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Duncan,
I'm not so sure that cabinet rigidity is the problem with what we call cabinet drop. The 3 builders that I know personally that have successfully dealt with the issue are Emmons with the c ...

Sincerely, again, thanks for y'alls input! Worth noting that the cabinet drop is just the most easily quantified complaint I have...

Duncan,
My uninformed assumption based opinion about this iss ...

Steel and aluminium have comparable coefficients of expansion, and Al-framed guitars are very stable.
And then I have a traditional maple-bodied one which is very stable too. As far as I can tell, th ...

That's a bad idea. Aluminium expands and shrinks too much with different temperatures. You would be retuning all the timeif you would attach the changer and keyhead to an aluminium neck.
How much is ...

I'm thinking about buying a new PSG. I have a Fessenden S12, which is beautiful, but I find it difficult to maintain and the cabinet drop is infuriating. My guitar, and probably most others, have the ...

There's one here, the TOCOS brand.

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/potentiometers_0?filters=1052a1057c147a1052

Thanks Jerry, this looks promising!

There is absolutely no problem in usin ...

Hi all - I've been searching electronics suppliers like Mouser and Digi-key, and just can't find a suitable replacement for my Goodrich H10k volume pedal. I want to use a 10k pot instead of the 470k t ...

Thanks for these suggestions y'all - I'm working through them! Really enjoyed Dave Easley.

Hello! I have a recording session coming up for a somewhat traditional jazz record. I'm fairly familiar with jazz history overall, but I don't have much direction on the contribution of pedal steel to ...

Hi Duncan. I've seen your posts. I wish I had the time and resources to help you, but I've just been overwhelmed by personal circumstances that require all my attention of late.

I know there are l ...

[pardon the duplicate post, moved from "Steel on the web"]

Hello! I've been considering getting someone to overhaul my U12 (E9/B6) to D13, and thought to look for help in my current vicin ...

Duncan, I know of no directory like you mentioned. This forum is your best bet. Someone will give you their experience with various steel mechanics known on this forum. Some of the steel builders may ...

Hello! I've been considering getting someone to overhaul my U12 (E9/B6) to D13, and thought to look for help in my current vicinity in Northeast Kentucky. I know the fine folks on this forum will poin ...

Tucker - thanks for writing all that out. That was the only explanation I could think of but it seemed so consistent that it must have been something else...

I'm late to the party here, but if anyone's still watching...

I'm a beginner and I just discovered this issue myself on my Fessenden U12 E9/B6 with 3 raises/3 lowers. Is this just an unavoidable is ...

Okay, so in another bewildering act of kindness, Tom Bradshaw has let me borrow his E9/B6 10-string for a month, and offered to set another one up for me. He has recommended the copedent attached belo ...

For anyone still watching this - Slim Heilpern kindly invited me over to play his U12 E9/B6. My impression from playing that, hearing his philosophy and the suggestions above, is to start with a U12. ...

Thank you all so much for the thoughtful responses! Iâ€™m at a conference right now so Iâ€™ll have to put off some of the active work suggested but I would definitely like to accept Bobâ€ ...

Hi all - first post here. I'm sure this has been asked before, but after doing some searching through the forum I couldn't find a good answer.

Wondering if there's a pedal steel buyer's guide for k ...

