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Thanks for posting. Yeah, I used a thin Sentell pickup as an experiment to sound more hawaiian. Here's a video with me going back and forth between bridge (left ch) and neck (right ch) pickup:
https: ...

Or just get a 1meg pot ant put it across the output jack of the steel (either end pin of pot goes to ground, center pin of pot goes to hot). You can do this with alligator clips first to see if you li ...

I made a low profile neck pickup for my C6 neck. It has few windings, a 1k Rout, and correspondingly low output. I used the tiny transformer from inside an XLR to 1/4” mic adapter - 600 to 50k ohms, ...

Thanks Tim: Other than my human lifespan, I'm in no hurry so maybe one will turn up.

Anybody have a Mosvalve 500 for sale?

All banjo tips should be free, right? Anyway I've been using a teflon rod for a bar plus eq to get a pretty good dobro sound. I was tweaking the eq a bit for my banjo sound. It was OK, but at a rehear ...

Dave; The song matters too - that affects my tone the most.

Amen Donny: My old country band works that way - vocals only through the PA (and maybe some kick drum). It is so fun. My other bar band is "great" by all accounts, and we play festivals wi ...

First thing is make sure its hooked up right Smile

In two of your notes, it sounds like you're driving the pre-amp with the power amp? It's supposed to go steel=>pre=>power=>Spkr.

If you do have it hooked up right: does the hiss suddenly s ...

It's fun to just go to YouTube and search Karaoke tracks:
https://youtu.be/DZEzGdjCE1c

I mounted a t-nut to a piece of plywood about the size of the steel to make a platform, and use a camera tripod. The camera bolt on the tripod screws into the plywood top.i used some small pieces of V ...

I've got three now - (1)volume, (2)effects control for gigs, and (3) for the home practice setup. I got rid of all my big ones. They're great.

Attached is a picture of the bridge. The head and bridge are both made of 1/2" Aluminum U-Channel. I made the head out of 2 pieces cut into an "L" side by side because 1). I needed the ...

Did this with hand-tools and silver-solder from hardware store parts (except for pickup, fretboard and output jack).

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/12568_Lapsteel_1.jpg

https://bb. ...

I like your observation that it looks like a baby steel. You should put a matching emblem on the front (and maybe a set of baby pedal rods)

Make sure you are damping the strings well with your hand behind the bar.

Take a piece of low-density foam, a rag or paper towel and slip it inside the spring?

I'm thinking of upgrading my beater practice board/lap steel. I want to replace the cheap wood-mounted guitar tuners with a keyhead. I don't need anything fancy, and I don't need the tuners...

The first thing I would do is plug your pedal board into the amp, then unscrew the guitar cord cover at the amp input end to expose the terminals. Use a voltmeter to measure the DC voltage at these am ...

My wife got us tickets for Christmas. I couldn't believe it.

nice to hear!

Actually pretty easy. In both directions, the solvent went straight through the changer into a towel without getting any on either the topside or bottomside finishes.
Me blowing air made a little mis ...

Yeah, mine never got bad enough to worry about, but I figured periodic prophylactic flushings can't hurt. I flushed it first about 10 years after I got it, from both top and bottom. A lot of black stu ...

