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  Topic: How to describe grips
Hans Penner

Replies: 24
Views: 7395

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 15 Jan 2016 7:41 pm   Subject: How to describe grips
As a former student? .. until I pass thru Olympia again,
I have never encontered "the other grips".
I will experiment though.
  Topic: Stairway to heaven tab wanted
Hans Penner

Replies: 4
Views: 3068

PostForum Section: Tablature   Posted: 11 Jan 2016 8:17 pm   Subject: Stairway to heaven tab wanted
Mark, thank you.
This video is what I needed.
Onward!
  Topic: Stairway to heaven tab wanted
Hans Penner

Replies: 4
Views: 3068

PostForum Section: Tablature   Posted: 10 Jan 2016 6:45 pm   Subject: Stairway to heaven tab wanted
Thanx, Frank but C6 is not something I can work with.
Stage one steels are strictly E9.
  Topic: Stairway to heaven tab wanted
Hans Penner

Replies: 4
Views: 3068

PostForum Section: Tablature   Posted: 9 Jan 2016 4:08 pm   Subject: Stairway to heaven tab wanted
My son played the acoustic intro to Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven" when my father was lowered into the ground.
He has continued to do this every January 8th, my dad's birthday.
I would ...
  Topic: Cleartune user temperament issue
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 11047

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 18 May 2014 7:01 am   Subject: Cleartune user temperament issue
I now have a different concern.
I programmed Clear Tune according to Jean Yves site after splitting cabinet drop of 4.5.
Then I programmed my Stroboflip according to directions given by Sid Hudson. ...
  Topic: Cleartune user temperament issue
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 11047

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 16 May 2014 6:08 am   Subject: Cleartune user temperament issue
Got it.
Thanx , Lane
  Topic: Cleartune user temperament issue
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 11047

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 15 May 2014 7:37 pm   Subject: Cleartune user temperament issue
Thank you Jerry and b0b for taking the time to clarify things for me.
I take it that when people refer to Hz it is so others can deduce the number of cents one note is different from A which is 440 H ...
  Topic: Cleartune user temperament issue
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 11047

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 15 May 2014 4:30 pm   Subject: Cleartune user temperament issue
b0b, here goes:
1 Hz = 4 cents
Reference tone is A at 440 Hz
F# is to be 6 cents sharp of reference tone
So, 6 cents = 1.5 Hz = 440 + 1.5 = 441.5
Got this I think.
BUT
the actual reading is 371 ...
  Topic: Cleartune user temperament issue
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 11047

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 15 May 2014 3:52 pm   Subject: Cleartune user temperament issue
Thanx for your input b0b.
What I do not get is why Hartley says,
"F# = 441.5, or 6 cents Sharp"
What does 441.5 tell me when the app says 371.5?
When does 441.5 get used?
I am a beginn ...
  Topic: Cleartune user temperament issue
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 11047

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 15 May 2014 1:50 pm   Subject: Cleartune user temperament issue
Sometimes it would be better to NOT use the forum.

I have spent a good part of the day trying to use my Cleartune app after seeing it recommended on the forum.
My plan was to use it to tweak my St ...
  Topic: CFL bulbs and Nashville 112 amp clash. What to do?
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 10773

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 8 Apr 2014 5:00 pm   Subject: CFL bulbs and Nashville 112 amp clash. What to do?
Sorry to all about this late reply.
I have been and still am travelling.
• How old the wiring is?
Wiring system is new as of 1994 when I built the house.
• Whether the system is prope ...
  Topic: A Challenge -- from one challenged.
Hans Penner

Replies: 10
Views: 2913

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 18 Mar 2014 5:27 pm   Subject: Thank you Mike
As you already know, I was glad to meet you in person and thankful for your suggestion, Mike.

Ted
Sent you an email reply.

