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Welp, time to get to the jam. I've got a few more pics, later.

The legs attach to ¼-10 studs with nuts and washers, which isn't the quickest way to put one together, but it has extra studs, shorter, to provide security, and once it's put together it's quite stab ...

The undercarriage is, to put it gently, pretty crude to look at, but it works, works dependably, and the guitar stays in tune better than others I have owned.
This is a pull release system - like I ...

I don't know what kind of pickup it has, except to say it's obviously single coil. This far I have only played it through my Boss Katana Mini, 8 watts of screaming solid state power coming from 6 AA b ...

It's an "S6" with their optional wrist rest. I find it quite comfortable to play. The wrist rest fastens to the body via slip clips, and removes for transport.
https://bb.steelguitarforum. ...

As a rank beginner at pedal steel, 77 years old and arthritic, and having failed to thrive with conventional D-10 or S-10 steels, I decided to start at a lower level of complexity, and bought a 6 stri ...

Dont the new model active Goodrich pedals also do passive? I'm sure I saw that in their advertising - was a great idea eg. For a flexible signal chain options or if pedal goes dead on batteries.

...

I had a cheapo passive vol pedal, but it wouldn't go nearly to full volume.
So I bought a Goodrich active one, and it works fine, but it requires power to it.
If possible I'd like to have a passive ...

I just bought a new 6 string, 2 pedal, 2 knee pedal steel. Sho Nuff / Growler brand. It's supposed to come tomorrow.
I intend to tune it as E9, strings 3,4,5,6,7,8 of a conventional 10 string.

Cool. So Valco was the company who made them?

Cool. Thanks. Where did you find that info? (Obviously you already had it, but I mean ...)

I bought an old Alkire Eharp here on the forum, and I wonder if anyone knows how to trace its history. I'm not a collector, but I'm quite curious. This guitar still works excellently - pickup is clear ...

I have tons of similar spreadsheets. I'd share mine but it looks like you don't need it plus it is a good exercise to work these things out yourself. Grips take time and the 4 finger picks, but after ...

The only "problem" with this is that the player has to learn several different grips to get all the chords. However, if you think in terms of needed scale degrees for various chords or melod ...

Chords are maybe even more fun.
I'm mostly not going to discuss augmented or diminished chords here, except to say there is virtually no chord you can't make somewhere on this neck, and it will be in ...

So, for instance, you can play any entire major scale, except the 7th or minor 7th notes, on one fret.
The fret for a given major scale will have the root on strings 1 and 9, and the 6th on strings 2 ...

Enjoy Jeffrey. It's a great tuning and a great instrument.
I was going to get around to giving Bill credit for starting me on this path, and here he is.
Thanks, Bill!

This tuning is, as most tunings, usually discussed in terms of tuned notes. From skinny to fat strings, the tuning goes E, C#, B, A, G# (Ab), G, F# (Gb), E, C#. Viewed in those terms it's kind of hard ...

I've been looking at a ten string lap steel tuning, and whole instrument to support it, invented by a gentleman named Elbern (Eddie) Alkire back in the 1940s, before either the pedal steel or I were b ...

It is an amazing tuning. I have all the Alkire Eharp lessons on a dropbox. If you send me your email address, I can add you if I haven't already. There are 50 unique chords in straight bar position on ...

To go with the above, here's a chart of notes available per fret.
It might be just me, but I find it interesting the patterns of naturals-heavy frets and accidentals-heavy frets.
https://bb.steelgu ...

A member here recently introduced me to Eddie Alkire's pre-pedal-steel tuning for steel guitar, which he (Alkire) called Eharp tuning. (Thanks, Bill McCloskey.)
Next, I found an elderly Alkire Eharp ...

Whenever I do play out somewhere with an overhand guitar -- either acoustic or electric -- (albeit very infrequently these daze), I always bring one of my Deluxe34s, and I still look like a dork. An ...

I have played a 7 string, C6+low 5, lap steel for some years now.
Looking for a wider range of harmonies and voicing I have once attempted pedal steel, but wound up taking a break back with the C6, w ...

David's link took me to a not found page
Here's another link to try. https://asher-guitars-lap-steels-store.myshopify.com/products/lap-steel-stand?_pos=1&_sid=d24b0f5ae&_ss=r

https://bb.s ...

