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When I attended Jeff Newman's beginner's course in 1983, Buddy walked, holding a little girl I'd guess to be about three or four years old. Peggy came in just behind them. I presumed the little girl ...

Eddie was the first in-the-flesh steel player I ever met, back when I was 16 or 17. As Rose’s above post indicates, his knack for “gizmo” creativity was ingenious. That first day we met, he wa ...

For years, I've been hearing the knock put on later Sho~Buds equipped with pot-metal parts. I've owned seven pedal steels, including two Zums, but the one I've put the most miles on, far and away, is ...

Thanks for your thoughts.

Apologies if this may have been discussed elsewhere.

I'm wondering if anyone can say from experience whether speakers mounted onto the back of the baffle board (eg. Peaveys) provide superior tone o ...

I just use Armorall. Gives the Tolex a nice new sheen.

I believe I was 17 when I saw my first real live, in-the-flesh steel player at a venue called Square Acres in Bridgewater, MA. It was the venerable Eddie Cunningham, playing a (double-neck?) stand-up ...

Thanks for the tips & pix, Tom. Your steels look great!

I'm in NH & left my Vega at my friend's house down near Rhode Island, so I don't know the model number, but it's one of the more com ...

I recently recovered my old 6-string Vega lap steel after it being missing for four decades. The controls are rusted solid & there's a chunk broken off the nut next to the 5th string, causing the ...

Dean, I'm in Richmond -- practically next door to Jaffrey (for NH). Shoot me an e-mail if you want to connect.

Guys, thank you all so much for the good advice. Bobby: very interesting idea!

Late in December, I had the end of my right index finger crushed by a towing chain, tearing out half the nail & fracturing the phalanx. About a third of the finger is still badly swollen & wi ...

A recent Craigs List posting offered a "vintage Sho Bud Pro III Custom" for sale in San Jose for only $800. An accompanying photo showed it to be well worth the very low asking price. I an ...

Vinnie, scheduling your N.E. Steel Guitar meeting in RI on the same day that the RI group is having its own annual meeting is obviously a bad conflict that can only hurt one or the other or both group ...

Hi Sam! Yes, there's a steel player in the band: Sorry, it's only me.

We miss you in these parts, Sam. Hope you and Anna are well.

The "Always...Patsy Cline" show (not the local community version) will complete its tour this week at the Rhode Island Center for Performing Arts (Park Theater), 848 Park Ave., Cranston, RI. ...

Terry is Mr. Smoooooth!

The show is in its 3rd & final week at the Stoneham Theater, 395 Main St., Stoneham, MA., before moving on to Worcester, MA, then Cranston, RI.

It got a very good review in the Boston Globe:
...

Absolutely positive, Jack. Everything else in the line has been eliminated. Only when a Hilton pedal and/or a Peterson tuner (whether inline or parallel) is introduced into the circuit does buzzing ...

I really like Peterson tuners & Hilton pedals. But I find both generate significant buzz at higher volume settings. (I've swapped out amps & patch cords & taken all other devices offline ...

Thanks Jerry. Before downgrading to .011s, I went through 6 or more .012s and .0115s combined, different brands, different batches. They'd pop sometimes even before I got them up to pitch -- breakin ...

Is it just mine, or do all Zums pop 3rd strings (E9th) on gauges thicker than .011? I've used .012s on all other steels I've had & this is the 1st one that just won't tolerate even .0115. (But t ...

Ron, my Vega Console is packed away in another state, and I haven't looked at it for well over a year. But as I recall the fingerboard is wood. When I get a chance I'll check it out & see if I c ...

Andy, my longtime friend, Eddie Cunningham, called my attention to your posting of the Vega Console, wherein you said: "I've never seen or played one of these but I'd like to do so."

I ha ...

True, Lloyd played on the original recording.

