernie Ball Steel Bar -- I'm thinking of trying out one of those glass bars

Propik fingertone picks and thumbpick -- the ONLY fingerpicks I'll use besides my nails.

SIT strings -- since I'm going to be changing my copendent around, I'll have to start ordering singles

Boss ME20 multifx pedal -- it's low to the ground, has a decent buffer and I really like the feel of the volume pedal. I sometimes use the distortion settings, but mainly I use it for the expression pedal, tuner and delay.

Fender Princeton Recording Amp -- hands down the best amp I've ever owned! Not powerful enough for a really loud band, but then I have a Twin for those situations!

George L's cables -- I love 'em!

[Mike Shefrin]

Thanks fellas! Very interesting to see all the various different combinations. Anyone else out there care to divulge what you use and if you are content with it.

[chris ivey]

this is a fun thread..

same for over 20 years

old d10 zum
pv ltd 400
ibanez stomp delay
bigass bar
cheapest individual strings i can find
and , oh yeah..goodrich 10k pot pedal..never been scratchy!

[Bill Moore (RIP)]

Usual setup:

2003 Fessenden D-10, although I mostly just play E9th,
Hilton volume pedal,
Behringer EQ pedal, used to get a semi-dobro sound,
Nobels ODR-1 overdrive,
Boss DD-3, I don't use any reverb,
Dunlop or Bullet 7/8" bar,
Herco blue thumbpick,
Jeff Newman fingerpicks,
I use nickel strings,
George L cables,
Boss TU-12 tuner
usually it's a Peavey LTD400, sometimes a Nashville 400,
Walker seat.

[Martin Abend]

1)'91 Sierra Crown gearless S-10 3x4
2)Jagwire strings
3)George Dennis volume pedal
4)Digitech Bad Monkey
5)Electro Harmonix Holy Grail
6)Custom built Blues Junior-copy (15 watts, 10" Jensen)
7)BJS bar
8)Klotz/Neutrik cables

[Drew Howard]

2002 Fessenden D-10
2008 Fessy SD-10
1968 Fender Stringmaster T8

Emmons or Dunlop 7/8" bar

Goodrich L120
Boss TU-2 (tuner)
Boss DD-3 (delay), BBE Soul Vibe, Fulltone OCD, Voodoo Lab Tremolo

1977 Fender Twin Reverb 135w
2007 Fender Blues Jr.

[Paul Wade]

about the same for 5 years

1 msa d-10 classic xl 8+5- dekley d-10 8+7
1998 fessy d-10 8+5

2 1976 session 400

3 webb 6-14-e

4 alesis midverb 3

5 ibanez dd-100 delay
bj bars
thats it

[Darvin Willhoite]

Mine changes every few weeks but here is today's setup:

At my church gig:

MSA Studio Pro
ProCo Rat distortion pedal
Goodrich H10K Pedal
Electro Harmonix Nano Stone Phaser
Digitech 2112 Tube Preamp/Effects unit
Countryman FET Direct Box direct into the house system
AVIOM Personal monitor mixer
Shure 600 Series wireless in-ear monitor system
Custom molded, dual driver earphones
Tribotone plastic bar

My practice rig:

'74 MSA Classic (restored and updated)
ProCo Rat distortion
Goodrich H10K pedal
Electro Harmonix Nano Stone Phaser
Boss CH1 chorus pedal
Boss RV3 reverb/delay
Evans AE100 with external speaker
Homemade stainless steel bar

[Ray Kedge]

The first one from over the pond.

Bennett D10 8x7
Bennett SD10 4x6 (I am collecting it today)
Nashville 112
Evans 500
Goodrich 120 Volume Pedal
Digitech RP50
Boss DD6
Picato Custom gauge strings
George L's Cables

[Danny Letz]

I have several setups I use depending on the circumstances. Most commonly;
1992 Red Zumsteel S-10, 3 & 5, George L 10-1
Hilton Pedal, George L cables.
Cushcase seat with back and memory foam back cushion.
Peavey Nash 112, or Nash 400 Lemay with Black Box or
Profex II, Black Box, 200 Stewart, 15 " Black Widow.
If not using Profex, I use a Boss DD-3 occasionally.
Am currently experimenting with Tonic Preamp.
GHS Stainless strings.
National Thumb, Jeff Newman finger picks.
BJS 15/16 bar.
Mikwaukee's Best, Coors Light, Bud Light or MGD in moderation of course. Usually to busy tryin to play steel to think about the drinkin.

[Bob Bowden]

Just getting back in after not playing for a few years. Still rebuilding the gear collection.

1) '91 Sierra Crown S10 gearless 3&5
2) MSA volume pedal(original pot)
3) either a Dan-echo or Behringer DR100(Boss RV-5) clone
4) Marshall 4101
5) National white thumbpick and Dunlop or National .018 fingerpicks
6) John Pearse bars

[chris ivey]

danny...that's funny! at least your back cushion will know what to do even if you don't after all that drinkin' ha ha.....

[Delvin Morgan]

1) '06 Williams S12 ExE9 12x4 GeorgeL 12-1 p'up
2)SIT stainless strings (for now)
3)Hilton VP
4)ProFexII
5)NV112 and VK100 head with Fred Justice 15"BW cab
6)GeorgeL 1" bar
7)Red thumb pick and National NP2 finger picks
8)Fender cables
9)Steelers Choice seat with backrest and side car (color matches guitar)
10) CryBaby WahWah