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I don't know the current scene because I was hired away to my career as a recording engineer/producer but that is my hometown. Forty years ago it was afloat it country music and Old Tyme music and Ch ...

To understand its use, go watch Star Trek The Motion Picture. Composer Jerry Goldsmith was always out on the ragged edge of new or unusual instruments. The attack scenes were rife with Blaster Beam ...

Congrats on the new guitar!!!

Bob

From one Bob to another, rest in peace, bOb.

Bob

Beautiful!

Bob

That was such an interesting period, because wartime production was required of all companies and they were actually prohibited from making guitars or restricted in the materials they could devote to ...

Hey, Buddy.

have you been to a dermatologist? Of late, they've discovered that many of the psoriasis types are auto-immune diseases and are treating them systemically. For instance, I have plaque ...

Contact Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe. She suffered a neck break in a taxi on her prewar B and had to grab a second, post war B in a hurry, but the word has now gone out and I bet the boys came out of t ...

And look who produced it: Val Garay. He's still at it. I was reading interviews with him back in 1981 when I started my career as a recording engineer/producer. He produced Ronstadt, Orleans, James ...

The nice thing about memory care units is you don't have to update your set list between visits...

Bob

Yeah, my first lap steel was an ugly little Magnatone with no tone control and the pickup mounted under the grey mother of toilet seat. It developed an intermittency and I tried to find the issue. I ...

A. The only thing anchored is the backside. Everything else is furiously working. Not a joke.

Bob

Very nice!

Bob

And here I was expecting something Colonial.

Bob
There are a few famous folk-art paintings from the pretty close to colonial era depicting slaves playing fretless gourd banjos. The lap steel of t ...

And here I was expecting something Colonial.

Bob

Thanks, Todd!!!

Bob

At the end of the '70s I took my future wife to the Chattanooga Choo Choo (restored Southern railroad terminal and restaurant) while we were dating. She loved the place! The Beaux Arts architecture ...

What did they cost? Thanks!

Bob

I'm sorry you haven't gotten a response. I am a recording engineer and have this same problem with my DAW that is built on a PC, and was hoping for a cure!

Bob

I finally found his credit - it was under "strings" with the violins and violas.

Bob

I'm sure it probably depends on what sort of sounds you're trying to wrench out of them. Megan Lovell I think has mostly settled on postwar Bakelites, but she's going for a very different sound than ...

Nice!

I saw the title and thought you meant this:

https://photos.smugmug.com/FW/N80TB-26Aug17/i-bn29wJ4/0/305b9160/M/IMG_7418%20%285347x3565%29-M.jpg

Beech Twin Bonanza.

Bob

I spec'd them into my custom 5E3 build. They are great.

https://www.in2guitar.com/tweed/8atran.jpg

Bob

In strictly technical terms, the reverb dwell control typically regulates the amount of signal going into the unit. In electro-mechanical units, the more signal that is applied to the plate/foil/spri ...

