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Topic: Buddy Bryant passes away | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 67 Views: 34876 |
Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 5 May 2009 7:58 pm Subject: Buddy Bryant passes away |
Carrie, I'm glad that you are getting better and relapses only remind us of the love that your granddaddy shared with us. He has made a lasting impression on me in the short time that I knew him. E ... | |
Topic: Buddy Bryant passes away | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 67 Views: 34876 |
Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 10 Apr 2009 9:09 pm Subject: Buddy Bryant passes away |
Christmas 2008 I met Buddy for the first time when he and Carrie took time out from their family to make my best Chritmas's ever. He and my wife secretly had made a deal to allow me to get my first s ... | |
Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 Nov 2008 8:58 am Subject: guitar dissasembly |
Bill,
Now thats what I call talent!!!! dh |
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Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Nov 2008 3:40 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
Hello AJ
It wasn't a hard hit at all. I was carrying my guitar to a jam (completely assembled). When I was taking it out of the back seat of my pickup, the wind blew the door into the leg that di ... |
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Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Nov 2008 1:38 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
Thanks Bill,
I'm just glad to be back making noise again. Darrell Hodges |
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Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Nov 2008 8:47 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
Hello again forumites,
Sorry I haven't replied...I've been busy getting caught up on the practicing that I missed while my horn was broken. Here is a couple of pics for anyone that is interested. ... |
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Topic: Stainless "or" Chrome | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 31 Views: 9998 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Nov 2008 9:35 pm Subject: Stainless "or" Chrome |
Hey Bill,
I just viewed your site and was wondering how to determine what the best size bar is for me? I am a new player (10 months) using the bar that was given to me by the previous owner. It i ... |
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Topic: best thing for restoring formica shine? | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 21 Views: 8825 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Nov 2008 10:26 pm Subject: best thing for restoring formica shine? |
Tony,
The best bet is to very carefully pry the mica off and have a cabinet shop cut new formica using your pattern. They have a machine that will cut smoothly. Follow the directions on a can of ... |
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Topic: In defense of expensive finger picks | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 43 Views: 19155 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Nov 2008 10:13 pm Subject: In defense of expensive finger picks |
The coating sounds more comfortable but if you get in a bind I have used hairspray and it works great. Just dip your fingers in it an slip them on a few minutes before playing. Happy twanging psg'rs ... | |
Topic: Beginner and new member | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 10 Views: 1881 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Nov 2008 10:40 pm Subject: Beginner and new member |
Welcome to the forum Zach. Im a beginner also (Started playing last December). Get a good instructor and supplement with books, tapes, and software if possible. Another great help to me was Mickey ... | |
Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Nov 2008 9:41 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
NEW UPDATE,
I'm back in the saddle again!! I had the end piece welded yesterday and he also built up behind the plate for extra support. I had it pinted and reassembled last night and restrung by ... |
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Topic: Tightening up Return Springs, when Not Returning True | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 7 Views: 2771 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Nov 2008 9:25 pm Subject: spring tension |
Hey Don,
Another thing to consider is the cabinet drop when you have to press harder on the pedals because of spring tension. This all causes the tone to go lower especially the pedals in the midd ... |
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Topic: broken end piece | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8347 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 7:22 pm Subject: broken end piece |
Thanks Bill,
I have finally after much prep work, removed the end piece myself. I didn't have to derod or anything. As far as the finish I believe I can come up with that fairly easily. I was ... |
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Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 6:58 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
UPDATE!!!!
As I began to disassemble the guitar, I realized that the top is not connected by screws only the sides. I was able to pry back the mica enough to get to the four side screws and notice ... |
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Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 5:38 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
Hey Tony, You may not believe this but I have just charted out the rods and their positions using string locations 1-10 and holes abc for raises and cd for lowers. I just may be on the right track f ... | |
Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 4:31 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
I have already spoke with Gene and he says that my guitar is unrepairable. He says that the frames have changed over the years and this one is obsolete. I really don't understand why I should scrap ... | |
Topic: guitar dissasembly | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8294 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 4:00 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly |
I have to completely disassemble my GFI with a broken end piece to have it repaired. Is there anything I need to watch out for? I plan to make photos and mark each piece as I remove it noting the po ... | |
Topic: broken end piece | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8347 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 2:59 pm Subject: Broken End Piece |
Well...thanks from all of you who commented on my problem. I just spoke with Gene and he says that my guitar is not repairable. I am unsure what I will do now but I haven't given up. I will most li ... | |
Topic: broken end piece | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8347 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 9:30 am Subject: broken end piece |
Thanks for the comment Jim. I actually broke the end piece when the wind caught the back door of my pickup and blew it into the leg forcing it outward.
I just hope and pray that Gene can get me a ne ... |
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Topic: broken end piece | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8347 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 7:45 am Subject: broken end piece |
Thanks John, I do have a message with pics in to Gene and I have given him a call too. I am now waiting for his reply to see if he can find an older model end piece. The design has changed a few tim ... | |
Topic: broken end piece | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8347 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Nov 2008 8:11 pm Subject: broken end piece |
Hey John, in the picture it does look like a void but it is merely the paint that buckled in the crack. The area that the leg screws into is distorted below the crack as it is not flush to the side r ... | |
Topic: broken end piece | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8347 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 1 Nov 2008 2:15 pm Subject: broken end piece |
Thanks for all your comments. The lower neck opening I really believe is factory because the paint matches. The finish is a black wrinkle paint with a fine grain wrinkle. By what I have read on Gene ... | |
Topic: What gives the Shobud it's sound? | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 65 Views: 19106 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:06 am Subject: tonal analyzer |
Hey Mickey,
I too would like to hear the outcomes of this study. Are you going to include a GFI in your studies? I am a newbe player...started playing a GFI in December and some day I would like t ... |
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Topic: John Hughey's "falling-sound" ???? | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 21 Views: 17722 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Oct 2008 7:26 pm Subject: John Hughey's "falling-sound" ???? |
Hey Stan,
There is a man in Dallas that gives free instruction on you tube by the name of Mickey Adams. He cannot give you the emotion but he gets close to the licks that JH played in "Look A ... |
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Topic: broken end piece | |
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8347 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 29 Oct 2008 8:18 pm Subject: broken end piece |
I have a broken end piece on my 70's model GFI steel guitar. This piece is made of aluminum and is the end that the levers and springs attach to. It is cracked just above the leg where the screw holds ... | |
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