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PM sent, Thanks, Jerry.

I had a 1st year Session 400( bought in '74/'75?) and I agree it was a great sounding amp. A couple years ago I picked up a clean Session 400 Limited on the cheap and using the parts list from the Pea ...

I remember an ad from one of the early mail order catalogs for the SM57/58 "doubles as a hammer". Years ago Shure would take your broken mike and rebuild it for a small fee. Someone gave me ...

Chris in an earlier post hit it, called plateaus of learning. It seems to happen most with learning an instrument. Just when you feel like you're moving right along stagnation sets in sapping inspirat ...

Way back when, a club owner that our band worked for always called it table steel. To this day when I run into him he still mentions how he liked my table steel playing. Doesn't bother me a bit (maybe ...

Recording is one thing, live is another. Live I still prefer the Session (current one is a modified 400 Limited) but for recording, which is rare for me these days, I go through a Mesa V Twin tube pre ...

I need to mention that in another group that I was only playing six string in the piano player (Fender Rhodes) used the Session for that until she got a Yamaha electric baby grand (SP80?) and that Ses ...

Just my 2 cents but in the early seventies when I first joined a band playing steel I picked up a nice silver (non master vol.) Twin with JBL's which was pretty standard back then. We gigged a lot an ...

Speaking of baffling, Gibson in the late fifties was ready to drop the poor selling Les Paul because the jazzers that it was designed for hated it. To try to save it they combined some of their best t ...

Prices in the vintage market are dictated by a product being old, rare and desirable. Back when effects pedals were first showing up on the mass market MXR was the name at the top of the heap so that' ...

I bought one in the '70,s after a Jeff Newman used one at a seminar and loved it. Like a dipstick I sold it but the guy I sold to just gave it back to me recently. I don't know if it was tired but sou ...

Just wanted to chime in here. I picked up my first good vp, a Goodrich photocell in the early seventies and have been using it right up until a year ago New Years Eve when out of the blue it sounded ...

I believe Uvex was the vacuum formed plastic covering the ZB student models came with.It saved time by not having to lacquer the body. My first steel (ZB student) recently showed up at a local music s ...

I've been lucky as I've played with some really good drummers,bass players, singers as well. My Dad always told me "if your smart, you'll hang out with guys smarter than you and that's how you wi ...

All songs are just chords and melody. You don't have to like the lyrics, the singer or the band, but it's always a good idea to do the best of your ability with the chords and the melody. If not, you ...

Do you know what year it is? It sure looks like the guitar I sold in Phoenix in the late 70's after I got my first Rus-ler. Mine was a little faded in the front from sitting in a sunny window when I c ...

Thanks Damir, I don't mean to get off topic but Russ was a great guy. Before he left AZ he lived a few blocks from my folks so when I'd visit I would sometimes bring the SD10 Rus-ler I had at the time ...

It must have been the early 70's when Russ "H.V." Russell was working part time for ZB in Phoenix as a machinist when he had me watch him make my bar on a lathe from a piece of round stainle ...

This is a great topic. I think it applies to everything in life. When you like something, try to get good at it, then hang out with those who feel the same way, and everybody's going to grow. Standing ...

I was lucky enough to attend 2 or 3 of the seminars in Phx. in the early to mid 70s', still have some of the papers including tuning chart that I still use. He was such a likable and knowledgeable te ...

Ken, you might look for a solid wire going from the back of I think the master volume pot to the chassis. Both of my amps had some issues breaking up at volume when I added a little more bass. I repla ...

Oh, one more thing, when you restring (you six stringers out there) feel along the length of the string for any humps or bumps before you put it on. If there are any, it will buzz just before that hum ...

I forgot to add, look for strings in an airtight, anti corrosion package. It will reduce the chances of the string being the problem. There is no cure for a poor winding, but oxidation can be prevente ...

It happens more often than you think. I have spent more time than needed to fix a problem caused by a string. Intonation, buzzing and other problems were solved by simply replacing a new string with a ...

Never seen a mk1 with reverb. Bought a 60w mk2b in '80. I thought I sounded like a new guitar player. Still have it and it makes me sound like a newer guitar player. A few years back, got a 60/100w '7 ...