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Topic: Steel Scene in Knoxville, TN
Bob Womack Replies: 6 Views: 1536	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Aug 2023 5:09 pm Subject: Steel Scene in Knoxville, TN
Bob Womack Replies: 6 Views: 1536	I don't know the current scene because I was hired away to my career as a recording engineer/producer but that is my hometown. Forty years ago it was afloat it country music and Old Tyme music and Ch ...
Topic: The "Blaster Beam" Is it or ain't it?
Bob Womack Replies: 2 Views: 5859	Forum Section: Almost a Steel Guitar Posted: 25 Aug 2023 4:49 pm Subject: The "Blaster Beam" Is it or ain't it?
Bob Womack Replies: 2 Views: 5859	To understand its use, go watch Star Trek The Motion Picture. Composer Jerry Goldsmith was always out on the ragged edge of new or unusual instruments. The attack scenes were rife with Blaster Beam ...
Topic: New to me Supro. Information request...
Bob Womack Replies: 6 Views: 1212	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Mar 2023 2:18 am Subject: New to me Supro. Information request...
Bob Womack Replies: 6 Views: 1212	Congrats on the new guitar!!! Bob
Topic: Robert Paul Lee (Bobby Lee) Aug 1949 - Mar 2023
Bob Womack Replies: 372 Views: 2972345	Forum Section: Rest in Peace b0b (Bobby Lee) Posted: 30 Mar 2023 2:15 am Subject: Robert Paul Lee (Bobby Lee) Aug 1949 - Mar 2023
Bob Womack Replies: 372 Views: 2972345	From one Bob to another, rest in peace, bOb. Bob
Topic: Echo Plex EP-2 tube echo rebuild
Bob Womack Replies: 9 Views: 1679	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Sep 2022 10:45 am Subject: Echo Plex EP-2 tube echo rebuild
Bob Womack Replies: 9 Views: 1679	Beautiful! Bob
Topic: Her Highness The Lap Steel
Bob Womack Replies: 9 Views: 2051	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Aug 2022 5:50 am Subject: Her Highness The Lap Steel
Bob Womack Replies: 9 Views: 2051	That was such an interesting period, because wartime production was required of all companies and they were actually prohibited from making guitars or restricted in the materials they could devote to ...
Topic: Psoriasis Blues
Bob Womack Replies: 7 Views: 1924	Forum Section: Music Posted: 18 Jul 2022 4:54 am Subject: Psoriasis Blues
Bob Womack Replies: 7 Views: 1924	Hey, Buddy. have you been to a dermatologist? Of late, they've discovered that many of the psoriasis types are auto-immune diseases and are treating them systemically. For instance, I have plaque ...
Topic: *Desperately Need Neck for a Bakelite B6*
Bob Womack Replies: 2 Views: 823	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 11 Jul 2022 7:18 am Subject: *Desperately Need Neck for a Bakelite B6*
Bob Womack Replies: 2 Views: 823	Contact Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe. She suffered a neck break in a taxi on her prewar B and had to grab a second, post war B in a hurry, but the word has now gone out and I bet the boys came out of t ...
Topic: Dan Dugmore on Riche Furay's NEW album
Bob Womack Replies: 29 Views: 7362	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Jun 2022 4:38 am Subject: Dan Dugmore on Riche Furay's NEW album
Bob Womack Replies: 29 Views: 7362	And look who produced it: Val Garay. He's still at it. I was reading interviews with him back in 1981 when I started my career as a recording engineer/producer. He produced Ronstadt, Orleans, James ...
Topic: Little Ole Dime At Memory Care Unit
Bob Womack Replies: 7 Views: 1429	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 29 May 2022 8:56 am Subject: Little Ole Dime At Memory Care Unit
Bob Womack Replies: 7 Views: 1429	The nice thing about memory care units is you don't have to update your set list between visits... Bob
Topic: Magnatone...? lap steel
Bob Womack Replies: 30 Views: 8767	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 May 2022 7:32 am Subject: Magnatone...? lap steel
Bob Womack Replies: 30 Views: 8767	Yeah, my first lap steel was an ugly little Magnatone with no tone control and the pickup mounted under the grey mother of toilet seat. It developed an intermittency and I tried to find the issue. I ...
Topic: What do pedal steelers and helicopter pilots have in common?
Bob Womack Replies: 25 Views: 5733	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 May 2022 2:44 pm Subject: What do pedal steelers and helicopter pilots have in common?
Bob Womack Replies: 25 Views: 5733	A. The only thing anchored is the backside. Everything else is furiously working. Not a joke. Bob
Topic: Farewell Party At Memory Care Unit