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Topic: Neck Pickups for the Pedal Steel Guitar
Glenn Demichele Replies: 8 Views: 1276	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 26 Aug 2024 2:54 pm Subject: Neck Pickups for the Pedal Steel Guitar
Glenn Demichele Replies: 8 Views: 1276	Thanks for posting. Yeah, I used a thin Sentell pickup as an experiment to sound more hawaiian. Here's a video with me going back and forth between bridge (left ch) and neck (right ch) pickup: https: ...
Topic: Managing shrill highs
Glenn Demichele Replies: 6 Views: 1442	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Aug 2024 5:14 am Subject: Managing shrill highs
Glenn Demichele Replies: 6 Views: 1442	Or just get a 1meg pot ant put it across the output jack of the steel (either end pin of pot goes to ground, center pin of pot goes to hot). You can do this with alligator clips first to see if you li ...
Topic: Dobro amplification idea
Glenn Demichele Replies: 6 Views: 2242	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Aug 2024 6:19 am Subject: Dobro amplification idea
Glenn Demichele Replies: 6 Views: 2242	I made a low profile neck pickup for my C6 neck. It has few windings, a 1k Rout, and correspondingly low output. I used the tiny transformer from inside an XLR to 1/4” mic adapter - 600 to 50k ohms, ...
Topic: WTB Mosvalve 500
Glenn Demichele Replies: 2 Views: 495	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 27 May 2024 5:50 pm Subject: WTB Mosvalve 500
Glenn Demichele Replies: 2 Views: 495	Thanks Tim: Other than my human lifespan, I'm in no hurry so maybe one will turn up.
Topic: WTB Mosvalve 500
Glenn Demichele Replies: 2 Views: 495	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 27 May 2024 1:20 pm Subject: WTB Mosvalve 500
Glenn Demichele Replies: 2 Views: 495	Anybody have a Mosvalve 500 for sale?
Topic: Free Banjo Tip
Glenn Demichele Replies: 2 Views: 785	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Apr 2024 10:54 am Subject: Free Banjo Tip
Glenn Demichele Replies: 2 Views: 785	All banjo tips should be free, right? Anyway I've been using a teflon rod for a bar plus eq to get a pretty good dobro sound. I was tweaking the eq a bit for my banjo sound. It was OK, but at a rehear ...
Topic: Video: "The One Thing Every Influential Guitar Tone...
Glenn Demichele Replies: 10 Views: 3687	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Apr 2024 1:04 pm Subject: Video: "The One Thing Every Influential Guitar Tone...
Glenn Demichele Replies: 10 Views: 3687	Dave; The song matters too - that affects my tone the most.
Topic: Video: "The One Thing Every Influential Guitar Tone...
Glenn Demichele Replies: 10 Views: 3687	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Apr 2024 12:13 pm Subject: Video: "The One Thing Every Influential Guitar Tone...
Glenn Demichele Replies: 10 Views: 3687	Amen Donny: My old country band works that way - vocals only through the PA (and maybe some kick drum). It is so fun. My other bar band is "great" by all accounts, and we play festivals wi ...
Topic: Power Amp to Revelation Pre-Amp Noise Issue
Glenn Demichele Replies: 19 Views: 2728	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 22 Apr 2024 7:45 am Subject: Power Amp to Revelation Pre-Amp Noise Issue
Glenn Demichele Replies: 19 Views: 2728	First thing is make sure its hooked up right
Topic: Power Amp to Revelation Pre-Amp Noise Issue
Glenn Demichele Replies: 19 Views: 2728	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 22 Apr 2024 4:38 am Subject: Power Amp to Revelation Pre-Amp Noise Issue
Glenn Demichele Replies: 19 Views: 2728	In two of your notes, it sounds like you're driving the pre-amp with the power amp? It's supposed to go steel=>pre=>power=>Spkr. If you do have it hooked up right: does the hiss suddenly s ...
Topic: Looking for backing tracks for "Im not lisa" E9
Glenn Demichele Replies: 6 Views: 1525	Forum Section: Tablature Posted: 1 Apr 2024 7:27 am Subject: Looking for backing tracks for "Im not lisa" E9
Glenn Demichele Replies: 6 Views: 1525	It's fun to just go to YouTube and search Karaoke tracks: https://youtu.be/DZEzGdjCE1c
Topic: Guitar stands / tables / etc
Glenn Demichele Replies: 14 Views: 2754	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Mar 2024 9:02 pm Subject: Guitar stands / tables / etc
Glenn Demichele Replies: 14 Views: 2754	I mounted a t-nut to a piece of plywood about the size of the steel to make a platform, and use a camera tripod. The camera bolt on the tripod screws into the plywood top.i used some small pieces of V ...
Topic: Mini volume pedal
