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Hi all. I am in the process to conclude my project and will sent a progress soon. As all the controls are done by software which needs calibration I need the following from you experienced. What is th ...

I am a electrical eng and used to fix amps as a hobby. If the amp output IC’s is not shorted I suggest your amp earth or neutral is open circuit. Meaning the neutral takes the shortest path through ...

Hi Carl. Yes your ideas are all valid and I did worked through it all. I did removed the plastic slewing and put more support at the bottom of the rails. I might take you on to add more support at the ...

On the tuner I heavily modified an existing tuner, If you punch in the following in ebay you will see what I used as a baseline(6 String Headless Guitar Bridge Tailpiece for Electric Guitar Parts).
...

I thought I will give a brief progress before I slow down a bit with the built. The Guitar as it is currently is about 50-60% complete. There is unfortunately a however in the works as I struggle to g ...

Good morning.
I announce my new project in January this year when I started working on it. I thought its time for an update.
Progress is slow but surely going forward. There however were some chall ...

Hi Jim Kennedy. I am currently working on the Stepper motor side of the design and struggle to get the steppers to include the sleep function. If I don't include a function to switch off the steppers ...

I agree with a travel board. Great concept, simple but affective. All you need to travel is a small earplug mini amp and you set.

Hi Carl. I enjoy doing different and sometimes strange things. This is also only a hobby and wish I had more time to achieve the results I wish for. I am playing Steel only when I have time, that is w ...

Are you still playing with the electronic code -Steppers etc ?
I do struggle to find a code that will ramp up the speed enough to work. I'm new in coding and do struggle to get all going the way it ...

Hi all since I haven't posted for some time, I thought it's time to break the silence with my new project.

But first some feedback on my first build. I am playing it as often as I can and it's stil ...

Hi there have a look in my Electro Steel Guitar section in the forum. I use servo’s to change my pedal steel chords and use wireless communication between the pedals and main guitar body. Let me kno ...

Hi all, its a long time since I first posted my Electro Steel Guitar build.
Well I am still loving the guitar and play it as often as I have time to do so.
However I'm in the process to build my s ...

Hi. I build the Electro Steel in the forum. I am designing my second Electro Steel and will use stepper motors instead of servo motors this time. Although the servo motors do a great job, I can hear t ...

Nice looking case and guitar.
Did you build the guitar as well? Is the guitar body aluminium or stainless?

Australia Greetings
JDB

I would love to have a copy, thanks Mate
jdebruyn26@gmail.com

JDB

Thanks Tim I like to think outside the box. Live become boring if you keep the usual.

Hi Again. For you guitar builders, I need help with my design. My first Steel guitar body I build with a wooden frame with an 8mm aluminium plate on the top.
What would be the best sound transfer. A ...

I completed my first Electro-Steel-Guitar and decided to build my next with a few upgrades to the existing. To align with Paul's suggestion and to test a new concept I decided to trial a concept to wi ...

Will be interesting to know what he did.

Hi JD
I didn't scrap your idea with the pitch controller as yet.
I am in the process to design a completely different concept to change the string pitch that seems like nobody has thought of yet. On ...

I added some shortcuts to video clips to show the servo accuracy.
Hope that will answer more questions.
https://youtu.be/GxaM9HIhALY
https://youtube.com/shorts/T_L47UlFqcs
https://youtu.be/DOMkZrd ...

Hi JD
Thanks for your reply.
I had a servo from round the 90 and that servo was not as accurate as the servos today. I will post a video to show the accuracy. It is spot-on and consistent.

I tu ...

Attach short video clips. Sorry for the quality will, will work on that next videos.
https://youtu.be/__O_YAn24Z8
https://youtu.be/Mfjc81kSHdI

Another video shortcut. Sorry for the quality, it's only to show the operation of the guitar.
https://youtu.be/__O_YAn24Z8