Author	Message
Topic: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Oct 2023 10:54 am Subject: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Duncan, I'm not so sure that cabinet rigidity is the problem with what we call cabinet drop. The 3 builders that I know personally that have successfully dealt with the issue are Emmons with the c ...
Topic: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Oct 2023 12:56 pm Subject: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Sincerely, again, thanks for y'alls input! Worth noting that the cabinet drop is just the most easily quantified complaint I have... Duncan, My uninformed assumption based opinion about this iss ...
Topic: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Oct 2023 2:39 pm Subject: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Steel and aluminium have comparable coefficients of expansion, and Al-framed guitars are very stable. And then I have a traditional maple-bodied one which is very stable too. As far as I can tell, th ...
Topic: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Oct 2023 2:38 pm Subject: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	That's a bad idea. Aluminium expands and shrinks too much with different temperatures. You would be retuning all the timeif you would attach the changer and keyhead to an aluminium neck. How much is ...
Topic: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Oct 2023 10:55 am Subject: Who has the most stable mechanical design right now?
Duncan Wood Replies: 32 Views: 18828	I'm thinking about buying a new PSG. I have a Fessenden S12, which is beautiful, but I find it difficult to maintain and the cabinet drop is infuriating. My guitar, and probably most others, have the ...
Topic: Potentiometer suppliers
Duncan Wood Replies: 7 Views: 2696	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 29 Apr 2023 12:51 pm Subject: Potentiometer suppliers
Duncan Wood Replies: 7 Views: 2696	There's one here, the TOCOS brand. https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/potentiometers_0?filters=1052a1057c147a1052 Thanks Jerry, this looks promising! There is absolutely no problem in usin ...
Topic: Potentiometer suppliers
Duncan Wood Replies: 7 Views: 2696	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 28 Apr 2023 2:39 pm Subject: Potentiometer suppliers
Duncan Wood Replies: 7 Views: 2696	Hi all - I've been searching electronics suppliers like Mouser and Digi-key, and just can't find a suitable replacement for my Goodrich H10k volume pedal. I want to use a 10k pot instead of the 470k t ...
Topic: Pedal Steel in Jazz
Duncan Wood Replies: 9 Views: 3755	Forum Section: Music Posted: 6 Feb 2023 11:38 am Subject: Pedal Steel in Jazz
Duncan Wood Replies: 9 Views: 3755	Thanks for these suggestions y'all - I'm working through them! Really enjoyed Dave Easley.
Topic: Pedal Steel in Jazz
Duncan Wood Replies: 9 Views: 3755	Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Feb 2023 10:33 am Subject: Pedal Steel in Jazz
Duncan Wood Replies: 9 Views: 3755	Hello! I have a recording session coming up for a somewhat traditional jazz record. I'm fairly familiar with jazz history overall, but I don't have much direction on the contribution of pedal steel to ...
Topic: Mechanics in NKY/Cincinnati area?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 725	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 12 Jul 2021 4:19 pm Subject: Mechanics in NKY/Cincinnati area?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 725	Hi Duncan. I've seen your posts. I wish I had the time and resources to help you, but I've just been overwhelmed by personal circumstances that require all my attention of late. I know there are l ...
Topic: Mechanics in NKY/Cincinnati area?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 725	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Jul 2021 11:50 am Subject: Mechanics in NKY/Cincinnati area?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 725	[pardon the duplicate post, moved from "Steel on the web"] Hello! I've been considering getting someone to overhaul my U12 (E9/B6) to D13, and thought to look for help in my current vicin ...
Topic: Pedal Steel Experts directory?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 1328	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 11 Jul 2021 11:46 am Subject: Pedal Steel Experts directory?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 1328	Duncan, I know of no directory like you mentioned. This forum is your best bet. Someone will give you their experience with various steel mechanics known on this forum. Some of the steel builders may ...
Topic: Pedal Steel Experts directory?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 1328	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 10 Jul 2021 10:16 am Subject: Pedal Steel Experts directory?
Duncan Wood Replies: 2 Views: 1328	Hello! I've been considering getting someone to overhaul my U12 (E9/B6) to D13, and thought to look for help in my current vicinity in Northeast Kentucky. I know the fine folks on this forum will poin ...
Topic: Anyone not lower their 4th string E-Eb?
Duncan Wood Replies: 28 Views: 7599	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Oct 2020 3:18 pm Subject: Anyone not lower their 4th string E-Eb?
Duncan Wood Replies: 28 Views: 7599	Tucker - thanks for writing all that out. That was the only explanation I could think of but it seemed so consistent that it must have been something else...
Topic: Anyone not lower their 4th string E-Eb?
Duncan Wood Replies: 28 Views: 7599	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Oct 2020 8:53 am Subject: Anyone not lower their 4th string E-Eb?
Duncan Wood Replies: 28 Views: 7599	I'm late to the party here, but if anyone's still watching... I'm a beginner and I just discovered this issue myself on my Fessenden U12 E9/B6 with 3 raises/3 lowers. Is this just an unavoidable is ...
Topic: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 31 Jan 2020 7:56 pm Subject: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	Okay, so in another bewildering act of kindness, Tom Bradshaw has let me borrow his E9/B6 10-string for a month, and offered to set another one up for me. He has recommended the copedent attached belo ...
Topic: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Jan 2020 12:53 pm Subject: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	For anyone still watching this - Slim Heilpern kindly invited me over to play his U12 E9/B6. My impression from playing that, hearing his philosophy and the suggestions above, is to start with a U12. ...
Topic: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2020 10:53 am Subject: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	Thank you all so much for the thoughtful responses! Iâ€™m at a conference right now so Iâ€™ll have to put off some of the active work suggested but I would definitely like to accept Bobâ€ ...
Topic: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Jan 2020 11:55 pm Subject: Beginner Buying Advice
Duncan Wood Replies: 30 Views: 20349	Hi all - first post here. I'm sure this has been asked before, but after doing some searching through the forum I couldn't find a good answer. Wondering if there's a pedal steel buyer's guide for k ...