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 Topic: Supro Replacement Pickups |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 21031 |
 Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Mar 2009 8:25 am Subject: Supro Replacement Pickups |
| Long time no see- i havent posted here for years- hi Rick A!
These will be ready in about 4 or 5 weeks. Just let me know when they're ready and I'll happily be your first buyer.  woohoo! |
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| Topic: Supro Replacement Pickups |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 21031 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Feb 2009 7:19 am Subject: Supro Replacement Pickups |
| Thanks everyone! I'll be checking in with Jason ASAP! Also, Denny... That page you linked is just great. I was trying to find a wiring diagram for these things (I'm a beginner steel player, long-t ... | |
| Topic: Supro Replacement Pickups |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 21031 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Feb 2009 4:01 pm Subject: Supro Replacement Pickups |
| Hi folks... I know that Rick Aiello creates some great new magnets for Supro lap pickups, but I think I have a problem with the entire assembly - basically, I get okay sound out of strings 4, 5 and 6 ... | |
| Topic: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 9798 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Oct 2007 5:21 pm Subject: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
| It's nice chatting with a true gentleman, basil. |
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| Topic: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 9798 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Oct 2007 5:14 pm Subject: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
| OK Bruce, but you say likely reasoning, isn't the most direct route the most obvious ?
So why was his reasoning obtuse ? I don't want to argue with ya, basil. Have you ever heard the saying " ... |
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| Topic: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 9798 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Oct 2007 5:02 pm Subject: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
| Bruce, I won't rise to the bait
I'm not trying to bait you, basil. Seriously. I was just trying to point out the likely reasoning of Roman, nothing more. This thread had turned combative and I h ... |
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| Topic: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 9798 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Oct 2007 4:48 pm Subject: guitar pick up vs. lap steel pick up |
| (and I thought that's where you got your picture from!)
Roman, I've just proved beyond doubt where I saw and bought the ASSEMBLY from, and also the omission of the full description YOU found elsewhe ... |
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| Topic: Lap steel with multibender - pics attached (I hope!) |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 27 Views: 19291 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Sep 2007 8:27 pm Subject: Lap steel with multibender - pics attached (I hope!) |
| I was all set to put it on a lap steel, but in retrospect, with the downward pressure that has to be applied, unless you have a firm base the instrument could move.
Alan, have you watched the video ... |
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| Topic: Lap steel fretboards? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 20 Views: 16041 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Sep 2007 9:53 am Subject: Lap steel fretboards? |
| Bill, the Stew Mac calculator is what I've been using. http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator/
Its very handy and user friendly. For me, I like to convert my scale length to millimeter and work off t ... |
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| Topic: Lap steel fretboards? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 20 Views: 16041 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Sep 2007 1:11 pm Subject: Lap steel fretboards? |
| Wow, nice finish work on those top carved plates, Tom. Now that you mention it, I do have another question for you. Where do you purchase your tonewoods? I think I'm going to end up using www.rockl ... | |
| Topic: Lap steel fretboards? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 20 Views: 16041 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Sep 2007 11:34 am Subject: Lap steel fretboards? |
| Good Lord, Tom, that's some beautiful work. I especially love your most recent 'board there with the aluminum inlays. I'm just blown away by your handiwork. Amazing!
And thanks a million for the ... |
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| Topic: Lap steel fretboards? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 20 Views: 16041 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Sep 2007 8:01 am Subject: Lap steel fretboards? |
| Chris, I'm definitely interested in your technique. Thanks for the offer!
Basil, Bruce's work is certainly beautiful, but a little too ornate for my needs. Thanks!! |
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| Topic: Lap steel fretboards? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 20 Views: 16041 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Sep 2007 6:34 pm Subject: Lap steel fretboards? |
| Hi Bill, I'd definitely be interested in any black 22 1/2 inch scale fretboards you may have - that's the scale I want to build. | |
| Topic: Lap steel fretboards? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 20 Views: 16041 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Sep 2007 4:09 pm Subject: Lap steel fretboards? |
| Does anyone know of a supplier/manufacturer of pre-made lap steel fretboards? I'm thinking about building my own 8-string steel and I know I've seen home-made guitars with interesting fretboards out ... | |
| Topic: Letterman this Wed. 6/26 |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 17 Views: 4875 |
Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 21 Aug 2007 2:22 pm Subject: Letterman this Wed. 6/26 |
| For those that missed the Letterman spot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuY49nXgA8 BTW, You sounded great at the Somerville Theater, John! |
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| Topic: Teachers in Boston? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 7 Views: 2274 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Jul 2007 6:06 pm Subject: Teachers in Boston? |
Thanks, Eddie! Email sent!  |
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| Topic: Teachers in Boston? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 7 Views: 2274 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Jul 2007 7:36 am Subject: Teachers in Boston? |
| I notice there are bunch of people from the New England area posting here and I'm looking for a teacher. I'm a total beginner on the steel and have logged only about 4 hours or so on my Supro since i ... | |
| Topic: Letterman this Wed. 6/26 |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 17 Views: 4875 |
Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 14 Jul 2007 8:56 am Subject: Re: Letterman this Wed. 6/26 |
| I’ll be on the Late Night with David Letterman this Wednesday June 27 with Ryan Adams and the Cardinals playing my Sho-Bud Pro l. I recently did a total rebuild of it with John Coop’s fantastic p ... | |
| Topic: Anyone tired a Fargen amp with pedal steel? |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 25 Views: 5698 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 10 Jul 2007 6:10 pm Subject: Anyone tired a Fargen amp with pedal steel? |
| Running that little amp through the house sound system will prolly negate all its high-priced "boutique sound" anyway.
It sounds like you may not have a ton of engineering experience in l ... |
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| Topic: Newcomer to the forum |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 11 Views: 2451 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2007 11:52 am Subject: Newcomer to the forum |
| You may not even need it though, my red Supreme was nice and strong when I got it.
I saw you playing it in your Supro Noodles video on YouTube. Sounded pretty raunchy!
Woops! I just wen ... |
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| Topic: Semi hollow 8 string experiment |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 18 Views: 3154 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2007 11:13 am Subject: Semi hollow 8 string experiment |
| Jason, that's an absolutely gorgeous guitar. I just spent the better part of an hour drooling over all the models on your site. You really do some classy work, man. When my playing evolves enough t ... | |
| Topic: Newcomer to the forum |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 11 Views: 2451 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2007 10:53 am Subject: Newcomer to the forum |
| Nice! Do the magnets in these pickups lose their oomph over time or am I confusing these with the old Ricky horsehoes? | |
| Topic: Newcomer to the forum |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 11 Views: 2451 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2007 6:49 am Subject: Newcomer to the forum |
| [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/1955-Supro-Supreme-Steel-Lap-Guitar_W0QQitemZ280130758900QQihZ018QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]Bought it!
Thanks for the tip, Rick! Now the hard par ... |
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| Topic: Newcomer to the forum |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 11 Views: 2451 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Jul 2007 6:46 pm Subject: Newcomer to the forum |
| Welcome to the forum Bruce!
I made some video clips showing various techniques including blocking. You can see them at http://youtube.com/rickalexander47 Thank you!! I'll be eating these up ov ... |
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| Topic: Newcomer to the forum |
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| Bruce Freisinger Replies: 11 Views: 2451 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Jul 2007 2:38 pm Subject: Newcomer to the forum |
| Excellent advice, Terry... Thanks! | |
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