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hi to all

been absent here for a while and sorry to learn we lost bOb. He taught me a lot and I will miss him.

I have built a respectable collection of pre war laps (rick and national)

A22 7 ...

Worked with Skip in the Kendalls Moving Train Band
in the 80s
Sweet and funny guy, got me started on psg.
A real musical artist who could play the stock licks but always added his own special spice ...

Under bright light with my reading glasses on I can see no trace of a number anywhere on the headstock, inside or out. nuthin' but original black crinkle.

As the new owner of this rare axe, I can say it is worth exactly what some nincompoop was willing to pay for it.

It arrived 3 days late after UPS "misplaced" it. Though well packed it wa ...

Has anyone tried swapping cover plates between different generations of bakelite ricks ?
Thinking about cobbling together the better parts of prewar, wartime and post war model bs. Concerned about sc ...

Bobby,

Probably is the same one. Williams 400 D10 burgundy/maroon from Scott in Asheville.

Ive wanted to drop it to my 5Â´9Â¨ build, but put it off.
Not that IÂ´m lazy (okay, Iá¸¿ lazy ...

Just got off the phone with Bill but forgot to ask him this. He was so generous with his time I don't want to call him back and be a pest.

Will other brands of extensions work or do most people jus ...

I hate to say this, but being Mr. Negativity Pants: If whomever broke in saw that guitar, don't be surprised if they come back.

As someone else eluded to, it belongs in a house where it might be ju ...

Wait - youâ€™re keeping your new pedal steel guitar in a shed with a dirt floor??

No, It is a carefully crafted timber framed cob house, solar powered and with a nice jute rug and climate cont ...

So I come home from paying for my 1st PSG and I hear my cabin alarm going off. (My picking shed where my brand new 1996 Williams 400 D10 sits waiting to be properly flogged, prolly take 10-12 years at ...

pardon my redundancy (or repetition) if this has been mentioned but

when I get into a plateau/funk on one instrument I grab another guitar and go crazy for a couple of days. Then I taper off of tha ...

will more stickers make my car go faster ?....

Im considering a Sierra Session or Williams 400, both keyless.

I'd like to be able to tune individual string down or up a whole step (without using the pedals. It gives me open strings that fit the ...

Hey Paul, is this still for sale ?

Thanks Keith. I guess there's no student models that are convertible ?
I could live with 4 pedals (I understand many players do without #4)

Are there any decent PSGs out there under $1500 that can be easily set up as C6.

I know most student models are fixed, but are there exceptions?

I've played guitar for 50 years, dobro and lap fo ...

I really want to buy a C6 single neck.
Or a single neck E9 that can be easily converted to C6.

Eight or 10 string, mechanically sound, plays in tune

Thanks
Bert

I'm a bit html challenged

Yes, just concealed
This is a quote from Retrofret

The pickup is the same blade-equipped unit with an internal horseshoe magnet used on all first National and Dobro electrics. It is mostly hidden, ...

I am selling my National Electric Hawaiian with original case and bullet bar.

I am posting here to give fair notice to members of this great forum

7 day auction starting 3/20/16 9pm EST

Ebay ...

I have a 1939 model 59 body that I found on ebay a few years back. It was spraypainted gold and I immediately reversed this indignity (no trace of the greyburst, so I think it was stripped before the ...

