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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 ...

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 ...

Bill,

Now thats what I call talent!!!!

dh

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 ...

Thanks Bill,

I'm just glad to be back making noise again.

Darrell Hodges

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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Topic: Buddy Bryant passes away
Darrell Hodges Replies: 67 Views: 35841	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 5 May 2009 7:58 pm Subject: Buddy Bryant passes away
Darrell Hodges Replies: 67 Views: 35841	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: 35841	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 10 Apr 2009 9:09 pm Subject: Buddy Bryant passes away
Darrell Hodges Replies: 67 Views: 35841	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: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 Nov 2008 8:58 am Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	Bill, Now thats what I call talent!!!! dh
Topic: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Nov 2008 3:40 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	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 ...
Topic: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Nov 2008 1:38 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	Thanks Bill, I'm just glad to be back making noise again. Darrell Hodges
Topic: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Nov 2008 8:47 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	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. ...
Topic: Stainless "or" Chrome
Darrell Hodges Replies: 31 Views: 10600	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Nov 2008 9:35 pm Subject: Stainless "or" Chrome
Darrell Hodges Replies: 31 Views: 10600	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 ...
Topic: best thing for restoring formica shine?
Darrell Hodges Replies: 21 Views: 9308	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Nov 2008 10:26 pm Subject: best thing for restoring formica shine?
Darrell Hodges Replies: 21 Views: 9308	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 ...
Topic: In defense of expensive finger picks
Darrell Hodges Replies: 43 Views: 19822	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Nov 2008 10:13 pm Subject: In defense of expensive finger picks
Darrell Hodges Replies: 43 Views: 19822	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: 1921	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Nov 2008 10:40 pm Subject: Beginner and new member
Darrell Hodges Replies: 10 Views: 1921	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: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Nov 2008 9:41 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	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 ...
Topic: Tightening up Return Springs, when Not Returning True
Darrell Hodges Replies: 7 Views: 2898	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Nov 2008 9:25 pm Subject: spring tension
Darrell Hodges Replies: 7 Views: 2898	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 ...
Topic: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 7:22 pm Subject: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	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 ...
Topic: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 6:58 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	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 ...
Topic: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 5:38 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	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: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 4:31 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	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: 8491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 4:00 pm Subject: guitar dissasembly
Darrell Hodges Replies: 24 Views: 8491	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: 8753	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 2:59 pm Subject: Broken End Piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	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: 8753	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 9:30 am Subject: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	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 ...
Topic: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Nov 2008 7:45 am Subject: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	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: 8753	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Nov 2008 8:11 pm Subject: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	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: 8753	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 1 Nov 2008 2:15 pm Subject: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	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: 19757	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:06 am Subject: tonal analyzer
Darrell Hodges Replies: 65 Views: 19757	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 ...
Topic: John Hughey's "falling-sound" ????
Darrell Hodges Replies: 21 Views: 18156	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Oct 2008 7:26 pm Subject: John Hughey's "falling-sound" ????
Darrell Hodges Replies: 21 Views: 18156	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 ...
Topic: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 29 Oct 2008 8:18 pm Subject: broken end piece
Darrell Hodges Replies: 26 Views: 8753	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 ...