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Hello GCG lovers, it's been a while. Post your guitars! Here's my '54.

Do you play a Console Grande? What do you love about it?

I like the sound and the overall aesthetic.

The engraved na ...

……Ever since I got into this thing, I knew I’d HAVE TO have me an Emmons at some point.

Already found one for a good price, and it’s been professionally rebuilt by a reputable guy, ready t ...

Does anybody have a guesstimate sale price for this guitar please?

It seems that Guitar Center has one for $1350 albeit without a case.
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Gibson/Vintage-1930s-E ...

I play an 8 string square neck dobro, my band is doing some songs that have dobro. I can get by on my steel, but would prefer to use my dobro. I’ve looked and done research and have not come across ...

I have an old Guvnor resonator with an under saddle strip pick-up. When I plug it in to any amp or DI the 1st and 2nd strings don't have anywhere near the same volume as the rest. I've changed the str ...

Everyone is talking about clutch....what and where is a clutch.

Inside the compression collar which is threaded on to the leg is a compression clutch to hold the legs in place.

Perhaps some ...

It is particularly rare to see the mute on the 1940 Console Grande's.

My 1940 appears to have never had a mute installed.

They are great Steels although the scale-length is on the shorter end o ...

My MSA Classic is the only PSG I've ever owned. Bought it new as local music store….

Bit I know a lot of you have owned and still own many steels, and I wonder what makes you choose to buy a par ...

Scott Dixon steel guitar seats are first class, light weight, strong.

Malcom; these look like nice seats. However when I looked on their web site https://www.scottdixoninc.com/ ; I saw nothing ...

Learning to mute strings from the beginning of our learning is a very good idea. This should be obvious now; and it will become even clearer in hindsight.

There is a trade-off between being a vers ...

Paul; many guitars have been retrofitted with a modern double-acting truss rod specifically to allow adjustments in neck bow to be possible without further major surgery.

The short answer is yes. ...

... The Fishman system is pricey and professional installations is "recommended" along with some kind of adjustable spider.

h

Howard et al; In what manner does the spider need to be ...

I have no idea about street prices these days; my guess is that most of you have a better idea than I do about what the fair market value is on them. Until about a month ago I was down to 1 electric ...

Are you sure itâ€™s a note? Most of the time an x mean a chocked note.

I appreciate your post, but the book in question explicitly designated the x in their notation as a fretting behind the ...

I use a different bars on my different PSGâ€™s.

I ordered a custom bar from bulletbars.com when I got my U12; I still use that bar on my U14. $25 for a custom made bar was a no-brainer.

...

Youâ€™re correct, Patrick. The Harp pedals I have seen look more like ones under a grand piano and are much shorter. My other guess would be an actuator set for a multi-function punch press. That ...

Hi all.
I've been practicing with my old Ernie Ball VP Jr. and it's a bit scratchy no matter how much contact cleaner I use, so I thought it's time to try a better pedal.

I'm gonna try a Goodrich ...

Thanks; for decades I have gone through the post, the doubled back and made a loop around the string where it entered the post. Then I use the stringwnder to bring it up to tension.

I will try to ...

I recently picked up a used Fender Custom and tonight I set out to change the strings on 1 of the necks. I started playing Guitar over 40 years ago; and I have owned a broad variety of various guitar ...

The guitar has a 24.5â€ scale length.

Pedal lengths vary between about 4.75â€ and 11.â€

This is an odd duck of a guitar; but I think it will be fun to get it in to to good work ...

How do you know it's from a guitar?

Bill

I do not know that these pedals were from a guitar originally. They could have been taken from some other type of apparatus originally.

These pedals ...

I am hoping that someone can identify this assembly

What was Mike Cass able to tell you about its whereabouts?

This year Iâ€™m putting twin turbos and nitrous on my gear!!

I have never experimented with using a Nitrous System for PSG. I am thinking that a little nitrous might make my bad playing more ...

I spent quite a bit of time looking over Sneaky Peteâ€™s B6 copedant a long time ago and I still think of it as being in the spirit of Universal tunings.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/user ...