Glenn Demichele Replies: 7 Views: 1027	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 13 Mar 2024 6:59 am Subject: Mini volume pedal
Glenn Demichele Replies: 7 Views: 1027	I've got three now - (1)volume, (2)effects control for gigs, and (3) for the home practice setup. I got rid of all my big ones. They're great.
Topic: Built keyless C6 Lap Steel / Practice Board
Glenn Demichele Replies: 8 Views: 4011	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 2 Feb 2024 7:56 am Subject: Built keyless C6 Lap Steel / Practice Board
Glenn Demichele Replies: 8 Views: 4011	Attached is a picture of the bridge. The head and bridge are both made of 1/2" Aluminum U-Channel. I made the head out of 2 pieces cut into an "L" side by side because 1). I needed the ...
Topic: Built keyless C6 Lap Steel / Practice Board
Glenn Demichele Replies: 8 Views: 4011	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 1 Feb 2024 6:07 am Subject: Built keyless C6 Lap Steel / Practice Board
Glenn Demichele Replies: 8 Views: 4011	Did this with hand-tools and silver-solder from hardware store parts (except for pickup, fretboard and output jack). https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/12568_Lapsteel_1.jpg https://bb. ...
Topic: Messin around with my tool box
Glenn Demichele Replies: 9 Views: 2039	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 29 Jan 2024 9:45 pm Subject: Messin around with my tool box
Glenn Demichele Replies: 9 Views: 2039	I like your observation that it looks like a baby steel. You should put a matching emblem on the front (and maybe a set of baby pedal rods)
Topic: C chord on 12th fret in C6 Tuning
Glenn Demichele Replies: 17 Views: 2372	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jan 2024 8:19 pm Subject: C chord on 12th fret in C6 Tuning
Glenn Demichele Replies: 17 Views: 2372	Make sure you are damping the strings well with your hand behind the bar.
Topic: Tracing An Odd Sound
Glenn Demichele Replies: 9 Views: 1216	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Jan 2024 10:13 am Subject: Tracing An Odd Sound
Glenn Demichele Replies: 9 Views: 1216	Take a piece of low-density foam, a rag or paper towel and slip it inside the spring?
Topic: Need 10 string keyhead
Glenn Demichele Replies: 1 Views: 436	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 15 Jan 2024 10:46 am Subject: Need 10 string keyhead
Glenn Demichele Replies: 1 Views: 436	I'm thinking of upgrading my beater practice board/lap steel. I want to replace the cheap wood-mounted guitar tuners with a keyhead. I don't need anything fancy, and I don't need the tuners...
Topic: Weird interaction of pedal board and amp
Glenn Demichele Replies: 9 Views: 2025	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 Jan 2024 8:31 am Subject: Weird interaction of pedal board and amp
Glenn Demichele Replies: 9 Views: 2025	The first thing I would do is plug your pedal board into the amp, then unscrew the guitar cord cover at the amp input end to expose the terminals. Use a voltmeter to measure the DC voltage at these am ...
Topic: Great lineup for the 40th Dallas Steel Show March 7-10th
Glenn Demichele Replies: 16 Views: 7910	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 29 Dec 2023 6:30 pm Subject: Great lineup for the 40th Dallas Steel Show March 7-10th
Glenn Demichele Replies: 16 Views: 7910	My wife got us tickets for Christmas. I couldn't believe it.
Topic: Franklin Mystery Screw
Glenn Demichele Replies: 19 Views: 10914	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Dec 2023 8:32 am Subject: Franklin Mystery Screw
Glenn Demichele Replies: 19 Views: 10914	Ttt
Topic: Stolen Fender (found!)
Glenn Demichele Replies: 4 Views: 1160	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Dec 2023 6:27 pm Subject: Stolen Fender (found!)
Glenn Demichele Replies: 4 Views: 1160	nice to hear!
Topic: Lubrication routines?
Glenn Demichele Replies: 27 Views: 13773	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Dec 2023 7:12 am Subject: Lubrication routines?
Glenn Demichele Replies: 27 Views: 13773	Actually pretty easy. In both directions, the solvent went straight through the changer into a towel without getting any on either the topside or bottomside finishes. Me blowing air made a little mis ...
Topic: Lubrication routines?
Glenn Demichele Replies: 27 Views: 13773	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Nov 2023 1:08 pm Subject: Lubrication routines?
Glenn Demichele Replies: 27 Views: 13773	Yeah, mine never got bad enough to worry about, but I figured periodic prophylactic flushings can't hurt. I flushed it first about 10 years after I got it, from both top and bottom. A lot of black stu ...