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I believe Walter Haines’ Bigsby had plungers behind the nut (same as Speedy West and Bud Isaacs) to move the strings, while Buddy’s guitar was cable operated and had changer fingers at the bridge ...

Rusty sold the 1000 to me about six years ago and I still have it. It’s a very cool guitar! Very early with a low serial number, too.

He made a ten string keyhead that fits within the cavity of ...

Since this thread had been revived, I thought I would clarify something from earlier…

Sonny Burnett’s Bigsby was originally Johnny Sibert’s Bigsby, and it was originally a non pedal D8. After ...

What you basically have there is an approximation of the Don Helms tuning. If I were you, I’d leave the raise on 6 and 7 and use your A pedal to fill out the rest. This will give you

F#
D#
G# ...

Consider that what has kept pedal steel guitar outside the world of “real pro jazz” is not so much the shortcomings of the instrument, or limitations of the instrument or the pedals, but the preju ...

Shot Jackson’s work with Johnnie and Jack, Lloyd Green’s work with Don Williams, Norm Hamlett’s work with Merle Haggard, Bashful Brother Oswald’s work with Roy Acuff.

Hi Damir, I notice the changer is 3 up, 2 down. Is the string spacing the more narrow spacing like a super pro, or is it the wider spacing like an earlier Bud? Is there Super Pro style pot metal parts ...

I’m chasing getting some lower voicings on E9 and one of them I’d like to have is the higher seven strings of Bud Isaacs’ original E9 tuning, voiced on strings 4-10:

E
B
G#
F#
D
B
G#
...

Tony, was it comfortable to press the A pedal and keep that vertical engaged for an entire song? My idea would be to use this combo to play entire songs at a time… Given the other changes I’d have ...

What does it weigh, in the case?

I’m considering adding a zero pedal change, raising 6 from G# to B and 7 from F# to G#. This, combined with the A pedal would give me a very playable interpretation of Don Helms’ E6 tuning. Would ...

This is an orphan neck off of an early 26” scale Stringmaster. It’s common that people would break these multi-neck guitars up into lap steels, but they never came from the factory this way. This ...

Is this still available?

CS

I use the same gauges as Kayton did. It’s really best if you have a 22.5” scale guitar. The string pulls don’t work out as well on longer scale guitars.

.015
.018
.020plain
.022wound
.030 ...

I have a copedent I’d like to put on an S10 steel and I need to have a double lower changer to make it work.

My main steel right now is a mid 70s 6139 with a 2 up/1 down changer. I love the way ...

I would recommend C6/A7. Pull your second string from C up to C#, drop your fourth string From G down to F# and you have A6. You can tune the lowest string to either A or C (tuning it to C gives you a ...

I wasn’t on every show, but appeared in select episodes from each season. I don’t know when the first episode was recorded (early 2008 feels about right), but the first episode featured Earl Scru ...

Tony Prior, my bass rig with Marty is a Rumble 500 head through a 1x15” Fender Bassman cabinet. For the guitar and/or steel work you might have seen me doing at Roberts, I was most likely using a la ...

If it’s specifically the RFD show you are referring to, I was a guest on every season on that show playing non pedal steel. For most of the first season Marty and Kenny both played Princeton Reverbs ...

Currently, Kenny is playing through a late 60s dripedge Vibrolux Reverb. From around early 2017 until just a few month’s back, r he was using a blackface mid 60s Deluxe Reverb. Before that, silverfa ...

I don’t want to modify the standard open E9 tuning, and I really don’t want to lose the 9th string (even if that note would be accessible on a lever). I was pretty much just curious about the reli ...

I’m not interested in playing a 12 string, but see where the obvious benefits would be.

Ricky, I’d still have ABC on my other three floor pedals, would that .042 be under unreasonable strain then when I raise it to C# with the A pedal? I was assuming .038 would be the best compromise g ...

I’m wondering if on a modern guitar (like a Mullen Discovery, for instance) would it put an unreasonable amount of strain on the changer to make this change:

F#
D#
G#
E
B……C# + +
G#
F ...

I did not have the privilege of personally knowing Dickie, but I did own his three neck Fender Custom for a number of years after he passed. It was an honor to possess it for a while, but I hardly eve ...