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Topic: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Eugene Cole Replies: 105 Views: 76531	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Mar 2023 3:29 pm Subject: Re: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!!
Eugene Cole Replies: 105 Views: 76531	Hello GCG lovers, it's been a while. Post your guitars! Here's my '54. Do you play a Console Grande? What do you love about it? I like the sound and the overall aesthetic. The engraved na ...
Topic: To Push/Pull or just Pull?
Eugene Cole Replies: 16 Views: 3509	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 24 Mar 2023 1:05 pm Subject: Re: To Push/Pull or just Pull?
Eugene Cole Replies: 16 Views: 3509	……Ever since I got into this thing, I knew I’d HAVE TO have me an Emmons at some point. Already found one for a good price, and it’s been professionally rebuilt by a reputable guy, ready t ...
Topic: Gibson 7 string EGE-6784
Eugene Cole Replies: 8 Views: 2408	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2023 5:26 pm Subject: Re: Gibson 7 string EGE-6784
Eugene Cole Replies: 8 Views: 2408	Does anybody have a guesstimate sale price for this guitar please? It seems that Guitar Center has one for $1350 albeit without a case. https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Gibson/Vintage-1930s-E ...
Topic: Resonator amplification options?
Eugene Cole Replies: 50 Views: 10365	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2023 4:27 pm Subject: Re: Resonator amplification options?
Eugene Cole Replies: 50 Views: 10365	I play an 8 string square neck dobro, my band is doing some songs that have dobro. I can get by on my steel, but would prefer to use my dobro. I’ve looked and done research and have not come across ...
Topic: Resonator pick-up
Eugene Cole Replies: 2 Views: 939	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2023 3:58 pm Subject: Re: Resonator pick-up
Eugene Cole Replies: 2 Views: 939	I have an old Guvnor resonator with an under saddle strip pick-up. When I plug it in to any amp or DI the 1st and 2nd strings don't have anywhere near the same volume as the rest. I've changed the str ...
Topic: A solution to legs slipping
Eugene Cole Replies: 26 Views: 7879	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 22 Mar 2023 2:50 pm Subject: Re: legs slipping
Eugene Cole Replies: 26 Views: 7879	Everyone is talking about clutch....what and where is a clutch. Inside the compression collar which is threaded on to the leg is a compression clutch to hold the legs in place. Perhaps some ...
Topic: 1940 Gibson Console Grande 7/8
Eugene Cole Replies: 4 Views: 4843	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 21 Feb 2022 12:04 pm Subject: 1940 Gibson Console Grande 7/8
Eugene Cole Replies: 4 Views: 4843	It is particularly rare to see the mute on the 1940 Console Grande's. My 1940 appears to have never had a mute installed. They are great Steels although the scale-length is on the shorter end o ...
Topic: How do you choose?
Eugene Cole Replies: 35 Views: 6726	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Feb 2022 9:00 pm Subject: Re: How do you choose?
Eugene Cole Replies: 35 Views: 6726	My MSA Classic is the only PSG I've ever owned. Bought it new as local music store…. Bit I know a lot of you have owned and still own many steels, and I wonder what makes you choose to buy a par ...
Topic: Pedal Steel Seats
Eugene Cole Replies: 25 Views: 9024	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Feb 2022 7:02 pm Subject: Pedal Steel Seats
Eugene Cole Replies: 25 Views: 9024	Scott Dixon steel guitar seats are first class, light weight, strong. Malcom; these look like nice seats. However when I looked on their web site https://www.scottdixoninc.com/ ; I saw nothing ...
Topic: Question about muting strings with pinky fingertip
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 2897	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Dec 2020 9:27 pm Subject: Question about muting strings with pinky fingertip
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 2897	Learning to mute strings from the beginning of our learning is a very good idea. This should be obvious now; and it will become even clearer in hindsight. There is a trade-off between being a vers ...
Topic: Round neck reinforced
Eugene Cole Replies: 7 Views: 1929	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Dec 2020 4:02 pm Subject: Round neck reinforced
Eugene Cole Replies: 7 Views: 1929	Paul; many guitars have been retrofitted with a modern double-acting truss rod specifically to allow adjustments in neck bow to be possible without further major surgery. The short answer is yes. ...
Topic: Schertler reso pickup?
Eugene Cole Replies: 3 Views: 1219	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Dec 2020 3:57 pm Subject: Schertler reso pickup?
Eugene Cole Replies: 3 Views: 1219	... The Fishman system is pricey and professional installations is "recommended" along with some kind of adjustable spider. h Howard et al; In what manner does the spider need to be ...
Topic: My Most Valuable Lap Steel. Please Share Yours
