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As many will undoubtedly state, Scotty, a very gracious and caring man, did far more for the promotion of the steel guitar and its music than any other single person in the last half of the 20th and t ...

A story circulated in earlier days that it was Shot Jackson that actually came up with the E9th tuning while Emmons and Day were both on the road. Shot reportedly called both players to report what h ...

Tom Bradshaw out in California is one of the foremost technicians for ZB repair and restorations. Pull up his web site to view his high quality work.

The Rus-ler steel guitar company and stock were sold to Harold Flynn in Knoxville Tennessee in about 1992. Harold manufactured 31 steels during the period ca 1992 to 2003 under the Flynn brand name. ...

I am in the process of restoring a triple-neck version of this steel. Tell me. what the control knobs on the pickup end of the guitar are doing -- volume or tone controls? Thanks for your reply.

Nice looker. I am in the process of restoring a triple-neck version of this guitar. Tell me, what are the control knobs for on the pickup end of the guitar -- volume or tone controls? Thanks for a ...

Looks like a very professional job,

Go to the GHS steel guitar site. They liist both legs and sockets for sale.

They emerged in the late 1960s and flourished in the early 1970s. The now recently deceased Gene Fields was the main designer of the instrument.

Well, it turns out that my first number above of these steel guitars was correct -- Unbelievably, Sho-Bud built 4,400 of them for Fender.

Alan Brooks caught my numerical error above. Sho-Bud contracted to build 400 of these steels for Fender, not 4,000. Mia culpa.

I'll check out my source on this and get back with the report.

I just learned something I hadn't known about this model Fender steel, i.e., that the Sho-Bud company turned out 4,000 (yes, 4,000) of them, most all of which were manufactured for sale in England

Pull up one of Sarah Jory's European performances with her band on the internet. She and the band had just kicked off on the introduction to what has become a signature performance for her of "To ...

I get legs from Steel Guitar Nashville. Good quality, good service and at reasonable prices. See their web site address under Jack Stoners entry above.

Trent, as I noted earlier, I have the pedals and most of the changer mechanism for this guitar if you or someone else desires to convert it to a multi-kord with pedals. I will donate the pedals and wh ...

Looks like measles to me -- may be contagious!!!

When you replace the original tuning keys with these tuning keys (Gotos, etc.) are you also able to cover them with the original National metal tuning key covers?

You are on the right track by devising a means to install a bar in a pouch holding device. A famous Hawaiian player(Billy Hew Lin) that I saw in Honolulu several years ago had lost his left hand at ...

Look again at the stand offs. You can buy short ones that are threaded at both ends for set screws that will immobilize the changer rod. All you need to do then is select a stand off length that fits ...

Thanks for your interest. I have several projects going before I can get to the National project, but will post a photo when I have completed the National project. I will be stripping the paint off a ...

Glad I ran across this discussion. I'm just starting to restore a National triple-neck and all of the tuners need replacing, so I will follow up on info you folks have here. An additional problem th ...

Think of the volume pedal as a means for sustaining volume and refrain from "pumping" it. After you have plucked the strings, slowly push the pedal down to sustain the amount of volume that ...

Welcome! You already have one of the best steels. Go with it and be happy!

I'm way behind on this one, spending most all of my time in the Pedal Steel section, but tune me in: what is the function of tone bars on non-pedal steels? I can imagine their use on relatively slow n ...