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Topic: Not an ad.. Iḿ selling my collection and need advice
Bert Brown Replies: 3 Views: 1308	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Sep 2023 5:01 pm Subject: Not an ad.. Iḿ selling my collection and need advice
Bert Brown Replies: 3 Views: 1308	hi to all been absent here for a while and sorry to learn we lost bOb. He taught me a lot and I will miss him. I have built a respectable collection of pre war laps (rick and national) A22 7 ...
Topic: Skip Jackson
Bert Brown Replies: 5 Views: 4896	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 22 Jan 2022 3:26 pm Subject: Skip was a super picker
Bert Brown Replies: 5 Views: 4896	Worked with Skip in the Kendalls Moving Train Band in the 80s Sweet and funny guy, got me started on psg. A real musical artist who could play the stock licks but always added his own special spice ...
Topic: Unusual Ric Frypan
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3393	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 May 2021 1:33 pm Subject: no serial that I can find
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3393	Under bright light with my reading glasses on I can see no trace of a number anywhere on the headstock, inside or out. nuthin' but original black crinkle.
Topic: Unusual Ric Frypan
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3393	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 May 2021 5:36 am Subject: my 7 string black crinkle pan
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3393	As the new owner of this rare axe, I can say it is worth exactly what some nincompoop was willing to pay for it. It arrived 3 days late after UPS "misplaced" it. Though well packed it wa ...
Topic: are ricky model b plates interchangeable ?
Bert Brown Replies: 1 Views: 692	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Feb 2021 1:06 pm Subject: are ricky model b plates interchangeable ?
Bert Brown Replies: 1 Views: 692	Has anyone tried swapping cover plates between different generations of bakelite ricks ? Thinking about cobbling together the better parts of prewar, wartime and post war model bs. Concerned about sc ...
Topic: Need some knee lever extensions for a Williams 400 D10
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 707	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 17 Jul 2018 3:21 pm Subject: knee extenders
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 707	Bobby, Probably is the same one. Williams 400 D10 burgundy/maroon from Scott in Asheville. Ive wanted to drop it to my 5Â´9Â¨ build, but put it off. Not that IÂ´m lazy (okay, Iá¸¿ lazy ...
Topic: Need some knee lever extensions for a Williams 400 D10
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 707	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 17 Jul 2018 9:39 am Subject: Need some knee lever extensions for a Williams 400 D10
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 707	Just got off the phone with Bill but forgot to ask him this. He was so generous with his time I don't want to call him back and be a pest. Will other brands of extensions work or do most people jus ...
Topic: I dodged a bullet today of all days my 1st day as PSG owner
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3079	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Jul 2018 1:00 am Subject: I dodged a bullet today of all days my 1st day as PSG owner
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3079	I hate to say this, but being Mr. Negativity Pants: If whomever broke in saw that guitar, don't be surprised if they come back. As someone else eluded to, it belongs in a house where it might be ju ...
Topic: I dodged a bullet today of all days my 1st day as PSG owner
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3079	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Jul 2018 12:46 am Subject: I dodged a bullet today of all days my 1st day as PSG owner
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3079	Wait - youâ€™re keeping your new pedal steel guitar in a shed with a dirt floor?? No, It is a carefully crafted timber framed cob house, solar powered and with a nice jute rug and climate cont ...
Topic: I dodged a bullet today of all days my 1st day as PSG owner
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3079	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jul 2018 5:43 pm Subject: I dodged a bullet today of all days my 1st day as PSG owner
Bert Brown Replies: 13 Views: 3079	So I come home from paying for my 1st PSG and I hear my cabin alarm going off. (My picking shed where my brand new 1996 Williams 400 D10 sits waiting to be properly flogged, prolly take 10-12 years at ...
Topic: Sudden loss of 'chops'?
Bert Brown Replies: 18 Views: 4922	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Jul 2018 7:29 pm Subject: plateau funk....
Bert Brown Replies: 18 Views: 4922	pardon my redundancy (or repetition) if this has been mentioned but when I get into a plateau/funk on one instrument I grab another guitar and go crazy for a couple of days. Then I taper off of tha ...
Topic: Will more pedals an knee leavers make you a pro faster?
Bert Brown Replies: 95 Views: 19981	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Jul 2018 6:57 pm Subject: more pedals= faster ?
Bert Brown Replies: 95 Views: 19981	will more stickers make my car go faster ?....
Topic: Range ? Travel of Keyless Tuners ?
Bert Brown Replies: 8 Views: 2021	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Jul 2018 10:34 am Subject: Range ? Travel of Keyless Tuners ?
Bert Brown Replies: 8 Views: 2021	Im considering a Sierra Session or Williams 400, both keyless. I'd like to be able to tune individual string down or up a whole step (without using the pedals. It gives me open strings that fit the ...
Topic: msa d-10 classic SS f/s (SOLD)
Bert Brown Replies: 11 Views: 5593	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 3 Jul 2018 10:44 am Subject: msa d-10 classic SS f/s (SOLD)
Bert Brown Replies: 11 Views: 5593	Hey Paul, is this still for sale ?
Topic: Lower end PSG that can be be set up as C6 ?
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 1161	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Jul 2018 7:15 am Subject: Lower end PSG that can be be set up as C6 ?
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 1161	Thanks Keith. I guess there's no student models that are convertible ? I could live with 4 pedals (I understand many players do without #4)
Topic: Lower end PSG that can be be set up as C6 ?
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 1161	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Jul 2018 10:10 am Subject: Lower end PSG that can be be set up as C6 ?
Bert Brown Replies: 4 Views: 1161	Are there any decent PSGs out there under $1500 that can be easily set up as C6. I know most student models are fixed, but are there exceptions? I've played guitar for 50 years, dobro and lap fo ...
Topic: Looking for a Single neck in C6
Bert Brown Replies: 2 Views: 570	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 2 Jul 2018 10:04 am Subject: Looking for a Single neck in C6
Bert Brown Replies: 2 Views: 570	I really want to buy a C6 single neck. Or a single neck E9 that can be easily converted to C6. Eight or 10 string, mechanically sound, plays in tune Thanks Bert
Topic: National Electric Hawaiian 5th Variant 1937 ? Original, case
Bert Brown Replies: 6 Views: 2992	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 22 Mar 2016 1:36 pm Subject: thanks for the link, Bill
Bert Brown Replies: 6 Views: 2992	I'm a bit html challenged
Topic: National Electric Hawaiian 5th Variant 1937 ? Original, case
Bert Brown Replies: 6 Views: 2992	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 22 Mar 2016 9:01 am Subject: National Electric Hawaiian 5th Variant 1937 ? Original, case
Bert Brown Replies: 6 Views: 2992	Yes, just concealed This is a quote from Retrofret The pickup is the same blade-equipped unit with an internal horseshoe magnet used on all first National and Dobro electrics. It is mostly hidden, ...
Topic: National Electric Hawaiian 5th Variant 1937 ? Original, case
Bert Brown Replies: 6 Views: 2992	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 20 Mar 2016 8:05 am Subject: National Electric Hawaiian 5th Variant 1937 ? Original, case
Bert Brown Replies: 6 Views: 2992	I am selling my National Electric Hawaiian with original case and bullet bar. I am posting here to give fair notice to members of this great forum 7 day auction starting 3/20/16 9pm EST Ebay ...
Topic: NEED PARTS FOR A MODEL 59 restore
Bert Brown Replies: 1 Views: 548	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Feb 2005 9:59 am Subject: NEED PARTS FOR A MODEL 59 restore
Bert Brown Replies: 1 Views: 548	I have a 1939 model 59 body that I found on ebay a few years back. It was spraypainted gold and I immediately reversed this indignity (no trace of the greyburst, so I think it was stripped before the ...