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Topic: George Jones "Tall Tall Trees"
Chris Scruggs Replies: 12 Views: 2898	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 Feb 2024 1:05 pm Subject: George Jones "Tall Tall Trees"
Chris Scruggs Replies: 12 Views: 2898	I believe Walter Haines’ Bigsby had plungers behind the nut (same as Speedy West and Bud Isaacs) to move the strings, while Buddy’s guitar was cable operated and had changer fingers at the bridge ...
Topic: retro Fender 1000 playing
Chris Scruggs Replies: 8 Views: 4831	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 28 Dec 2023 10:45 am Subject: retro Fender 1000 playing
Chris Scruggs Replies: 8 Views: 4831	Rusty sold the 1000 to me about six years ago and I still have it. It’s a very cool guitar! Very early with a low serial number, too. He made a ten string keyhead that fits within the cavity of ...
Topic: Bud Issacs and Slowly
Chris Scruggs Replies: 50 Views: 40565	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Dec 2023 8:56 am Subject: Bud Issacs and Slowly
Chris Scruggs Replies: 50 Views: 40565	Since this thread had been revived, I thought I would clarify something from earlier… Sonny Burnett’s Bigsby was originally Johnny Sibert’s Bigsby, and it was originally a non pedal D8. After ...
Topic: Removing Changes on GFI Ultra?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 4 Views: 1402	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Nov 2023 8:33 am Subject: Removing Changes on GFI Ultra?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 4 Views: 1402	What you basically have there is an approximation of the Don Helms tuning. If I were you, I’d leave the raise on 6 and 7 and use your A pedal to fill out the rest. This will give you F# D# G# ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 50 Views: 41698	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Nov 2023 2:56 pm Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 50 Views: 41698	Consider that what has kept pedal steel guitar outside the world of “real pro jazz” is not so much the shortcomings of the instrument, or limitations of the instrument or the pedals, but the preju ...
Topic: Dobro in country music
Chris Scruggs Replies: 25 Views: 17117	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Nov 2023 6:26 pm Subject: Dobro in country music
Chris Scruggs Replies: 25 Views: 17117	Shot Jackson’s work with Johnnie and Jack, Lloyd Green’s work with Don Williams, Norm Hamlett’s work with Merle Haggard, Bashful Brother Oswald’s work with Roy Acuff.
Topic: gone
Chris Scruggs Replies: 3 Views: 3514	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 31 Oct 2023 6:44 am Subject: gone
Chris Scruggs Replies: 3 Views: 3514	Hi Damir, I notice the changer is 3 up, 2 down. Is the string spacing the more narrow spacing like a super pro, or is it the wider spacing like an earlier Bud? Is there Super Pro style pot metal parts ...
Topic: Would this knee lever change be unrealistic?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 6 Views: 3562	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 19 Oct 2023 3:05 pm Subject: Would this knee lever change be unrealistic?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 6 Views: 3562	I’m chasing getting some lower voicings on E9 and one of them I’d like to have is the higher seven strings of Bud Isaacs’ original E9 tuning, voiced on strings 4-10: E B G# F# D B G# ...
Topic: Raising 6 from G# to B on E9…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 11 Views: 5534	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Oct 2023 4:08 pm Subject: Raising 6 from G# to B on E9…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 11 Views: 5534	Tony, was it comfortable to press the A pedal and keep that vertical engaged for an entire song? My idea would be to use this combo to play entire songs at a time… Given the other changes I’d have ...
Topic: For Sale Mullen G-2 U 12 E-9/B6 $4000 plus shipping
Chris Scruggs Replies: 10 Views: 3356	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 16 Oct 2023 10:26 am Subject: For Sale Mullen G-2 U 12 E-9/B6 $4000 plus shipping
Chris Scruggs Replies: 10 Views: 3356	What does it weigh, in the case?
Topic: Raising 6 from G# to B on E9…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 11 Views: 5534	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Oct 2023 8:37 am Subject: Raising 6 from G# to B on E9…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 11 Views: 5534	I’m considering adding a zero pedal change, raising 6 from G# to B and 7 from F# to G#. This, combined with the A pedal would give me a very playable interpretation of Don Helms’ E6 tuning. Would ...
Topic: Fender 8 String Lap Steel 1953
Chris Scruggs Replies: 14 Views: 3523	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 17 Aug 2023 7:32 am Subject: Fender 8 String Lap Steel 1953