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Topic: DeWitt "Scotty" Scott, Sr.
Fred Layman Replies: 193 Views: 107680	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 25 Sep 2015 12:59 pm Subject: Scotty's Passing
Fred Layman Replies: 193 Views: 107680	As many will undoubtedly state, Scotty, a very gracious and caring man, did far more for the promotion of the steel guitar and its music than any other single person in the last half of the 20th and t ...
Topic: Jimmy Day's early copedent
Fred Layman Replies: 10 Views: 11299	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 Mar 2015 7:24 am Subject: Day-Emmons pedals
Fred Layman Replies: 10 Views: 11299	A story circulated in earlier days that it was Shot Jackson that actually came up with the E9th tuning while Emmons and Day were both on the road. Shot reportedly called both players to report what h ...
Topic: ZB: who does modern rebuilds?
Fred Layman Replies: 11 Views: 3406	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Mar 2015 7:25 am Subject: ZB Steel Repair, etc
Fred Layman Replies: 11 Views: 3406	Tom Bradshaw out in California is one of the foremost technicians for ZB repair and restorations. Pull up his web site to view his high quality work.
Topic: Pedal Steels no longer being made
Fred Layman Replies: 64 Views: 34901	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:15 am Subject: Rusler -- Flynn Steel Guitars
Fred Layman Replies: 64 Views: 34901	The Rus-ler steel guitar company and stock were sold to Harold Flynn in Knoxville Tennessee in about 1992. Harold manufactured 31 steels during the period ca 1992 to 2003 under the Flynn brand name. ...
Topic: New Console
Fred Layman Replies: 10 Views: 4885	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2015 1:25 pm Subject: Fred Layman
Fred Layman Replies: 10 Views: 4885	I am in the process of restoring a triple-neck version of this steel. Tell me. what the control knobs on the pickup end of the guitar are doing -- volume or tone controls? Thanks for your reply.
Topic: Rickenbacker pickup question
Fred Layman Replies: 5 Views: 3063	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2015 12:54 pm Subject: rickenbacker
Fred Layman Replies: 5 Views: 3063	Nice looker. I am in the process of restoring a triple-neck version of this guitar. Tell me, what are the control knobs for on the pickup end of the guitar -- volume or tone controls? Thanks for a ...
Topic: Side by side lap steel stand
Fred Layman Replies: 14 Views: 9410	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Feb 2015 1:13 pm Subject: steel guitar stamd
Fred Layman Replies: 14 Views: 9410	Looks like a very professional job,
Topic: Legs and Sockets for a '48 - '51 Console Grande
Fred Layman Replies: 7 Views: 2068	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jan 2015 11:16 am Subject: Legs and Sockets
Fred Layman Replies: 7 Views: 2068	Go to the GHS steel guitar site. They liist both legs and sockets for sale.
Topic: Fender 2000 10 pedal 1 Knee,info or value
Fred Layman Replies: 3 Views: 1123	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 19 Dec 2014 4:47 pm Subject: Fender 2000
Fred Layman Replies: 3 Views: 1123	They emerged in the late 1960s and flourished in the early 1970s. The now recently deceased Gene Fields was the main designer of the instrument.
Topic: Please tell me what I have
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Dec 2014 2:21 pm Subject: Fender/sho-bud
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	Well, it turns out that my first number above of these steel guitars was correct -- Unbelievably, Sho-Bud built 4,400 of them for Fender.
Topic: Please tell me what I have
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Dec 2014 6:19 am Subject: Fender
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	Alan Brooks caught my numerical error above. Sho-Bud contracted to build 400 of these steels for Fender, not 4,000. Mia culpa.
Topic: Please tell me what I have
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Dec 2014 3:22 pm Subject: Fender
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	I'll check out my source on this and get back with the report.
Topic: Please tell me what I have
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Dec 2014 10:02 am Subject: Fender
Fred Layman Replies: 16 Views: 38824	I just learned something I hadn't known about this model Fender steel, i.e., that the Sho-Bud company turned out 4,000 (yes, 4,000) of them, most all of which were manufactured for sale in England
Topic: I knew it was just a "matter of time" before it happened.
Fred Layman Replies: 20 Views: 8969	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Dec 2014 8:33 am Subject: string break
Fred Layman Replies: 20 Views: 8969	Pull up one of Sarah Jory's European performances with her band on the internet. She and the band had just kicked off on the introduction to what has become a signature performance for her of "To ...
Topic: where to get new pedal steel guitar leg
Fred Layman Replies: 7 Views: 1625	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Dec 2014 1:27 pm Subject: Steel Guitar Legs
Fred Layman Replies: 7 Views: 1625	I get legs from Steel Guitar Nashville. Good quality, good service and at reasonable prices. See their web site address under Jack Stoners entry above.
Topic: Looking for Info
Fred Layman Replies: 19 Views: 8644	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Dec 2014 9:00 am Subject: Uni-Kord
Fred Layman Replies: 19 Views: 8644	Trent, as I noted earlier, I have the pedals and most of the changer mechanism for this guitar if you or someone else desires to convert it to a multi-kord with pedals. I will donate the pedals and wh ...
Topic: Does anyone recognize this customized Gibson?
Fred Layman Replies: 9 Views: 4233	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Dec 2014 7:59 am Subject: steel dots
Fred Layman Replies: 9 Views: 4233	Looks like measles to me -- may be contagious!!!
Topic: Updating a National d8 style tuning machine
Fred Layman Replies: 18 Views: 6367	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Dec 2014 7:30 am Subject: National SG
Fred Layman Replies: 18 Views: 6367	When you replace the original tuning keys with these tuning keys (Gotos, etc.) are you also able to cover them with the original National metal tuning key covers?
Topic: Headstock/Tuners behind "bridge"
Fred Layman Replies: 13 Views: 5368	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Dec 2014 10:23 am Subject: Left Hand Help
Fred Layman Replies: 13 Views: 5368	You are on the right track by devising a means to install a bar in a pouch holding device. A famous Hawaiian player(Billy Hew Lin) that I saw in Honolulu several years ago had lost his left hand at ...
Topic: brass swivels and bell cranks
Fred Layman Replies: 9 Views: 3440	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Nov 2014 3:29 pm Subject: standoffs
Fred Layman Replies: 9 Views: 3440	Look again at the stand offs. You can buy short ones that are threaded at both ends for set screws that will immobilize the changer rod. All you need to do then is select a stand off length that fits ...
Topic: Updating a National d8 style tuning machine
Fred Layman Replies: 18 Views: 6367	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Nov 2014 8:22 am Subject: Nztional triplele
Fred Layman Replies: 18 Views: 6367	Thanks for your interest. I have several projects going before I can get to the National project, but will post a photo when I have completed the National project. I will be stripping the paint off a ...
Topic: Updating a National d8 style tuning machine
Fred Layman Replies: 18 Views: 6367	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Nov 2014 10:16 am Subject: Kluson Tuners
Fred Layman Replies: 18 Views: 6367	Glad I ran across this discussion. I'm just starting to restore a National triple-neck and all of the tuners need replacing, so I will follow up on info you folks have here. An additional problem th ...
Topic: Volume Pedal Usage
Fred Layman Replies: 19 Views: 7381	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Nov 2014 6:54 am Subject: volume pedal
Fred Layman Replies: 19 Views: 7381	Think of the volume pedal as a means for sustaining volume and refrain from "pumping" it. After you have plucked the strings, slowly push the pedal down to sustain the amount of volume that ...
Topic: Value of Sho-Bud?
Fred Layman Replies: 5 Views: 2791	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 4 Nov 2014 6:17 am Subject: Sho-Bud
Fred Layman Replies: 5 Views: 2791	Welcome! You already have one of the best steels. Go with it and be happy!
Topic: My Latest Lap Steel, with palm levers
Fred Layman Replies: 6 Views: 4052	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Oct 2014 1:41 pm Subject: Pa;m Bars
Fred Layman Replies: 6 Views: 4052	I'm way behind on this one, spending most all of my time in the Pedal Steel section, but tune me in: what is the function of tone bars on non-pedal steels? I can imagine their use on relatively slow n ...