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Topic: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Aug 2024 3:08 pm Subject: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	Welp, time to get to the jam. I've got a few more pics, later.
Topic: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Aug 2024 3:06 pm Subject: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	The legs attach to ¼-10 studs with nuts and washers, which isn't the quickest way to put one together, but it has extra studs, shorter, to provide security, and once it's put together it's quite stab ...
Topic: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Aug 2024 2:59 pm Subject: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	The undercarriage is, to put it gently, pretty crude to look at, but it works, works dependably, and the guitar stays in tune better than others I have owned. This is a pull release system - like I ...
Topic: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Aug 2024 2:52 pm Subject: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	I don't know what kind of pickup it has, except to say it's obviously single coil. This far I have only played it through my Boss Katana Mini, 8 watts of screaming solid state power coming from 6 AA b ...
Topic: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Aug 2024 2:44 pm Subject: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	It's an "S6" with their optional wrist rest. I find it quite comfortable to play. The wrist rest fastens to the body via slip clips, and removes for transport. https://bb.steelguitarforum. ...
Topic: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Aug 2024 2:40 pm Subject: Observations re: Growler Sho-Nuff 6 string pedal steel
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 5 Views: 950	As a rank beginner at pedal steel, 77 years old and arthritic, and having failed to thrive with conventional D-10 or S-10 steels, I decided to start at a lower level of complexity, and bought a 6 stri ...
Topic: passive volume pedal
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1655	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 22 Aug 2024 3:21 pm Subject: passive volume pedal
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1655	Dont the new model active Goodrich pedals also do passive? I'm sure I saw that in their advertising - was a great idea eg. For a flexible signal chain options or if pedal goes dead on batteries. ...
Topic: passive volume pedal
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1655	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Aug 2024 2:11 pm Subject: passive volume pedal
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1655	I had a cheapo passive vol pedal, but it wouldn't go nearly to full volume. So I bought a Goodrich active one, and it works fine, but it requires power to it. If possible I'd like to have a passive ...
Topic: 6 String pedal steel OPEN E or E9?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 989	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Aug 2024 6:54 am Subject: 6 String pedal steel OPEN E or E9?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 989	I just bought a new 6 string, 2 pedal, 2 knee pedal steel. Sho Nuff / Growler brand. It's supposed to come tomorrow. I intend to tune it as E9, strings 3,4,5,6,7,8 of a conventional 10 string.
Topic: Alkire Eharp: anyone know how old?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 6 Views: 1450	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jul 2024 4:53 pm Subject: Alkire Eharp: anyone know how old?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 6 Views: 1450	Cool. So Valco was the company who made them?
Topic: Alkire Eharp: anyone know how old?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 6 Views: 1450	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jul 2024 9:54 am Subject: Alkire Eharp: anyone know how old?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 6 Views: 1450	Cool. Thanks. Where did you find that info? (Obviously you already had it, but I mean ...)
Topic: Alkire Eharp: anyone know how old?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 6 Views: 1450	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jul 2024 9:30 am Subject: Alkire Eharp: anyone know how old?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 6 Views: 1450	I bought an old Alkire Eharp here on the forum, and I wonder if anyone knows how to trace its history. I'm not a collector, but I'm quite curious. This guitar still works excellently - pickup is clear ...
Topic: My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were pedals
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2024 12:37 pm Subject: *My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were* pedals**
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	I have tons of similar spreadsheets. I'd share mine but it looks like you don't need it plus it is a good exercise to work these things out yourself. Grips take time and the 4 finger picks, but after ...
Topic: My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were pedals
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2024 11:25 am Subject: *My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were* pedals**
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	The only "problem" with this is that the player has to learn several different grips to get all the chords. However, if you think in terms of needed scale degrees for various chords or melod ...
Topic: My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were pedals
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2024 11:19 am Subject: *My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were* pedals**
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Chords are maybe even more fun. I'm mostly not going to discuss augmented or diminished chords here, except to say there is virtually no chord you can't make somewhere on this neck, and it will be in ...
Topic: My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were pedals
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2024 11:05 am Subject: *My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were* pedals**
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	So, for instance, you can play any entire major scale, except the 7th or minor 7th notes, on one fret. The fret for a given major scale will have the root on strings 1 and 9, and the 6th on strings 2 ...
Topic: My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were pedals
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2024 10:54 am Subject: *My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were* pedals**
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Enjoy Jeffrey. It's a great tuning and a great instrument. I was going to get around to giving Bill credit for starting me on this path, and here he is. Thanks, Bill!
Topic: My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were pedals
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2024 10:52 am Subject: *My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were* pedals**
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	This tuning is, as most tunings, usually discussed in terms of tuned notes. From skinny to fat strings, the tuning goes E, C#, B, A, G# (Ab), G, F# (Gb), E, C#. Viewed in those terms it's kind of hard ...
Topic: My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were pedals
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2024 10:44 am Subject: *My "new" Alkire Eharp - from before there were* pedals**
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 8 Views: 1144	I've been looking at a ten string lap steel tuning, and whole instrument to support it, invented by a gentleman named Elbern (Eddie) Alkire back in the 1940s, before either the pedal steel or I were b ...
Topic: Eharp 10 string tuning
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 727	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jul 2024 10:10 am Subject: Eharp 10 string tuning
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 727	It is an amazing tuning. I have all the Alkire Eharp lessons on a dropbox. If you send me your email address, I can add you if I haven't already. There are 50 unique chords in straight bar position on ...
Topic: Eharp 10 string tuning
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 727	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jul 2024 9:18 am Subject: Eharp 10 string tuning
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 727	To go with the above, here's a chart of notes available per fret. It might be just me, but I find it interesting the patterns of naturals-heavy frets and accidentals-heavy frets. https://bb.steelgu ...
Topic: Eharp 10 string tuning
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 727	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jul 2024 9:05 am Subject: Eharp 10 string tuning
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 4 Views: 727	A member here recently introduced me to Eddie Alkire's pre-pedal-steel tuning for steel guitar, which he (Alkire) called Eharp tuning. (Thanks, Bill McCloskey.) Next, I found an elderly Alkire Eharp ...
Topic: Lap Steel stand?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 20 Views: 4035	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jul 2024 8:22 am Subject: Re: Lap Steel stand?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 20 Views: 4035	Whenever I do play out somewhere with an overhand guitar -- either acoustic or electric -- (albeit very infrequently these daze), I always bring one of my Deluxe34s, and I still look like a dork. An ...
Topic: A journey among tunings and technology
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 0 Views: 1854	Forum Section: Music Posted: 13 Jul 2024 12:44 pm Subject: A journey among tunings and technology
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 0 Views: 1854	I have played a 7 string, C6+low 5, lap steel for some years now. Looking for a wider range of harmonies and voicing I have once attempted pedal steel, but wound up taking a break back with the C6, w ...
Topic: Lap Steel stand?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 20 Views: 4035	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jul 2024 9:44 am Subject: Lap Steel stand?
Jeffrey McFadden Replies: 20 Views: 4035	David's link took me to a not found page Here's another link to try. https://asher-guitars-lap-steels-store.myshopify.com/products/lap-steel-stand?_pos=1&_sid=d24b0f5ae&_ss=r https://bb.s ...