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Topic: Buddy
Bill Fall Replies: 10 Views: 4007	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 May 2016 5:51 am Subject: Buddy
Bill Fall Replies: 10 Views: 4007	When I attended Jeff Newman's beginner's course in 1983, Buddy walked, holding a little girl I'd guess to be about three or four years old. Peggy came in just behind them. I presumed the little girl ...
Topic: R.I.P. Eddie Cunningham
Bill Fall Replies: 19 Views: 11841	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 16 Mar 2016 6:30 pm Subject: R.I.P. Eddie Cunningham
Bill Fall Replies: 19 Views: 11841	Eddie was the first in-the-flesh steel player I ever met, back when I was 16 or 17. As Rose’s above post indicates, his knack for “gizmo” creativity was ingenious. That first day we met, he wa ...
Topic: Just bought my first Pedal Steel -- How'd I do, guys?
Bill Fall Replies: 34 Views: 14844	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Dec 2015 4:18 pm Subject: Just bought my first Pedal Steel -- How'd I do, guys?
Bill Fall Replies: 34 Views: 14844	For years, I've been hearing the knock put on later Sho~Buds equipped with pot-metal parts. I've owned seven pedal steels, including two Zums, but the one I've put the most miles on, far and away, is ...
Topic: Front or Rear Mounting of Speaker
Bill Fall Replies: 4 Views: 1690	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 Dec 2014 9:19 am Subject: Front or Rear Mounting of Speaker
Bill Fall Replies: 4 Views: 1690	Thanks for your thoughts.
Topic: Front or Rear Mounting of Speaker
Bill Fall Replies: 4 Views: 1690	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 5 Dec 2014 9:01 am Subject: Front or Rear Mounting of Speaker
Bill Fall Replies: 4 Views: 1690	Apologies if this may have been discussed elsewhere. I'm wondering if anyone can say from experience whether speakers mounted onto the back of the baffle board (eg. Peaveys) provide superior tone o ...
Topic: Cleaning Material
Bill Fall Replies: 10 Views: 3285	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Jun 2014 7:26 am Subject: Cleaning Material
Bill Fall Replies: 10 Views: 3285	I just use Armorall. Gives the Tolex a nice new sheen.
Topic: I'm lucky to have lived in the "Golden Years"
Bill Fall Replies: 13 Views: 4901	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 Jun 2014 5:29 am Subject: Memories of Eddie
Bill Fall Replies: 13 Views: 4901	I believe I was 17 when I saw my first real live, in-the-flesh steel player at a venue called Square Acres in Bridgewater, MA. It was the venerable Eddie Cunningham, playing a (double-neck?) stand-up ...
Topic: Nut for Vega
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 946	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Oct 2013 9:14 am Subject: Nut for Vega
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 946	Thanks for the tips & pix, Tom. Your steels look great! I'm in NH & left my Vega at my friend's house down near Rhode Island, so I don't know the model number, but it's one of the more com ...
Topic: Nut for Vega
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 946	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Oct 2013 6:28 am Subject: Nut for Vega
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 946	I recently recovered my old 6-string Vega lap steel after it being missing for four decades. The controls are rusted solid & there's a chunk broken off the nut next to the 5th string, causing the ...
Topic: New Hampshire Steel Players
Bill Fall Replies: 8 Views: 2991	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:49 am Subject: New Hampshire Steel Players
Bill Fall Replies: 8 Views: 2991	Dean, I'm in Richmond -- practically next door to Jaffrey (for NH). Shoot me an e-mail if you want to connect.
Topic: Special finger picks
Bill Fall Replies: 7 Views: 5576	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Jan 2011 7:26 am Subject: Special finger picks
Bill Fall Replies: 7 Views: 5576	Guys, thank you all so much for the good advice. Bobby: very interesting idea!
Topic: Special finger picks
Bill Fall Replies: 7 Views: 5576	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Jan 2011 9:25 am Subject: Special finger picks
Bill Fall Replies: 7 Views: 5576	Late in December, I had the end of my right index finger crushed by a towing chain, tearing out half the nail & fracturing the phalanx. About a third of the finger is still badly swollen & wi ...
Topic: Beware of scam!
Bill Fall Replies: 12 Views: 7334	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Oct 2010 7:11 am Subject: Beware of scam!