Eugene Cole Replies: 346 Views: 190602	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Dec 2020 3:41 pm Subject: My Most Valuable Lap Steel. Please Share Yours
Eugene Cole Replies: 346 Views: 190602	I have no idea about street prices these days; my guess is that most of you have a better idea than I do about what the fair market value is on them. Until about a month ago I was down to 1 electric ...
Topic: Fretting behind the bar?
Eugene Cole Replies: 20 Views: 3992	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Dec 2020 10:59 am Subject: Fretting behind the bar?
Eugene Cole Replies: 20 Views: 3992	Are you sure itâ€™s a note? Most of the time an x mean a chocked note. I appreciate your post, but the book in question explicitly designated the x in their notation as a fretting behind the ...
Topic: What kind of tone bar for Universal 12 string
Eugene Cole Replies: 17 Views: 4125	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Dec 2020 7:03 pm Subject: What kind of tone bar for Universal 12 string
Eugene Cole Replies: 17 Views: 4125	I use a different bars on my different PSGâ€™s. I ordered a custom bar from bulletbars.com when I got my U12; I still use that bar on my U14. $25 for a custom made bar was a no-brainer. ...
Topic: Who made this quad necks Pedal bar? Maker and/or era
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Dec 2020 6:43 pm Subject: Re: Stump the Starz of Gee Tarz
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	Youâ€™re correct, Patrick. The Harp pedals I have seen look more like ones under a grand piano and are much shorter. My other guess would be an actuator set for a multi-function punch press. That ...
Topic: low or high volume pedal?
Eugene Cole Replies: 13 Views: 2375	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Dec 2020 6:28 pm Subject: Re: low or high volume pedal?
Eugene Cole Replies: 13 Views: 2375	Hi all. I've been practicing with my old Ernie Ball VP Jr. and it's a bit scratchy no matter how much contact cleaner I use, so I thought it's time to try a better pedal. I'm gonna try a Goodrich ...
Topic: Tips for Fender Custom String replacement
Eugene Cole Replies: 4 Views: 1602	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Dec 2020 9:29 pm Subject: Tips for Fender Custom String replacement
Eugene Cole Replies: 4 Views: 1602	Thanks; for decades I have gone through the post, the doubled back and made a loop around the string where it entered the post. Then I use the stringwnder to bring it up to tension. I will try to ...
Topic: Tips for Fender Custom String replacement
Eugene Cole Replies: 4 Views: 1602	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Nov 2020 9:36 pm Subject: Tips for Fender Custom String replacement
Eugene Cole Replies: 4 Views: 1602	I recently picked up a used Fender Custom and tonight I set out to change the strings on 1 of the necks. I started playing Guitar over 40 years ago; and I have owned a broad variety of various guitar ...
Topic: Who made this quad necks Pedal bar? Maker and/or era
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Nov 2020 3:59 pm Subject: Who made this quad necks Pedal bar? Maker and/or era
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	The guitar has a 24.5â€ scale length. Pedal lengths vary between about 4.75â€ and 11.â€ This is an odd duck of a guitar; but I think it will be fun to get it in to to good work ...
Topic: Who made this quad necks Pedal bar? Maker and/or era
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 Nov 2020 10:40 am Subject: Who made this quad necks Pedal bar? Maker and/or era
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	How do you know it's from a guitar? Bill I do not know that these pedals were from a guitar originally. They could have been taken from some other type of apparatus originally. These pedals ...
Topic: Who made this quad necks Pedal bar? Maker and/or era
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Nov 2020 9:39 pm Subject: Who made this quad necks Pedal bar? Maker and/or era
Eugene Cole Replies: 11 Views: 4401	I am hoping that someone can identify this assembly
Topic: Looking for Emmons Push/Pull - #1346
Eugene Cole Replies: 60 Views: 59773	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Nov 2020 8:55 pm Subject: Looking for Emmons Push/Pull - #1346
Eugene Cole Replies: 60 Views: 59773	What was Mike Cass able to tell you about its whereabouts?
Topic: Will this be the next Steel Guitar lubrication
Eugene Cole Replies: 18 Views: 5515	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Nov 2020 8:48 pm Subject: Re: Lubricants
Eugene Cole Replies: 18 Views: 5515	This year Iâ€™m putting twin turbos and nitrous on my gear!! I have never experimented with using a Nitrous System for PSG. I am thinking that a little nitrous might make my bad playing more ...
Topic: Thoughts on Universal
Eugene Cole Replies: 44 Views: 10701	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Nov 2020 8:17 pm Subject: Sneaky Pereâ€™s B6
Eugene Cole Replies: 44 Views: 10701	I spent quite a bit of time looking over Sneaky Peteâ€™s B6 copedant a long time ago and I still think of it as being in the spirit of Universal tunings. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/user ...