Chris Scruggs Replies: 14 Views: 3523	This is an orphan neck off of an early 26” scale Stringmaster. It’s common that people would break these multi-neck guitars up into lap steels, but they never came from the factory this way. This ...
Topic: Sho-Bud Pro II Custom 1975 Blond Birdseye - New Price!
Chris Scruggs Replies: 7 Views: 5091	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 31 Jul 2023 10:28 am Subject: Sho-Bud Pro II Custom 1975 Blond Birdseye - New Price!
Chris Scruggs Replies: 7 Views: 5091	Is this still available? CS
Topic: Chris Scruggs tuning?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 30 Views: 21291	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 May 2023 2:33 pm Subject: Chris Scruggs tuning?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 30 Views: 21291	I use the same gauges as Kayton did. It’s really best if you have a 22.5” scale guitar. The string pulls don’t work out as well on longer scale guitars. .015 .018 .020plain .022wound .030 ...
Topic: Sho~Bud S10s/Pro I’s with 2/2 changers?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 7 Views: 1339	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 May 2023 3:23 pm Subject: Sho~Bud S10s/Pro I’s with 2/2 changers?
Chris Scruggs Replies: 7 Views: 1339	I have a copedent I’d like to put on an S10 steel and I need to have a double lower changer to make it work. My main steel right now is a mid 70s 6139 with a 2 up/1 down changer. I love the way ...
Topic: 7 String C6 Tuning
Chris Scruggs Replies: 28 Views: 5882	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2023 5:39 am Subject: 7 String C6 Tuning
Chris Scruggs Replies: 28 Views: 5882	I would recommend C6/A7. Pull your second string from C up to C#, drop your fourth string From G down to F# and you have A6. You can tune the lowest string to either A or C (tuning it to C gives you a ...
Topic: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 24 Apr 2023 1:22 pm Subject: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	I wasn’t on every show, but appeared in select episodes from each season. I don’t know when the first episode was recorded (early 2008 feels about right), but the first episode featured Earl Scru ...
Topic: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Apr 2023 6:11 pm Subject: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	Tony Prior, my bass rig with Marty is a Rumble 500 head through a 1x15” Fender Bassman cabinet. For the guitar and/or steel work you might have seen me doing at Roberts, I was most likely using a la ...
Topic: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Apr 2023 6:07 pm Subject: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	If it’s specifically the RFD show you are referring to, I was a guest on every season on that show playing non pedal steel. For most of the first season Marty and Kenny both played Princeton Reverbs ...
Topic: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Apr 2023 6:23 am Subject: Marty Stuart's Band
Chris Scruggs Replies: 18 Views: 5988	Currently, Kenny is playing through a late 60s dripedge Vibrolux Reverb. From around early 2017 until just a few month’s back, r he was using a blackface mid 60s Deluxe Reverb. Before that, silverfa ...
Topic: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Apr 2023 11:32 am Subject: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	I don’t want to modify the standard open E9 tuning, and I really don’t want to lose the 9th string (even if that note would be accessible on a lever). I was pretty much just curious about the reli ...
Topic: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Apr 2023 9:24 am Subject: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	I’m not interested in playing a 12 string, but see where the obvious benefits would be.
Topic: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Apr 2023 6:45 pm Subject: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	Ricky, I’d still have ABC on my other three floor pedals, would that .042 be under unreasonable strain then when I raise it to C# with the A pedal? I was assuming .038 would be the best compromise g ...
Topic: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Apr 2023 5:43 pm Subject: Lowering low strings on E9 for Western swing…
Chris Scruggs Replies: 20 Views: 4328	I’m wondering if on a modern guitar (like a Mullen Discovery, for instance) would it put an unreasonable amount of strain on the changer to make this change: F# D# G# E B……C# + + G# F ...
Topic: Anybody Remember Dickie Harris , with E.T. ??
Chris Scruggs Replies: 13 Views: 4678	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 4 Oct 2021 8:19 pm Subject: Anybody Remember Dickie Harris , with E.T. ??
Chris Scruggs Replies: 13 Views: 4678	I did not have the privilege of personally knowing Dickie, but I did own his three neck Fender Custom for a number of years after he passed. It was an honor to possess it for a while, but I hardly eve ...