Bob Womack Replies: 16 Views: 2626	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 21 May 2022 2:43 pm Subject: Farewell Party At Memory Care Unit
Bob Womack Replies: 16 Views: 2626	Very nice! Bob
Topic: Early American lap steel
Bob Womack Replies: 27 Views: 7041	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 May 2022 11:23 am Subject: Early American lap steel
Bob Womack Replies: 27 Views: 7041	And here I was expecting something Colonial. Bob There are a few famous folk-art paintings from the pretty close to colonial era depicting slaves playing fretless gourd banjos. The lap steel of t ...
Topic: Early American lap steel
Bob Womack Replies: 27 Views: 7041	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 May 2022 8:47 am Subject: Early American lap steel
Bob Womack Replies: 27 Views: 7041	And here I was expecting something Colonial. Bob
Topic: Rickenbacker "flying saucer" knobs
Bob Womack Replies: 15 Views: 4309	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 May 2022 7:48 am Subject: Rickenbacker "flying saucer" knobs
Bob Womack Replies: 15 Views: 4309	Thanks, Todd!!! Bob
Topic: 2004 Choo Choo Reunion Jim Cohen Audio Only
Bob Womack Replies: 5 Views: 1366	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 7 May 2022 5:28 am Subject: 2004 Choo Choo Reunion Jim Cohen Audio Only
Bob Womack Replies: 5 Views: 1366	At the end of the '70s I took my future wife to the Chattanooga Choo Choo (restored Southern railroad terminal and restaurant) while we were dating. She loved the place! The Beaux Arts architecture ...
Topic: Rickenbacker "flying saucer" knobs
Bob Womack Replies: 15 Views: 4309	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 May 2022 5:23 am Subject: Rickenbacker "flying saucer" knobs
Bob Womack Replies: 15 Views: 4309	What did they cost? Thanks! Bob
Topic: Folder view in Windows 10
Bob Womack Replies: 5 Views: 5436	Forum Section: Computers Posted: 20 Feb 2022 3:26 pm Subject: Folder view in Windows 10
Bob Womack Replies: 5 Views: 5436	I'm sorry you haven't gotten a response. I am a recording engineer and have this same problem with my DAW that is built on a PC, and was hoping for a cure! Bob
Topic: Who played pedal steel on The Eagles Live from the Forum?
Bob Womack Replies: 10 Views: 4834	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Feb 2022 2:58 pm Subject: Who played pedal steel on The Eagles Live from the Forum?
Bob Womack Replies: 10 Views: 4834	I finally found his credit - it was under "strings" with the violins and violas. Bob
Topic: Prewar vs post war model b, does anyone prefer post?
Bob Womack Replies: 14 Views: 2151	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Feb 2022 3:49 am Subject: Prewar vs post war model b, does anyone prefer post?
Bob Womack Replies: 14 Views: 2151	I'm sure it probably depends on what sort of sounds you're trying to wrench out of them. Megan Lovell I think has mostly settled on postwar Bakelites, but she's going for a very different sound than ...
Topic: Twin Bonanza D-11 Restoration
Bob Womack Replies: 11 Views: 3491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Feb 2022 6:21 am Subject: Twin Bonanza D-11 Restoration
Bob Womack Replies: 11 Views: 3491	Nice! I saw the title and thought you meant this: https://photos.smugmug.com/FW/N80TB-26Aug17/i-bn29wJ4/0/305b9160/M/IMG_7418%20%285347x3565%29-M.jpg Beech Twin Bonanza. Bob
Topic: Mercury Magnetics Transformers?
Bob Womack Replies: 13 Views: 2474	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 Feb 2022 6:01 am Subject: Mercury Magnetics Transformers?
Bob Womack Replies: 13 Views: 2474	I spec'd them into my custom 5E3 build. They are great. https://www.in2guitar.com/tweed/8atran.jpg Bob
Topic: Reverb Dwell vs Tone
Bob Womack Replies: 5 Views: 2644	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Feb 2022 1:56 pm Subject: Reverb Dwell vs Tone
Bob Womack Replies: 5 Views: 2644	In strictly technical terms, the reverb dwell control typically regulates the amount of signal going into the unit. In electro-mechanical units, the more signal that is applied to the plate/foil/spri ...
Topic: Stool/chair for short lap steel player?
Bob Womack Replies: 39 Views: 9649	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jan 2022 3:31 am Subject: Stool/chair for short lap steel player?
Bob Womack Replies: 39 Views: 9649	https://www.soundseat.com/images/home-4.jpg Have you looked into the SoundSeathttps://www.soundseat.com/images/lift-options.jpg A side effect is that the ergonomic design of the chair absolutely ...