I think I need to get a haircut.
I am a "he" not a "he ...
  Topic: CFL bulbs and Nashville 112 amp clash. What to do?
Hans Penner

Replies: 26
Views: 10773

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 18 Mar 2014 2:58 pm   Subject: CFL bulbs and Nashville 112 amp clash. What to do?
Our entire house has Compact Fluorescent Lamps.
I have to turn off virtually all of them because of the buzz they create in my Nashville 112 amp.
Some are noisier then others.
Replacing the lamps h ...
  Topic: A Challenge -- from one challenged.
Hans Penner

Replies: 10
Views: 2913

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 18 Mar 2014 2:46 pm   Subject: A Challenge -- from one challenged.
John, Professor Twang, I had intended to email you this info since we are both into gadget making. Winking

I am still hoping someone takes up my challenge.
Maybe you, John?

Ted, how is your situati ...
  Topic: Steel Guitar Black Box
Hans Penner

Replies: 3
Views: 1698

PostForum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories   Posted: 18 Mar 2014 10:04 am   Subject: Steel Guitar Black Box
Ken

Sent you an email.
Paypal payment to follow when you contact me.
  Topic: A Challenge -- from one challenged.
Hans Penner

Replies: 10
Views: 2913

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 18 Mar 2014 5:48 am   Subject: A Challenge -- from one challenged.
John, I have tried the kind of bar you show.
Mine even has several threaded holes so the ring can be moved.
I found it too limiting in what it allowed me to do.
  Topic: A Challenge -- from one challenged.
Hans Penner

Replies: 10
Views: 2913

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 17 Mar 2014 8:16 pm   Subject: A Challenge -- from one challenged.
I'd like to invite you to a challenge from one who is challenged.

But first the background.

I began trying to play the pedal steel 2 1/2 years ago at 57 years young.

I had two major challenge ...
  Topic: Info wanted re Erby Meeks
Hans Penner

Replies: 8
Views: 2687

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 25 Feb 2014 4:20 pm   Subject: Info wanted re Erby Meeks
I was contacted by Necia, a relative of Erbie Meeks.
She confirmed that Erbie had played for Mandrell.
She was not clear on how long he worked with her.
She will let me know when she gets more info ...
  Topic: Info wanted re Erby Meeks
Hans Penner

Replies: 8
Views: 2687

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 24 Feb 2014 7:58 pm   Subject: Info wanted re Erby Meeks
Thanx Craig.
It was Lisa Garcia that we met.
She and her husband, Jay, had been at the Quartzsite, AZ. Rock Show.
They were there to sell rocks.

Unfortuneatly, the question as to whether Erbie M ...
  Topic: Info wanted re Erby Meeks
Hans Penner

Replies: 8
Views: 2687

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 24 Feb 2014 6:28 pm   Subject: Info wanted re Erby Meeks
My wife and I are travelling.
We met a woman named, Lisa, who said her birth father was Erby Meeks.
He has passed away but his brother still is alive.
Both were pedal steel players.
If I remember ...
  Topic: Effects for the Stage One
Hans Penner

Replies: 8
Views: 2844

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:43 am   Subject: Effects for the Stage One
Will post when I hear back from the seller.
  Topic: Effects for the Stage One
Hans Penner

Replies: 8
Views: 2844

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 28 Jan 2014 8:51 am   Subject: Effects for the Stage One
I have changed my mind about the Knockout.

It arrived with no instructions on installing a battery.
The battery that it came with was dead.
It manage to consume my brand new 9V battery overnight. ...
  Topic: Effects for the Stage One
Hans Penner

Replies: 8
Views: 2844

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 27 Jan 2014 7:32 am   Subject: Effects for the Stage One
I have managed to get the humming to stop.
I placed it on a wooden chair that was at least a foot from the adapter.
Thanx Daniel, for your concern.
  Topic: guitar map download
Hans Penner

Replies: 5
Views: 3586

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 24 Jan 2014 7:13 pm   Subject: guitar map download
A version of Wine that is packaged specifically for OS X can be found here:

http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
  Topic: Effects for the Stage One
Hans Penner

Replies: 8
Views: 2844

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 24 Jan 2014 6:24 pm   Subject: Effects for the Stage One
I got an Attack Equalizer today.
I set it like you suggested, Daniel.
Certainly sounds good.
Got a problem though.
It has a hum like you would not believe.
When I hold the power button down, till ...
 
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