Bill Fall Replies: 12 Views: 7334	A recent Craigs List posting offered a "vintage Sho Bud Pro III Custom" for sale in San Jose for only $800. An accompanying photo showed it to be well worth the very low asking price. I an ...
Topic: New England Steel Guitar Show in Rhode Island
Bill Fall Replies: 29 Views: 8942	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 11 Aug 2010 1:42 am Subject: New England Steel Guitar Show in Rhode Island
Bill Fall Replies: 29 Views: 8942	Vinnie, scheduling your N.E. Steel Guitar meeting in RI on the same day that the RI group is having its own annual meeting is obviously a bad conflict that can only hurt one or the other or both group ...
Topic: Always...Patsy Cline - Rhode Island
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 1110	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 5 Aug 2010 2:09 am Subject: Always...Patsy Cline - Rhode Island
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 1110	Hi Sam! Yes, there's a steel player in the band: Sorry, it's only me. We miss you in these parts, Sam. Hope you and Anna are well.
Topic: Always...Patsy Cline - Rhode Island
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 1110	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 4 Aug 2010 9:51 am Subject: Always...Patsy Cline - Rhode Island
Bill Fall Replies: 2 Views: 1110	The "Always...Patsy Cline" show (not the local community version) will complete its tour this week at the Rhode Island Center for Performing Arts (Park Theater), 848 Park Ave., Cranston, RI. ...
Topic: Old Fashioned Way Number Two
Bill Fall Replies: 10 Views: 3396	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 27 Jul 2010 8:33 am Subject: Old Fashioned Way Number Two
Bill Fall Replies: 10 Views: 3396	Terry is Mr. Smoooooth!
Topic: Always, Patsy Cline - Boston area
Bill Fall Replies: 0 Views: 540	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 21 Jul 2010 4:58 am Subject: Always, Patsy Cline - Boston area
Bill Fall Replies: 0 Views: 540	The show is in its 3rd & final week at the Stoneham Theater, 395 Main St., Stoneham, MA., before moving on to Worcester, MA, then Cranston, RI. It got a very good review in the Boston Globe: ...
Topic: Buzz issues
Bill Fall Replies: 8 Views: 2354	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 10 Jul 2010 4:59 am Subject: Buzz issues
Bill Fall Replies: 8 Views: 2354	Absolutely positive, Jack. Everything else in the line has been eliminated. Only when a Hilton pedal and/or a Peterson tuner (whether inline or parallel) is introduced into the circuit does buzzing ...
Topic: Buzz issues
Bill Fall Replies: 8 Views: 2354	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 10 Jul 2010 4:31 am Subject: Buzz issues
Bill Fall Replies: 8 Views: 2354	I really like Peterson tuners & Hilton pedals. But I find both generate significant buzz at higher volume settings. (I've swapped out amps & patch cords & taken all other devices offline ...
Topic: Zums
Bill Fall Replies: 17 Views: 7503	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Jun 2010 9:50 am Subject: Zums
Bill Fall Replies: 17 Views: 7503	Thanks Jerry. Before downgrading to .011s, I went through 6 or more .012s and .0115s combined, different brands, different batches. They'd pop sometimes even before I got them up to pitch -- breakin ...
Topic: Zums
Bill Fall Replies: 17 Views: 7503	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Jun 2010 9:20 am Subject: Zums
Bill Fall Replies: 17 Views: 7503	Is it just mine, or do all Zums pop 3rd strings (E9th) on gauges thicker than .011? I've used .012s on all other steels I've had & this is the 1st one that just won't tolerate even .0115. (But t ...
Topic: 1939 Vega Console Steel ... cool!
Bill Fall Replies: 61 Views: 40555	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Apr 2010 1:53 am Subject: Fingerboard
Bill Fall Replies: 61 Views: 40555	Ron, my Vega Console is packed away in another state, and I haven't looked at it for well over a year. But as I recall the fingerboard is wood. When I get a chance I'll check it out & see if I c ...
Topic: 1939 Vega Console Steel ... cool!
Bill Fall Replies: 61 Views: 40555	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Apr 2010 8:57 am Subject: Note to Andy Volk
Bill Fall Replies: 61 Views: 40555	Andy, my longtime friend, Eddie Cunningham, called my attention to your posting of the Vega Console, wherein you said: "I've never seen or played one of these but I'd like to do so." I ha ...
Topic: Freddie Hart
Bill Fall Replies: 24 Views: 9209	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Jan 2010 2:38 am Subject: Freddie Hart
Bill Fall Replies: 24 Views: 9209	True, Lloyd played on the original recording.