Author	Message
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 22 Aug 2024 1:38 pm Subject: The perfect pitch / frequency
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Hi all. I am in the process to conclude my project and will sent a progress soon. As all the controls are done by software which needs calibration I need the following from you experienced. What is th ...
Topic: Peavey LTD tripping circuit breaker
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 15 Views: 1701	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 27 Jun 2024 7:11 pm Subject: Amp trip power
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 15 Views: 1701	I am a electrical eng and used to fix amps as a hobby. If the amp output IC’s is not shorted I suggest your amp earth or neutral is open circuit. Meaning the neutral takes the shortest path through ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 16 Jun 2024 12:02 am Subject: Electro Steel second build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Hi Carl. Yes your ideas are all valid and I did worked through it all. I did removed the plastic slewing and put more support at the bottom of the rails. I might take you on to add more support at the ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 14 Jun 2024 1:36 pm Subject: Electro Steel second build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	On the tuner I heavily modified an existing tuner, If you punch in the following in ebay you will see what I used as a baseline(6 String Headless Guitar Bridge Tailpiece for Electric Guitar Parts). ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 12 May 2024 12:08 am Subject: Electro Steel Guitar Progress
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	I thought I will give a brief progress before I slow down a bit with the built. The Guitar as it is currently is about 50-60% complete. There is unfortunately a however in the works as I struggle to g ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 5 Apr 2024 2:29 am Subject: Electro Steel Guitar Project
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Good morning. I announce my new project in January this year when I started working on it. I thought its time for an update. Progress is slow but surely going forward. There however were some chall ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 2 Apr 2024 1:23 pm Subject: Stepper Motor controlling the Steel guitar
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Hi Jim Kennedy. I am currently working on the Stepper motor side of the design and struggle to get the steppers to include the sleep function. If I don't include a function to switch off the steppers ...
Topic: Built keyless C6 Lap Steel / Practice Board
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 8 Views: 3680	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 5 Feb 2024 1:56 am Subject: Travel board
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 8 Views: 3680	I agree with a travel board. Great concept, simple but affective. All you need to travel is a small earplug mini amp and you set.
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 25 Jan 2024 5:12 pm Subject: Electro Steel
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Hi Carl. I enjoy doing different and sometimes strange things. This is also only a hobby and wish I had more time to achieve the results I wish for. I am playing Steel only when I have time, that is w ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 19 Jan 2024 12:55 pm Subject: New Electro Pedal Steel
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Are you still playing with the electronic code -Steppers etc ? I do struggle to find a code that will ramp up the speed enough to work. I'm new in coding and do struggle to get all going the way it ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 18 Jan 2024 5:26 pm Subject: New Electro Pedal Steel
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Hi all since I haven't posted for some time, I thought it's time to break the silence with my new project. But first some feedback on my first build. I am playing it as often as I can and it's stil ...
Topic: Incorporating a Multi Kord Changer in a Telecaster
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 8 Views: 5605	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 31 Dec 2023 12:16 am Subject: Cord changer
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 8 Views: 5605	Hi there have a look in my Electro Steel Guitar section in the forum. I use servo’s to change my pedal steel chords and use wireless communication between the pedals and main guitar body. Let me kno ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 19 Sep 2023 11:53 pm Subject: Electro Pedal Steel
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Hi all, its a long time since I first posted my Electro Steel Guitar build. Well I am still loving the guitar and play it as often as I have time to do so. However I'm in the process to build my s ...
Topic: Stepper Motor Pedal Steel
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 95 Views: 101280	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 16 Sep 2023 3:55 am Subject: Stepper motor steel
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 95 Views: 101280	Hi. I build the Electro Steel in the forum. I am designing my second Electro Steel and will use stepper motors instead of servo motors this time. Although the servo motors do a great job, I can hear t ...
Topic: building steel guitar hard cases
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 8 Views: 4763	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 10 Aug 2023 10:17 pm Subject: Case
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 8 Views: 4763	Nice looking case and guitar. Did you build the guitar as well? Is the guitar body aluminium or stainless? Australia Greetings JDB
Topic: C6 to E9/B6 uni Chord Chart
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 107 Views: 62695	Forum Section: Tablature Posted: 10 Aug 2023 9:34 am Subject: Charts
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 107 Views: 62695	I would love to have a copy, thanks Mate jdebruyn26@gmail.com JDB
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 10 Aug 2023 7:36 am Subject: Electro Steel Guitar
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Thanks Tim I like to think outside the box. Live become boring if you keep the usual.
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 8 Aug 2023 4:04 am Subject: Guitar boddy
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Hi Again. For you guitar builders, I need help with my design. My first Steel guitar body I build with a wooden frame with an 8mm aluminium plate on the top. What would be the best sound transfer. A ...
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 7 Aug 2023 4:56 am Subject: Coil winding
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	I completed my first Electro-Steel-Guitar and decided to build my next with a few upgrades to the existing. To align with Paul's suggestion and to test a new concept I decided to trial a concept to wi ...
Topic: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 23 Jul 2023 7:44 pm Subject: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Will be interesting to know what he did.
Topic: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 22 Jul 2023 3:57 pm Subject: Electro Steel Guitar
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Hi JD I didn't scrap your idea with the pitch controller as yet. I am in the process to design a completely different concept to change the string pitch that seems like nobody has thought of yet. On ...
Topic: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 17 Jul 2023 1:21 am Subject: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	I added some shortcuts to video clips to show the servo accuracy. Hope that will answer more questions. https://youtu.be/GxaM9HIhALY https://youtube.com/shorts/T_L47UlFqcs https://youtu.be/DOMkZrd ...
Topic: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 16 Jul 2023 10:08 pm Subject: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Hi JD Thanks for your reply. I had a servo from round the 90 and that servo was not as accurate as the servos today. I will post a video to show the accuracy. It is spot-on and consistent. I tu ...
Topic: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 16 Jul 2023 3:22 am Subject: New section - for builders of all types of steel guitars
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 28 Views: 21534	Attach short video clips. Sorry for the quality will, will work on that next videos. https://youtu.be/__O_YAn24Z8 https://youtu.be/Mfjc81kSHdI
Topic: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 16 Jul 2023 3:02 am Subject: Electro Pedal Steel Build
Jacobus De Bruyn Replies: 32 Views: 21614	Another video shortcut. Sorry for the quality, it's only to show the operation of the guitar. https://youtu.be/__O_YAn24Z8