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Topic: (SOLD) Hilton Pedal w/wire connected for sale or trade
Jerry Korkki Replies: 2 Views: 805	Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 15 Aug 2018 8:48 am Subject: (SOLD) Hilton Pedal w/wire connected for sale or trade
Jerry Korkki Replies: 2 Views: 805	PM sent, Thanks, Jerry.
Topic: LTD 400 vs Nashville 400
Jerry Korkki Replies: 15 Views: 5038	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Aug 2018 10:45 am Subject: LTD 400 vs Nashville 400
Jerry Korkki Replies: 15 Views: 5038	I had a 1st year Session 400( bought in '74/'75?) and I agree it was a great sounding amp. A couple years ago I picked up a clean Session 400 Limited on the cheap and using the parts list from the Pea ...
Topic: best mic for steel guitar
Jerry Korkki Replies: 35 Views: 8740	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Aug 2018 5:59 am Subject: best mic for steel guitar
Jerry Korkki Replies: 35 Views: 8740	I remember an ad from one of the early mail order catalogs for the SM57/58 "doubles as a hammer". Years ago Shure would take your broken mike and rebuild it for a small fee. Someone gave me ...
Topic: Sudden loss of 'chops'?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 18 Views: 4922	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 14 Jun 2018 8:00 am Subject: Sudden loss of 'chops'?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 18 Views: 4922	Chris in an earlier post hit it, called plateaus of learning. It seems to happen most with learning an instrument. Just when you feel like you're moving right along stagnation sets in sapping inspirat ...
Topic: This is a new one....
Jerry Korkki Replies: 30 Views: 8372	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 May 2018 5:02 pm Subject: This is a new one....
Jerry Korkki Replies: 30 Views: 8372	Way back when, a club owner that our band worked for always called it table steel. To this day when I run into him he still mentions how he liked my table steel playing. Doesn't bother me a bit (maybe ...
Topic: Transitor or tube Amp
Jerry Korkki Replies: 40 Views: 12353	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 16 May 2018 7:36 am Subject: Transitor or tube Amp
Jerry Korkki Replies: 40 Views: 12353	Recording is one thing, live is another. Live I still prefer the Session (current one is a modified 400 Limited) but for recording, which is rare for me these days, I go through a Mesa V Twin tube pre ...
Topic: Transitor or tube Amp
Jerry Korkki Replies: 40 Views: 12353	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 14 May 2018 8:22 pm Subject: Transitor or tube Amp
Jerry Korkki Replies: 40 Views: 12353	I need to mention that in another group that I was only playing six string in the piano player (Fender Rhodes) used the Session for that until she got a Yamaha electric baby grand (SP80?) and that Ses ...
Topic: Transitor or tube Amp
Jerry Korkki Replies: 40 Views: 12353	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 14 May 2018 8:41 am Subject: Transitor or tube Amp
Jerry Korkki Replies: 40 Views: 12353	Just my 2 cents but in the early seventies when I first joined a band playing steel I picked up a nice silver (non master vol.) Twin with JBL's which was pretty standard back then. We gigged a lot an ...
Topic: MXR Compressors ?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 14 Views: 4001	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 May 2018 7:12 pm Subject: MXR Compressors ?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 14 Views: 4001	Speaking of baffling, Gibson in the late fifties was ready to drop the poor selling Les Paul because the jazzers that it was designed for hated it. To try to save it they combined some of their best t ...
Topic: MXR Compressors ?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 14 Views: 4001	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 May 2018 6:52 pm Subject: MXR Compressors ?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 14 Views: 4001	Prices in the vintage market are dictated by a product being old, rare and desirable. Back when effects pedals were first showing up on the mass market MXR was the name at the top of the heap so that' ...
Topic: MXR Compressors ?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 14 Views: 4001	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 May 2018 7:45 am Subject: MXR Compressors ?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 14 Views: 4001	I bought one in the '70,s after a Jeff Newman used one at a seminar and loved it. Like a dipstick I sold it but the guy I sold to just gave it back to me recently. I don't know if it was tired but sou ...
Topic: One man's PSG volume pedal journey
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 5702	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 18 Apr 2018 8:35 am Subject: One man's PSG volume pedal journey
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 5702	Just wanted to chime in here. I picked up my first good vp, a Goodrich photocell in the early seventies and have been using it right up until a year ago New Years Eve when out of the blue it sounded ...
Topic: ZB Custom Student Model 3+1, want to add RKR
Jerry Korkki Replies: 8 Views: 3746	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Apr 2018 7:48 am Subject: ZB Custom Student Model 3+1, want to add RKR
Jerry Korkki Replies: 8 Views: 3746	I believe Uvex was the vacuum formed plastic covering the ZB student models came with.It saved time by not having to lacquer the body. My first steel (ZB student) recently showed up at a local music s ...
Topic: Are there any Drummers that know how to play with a band?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 44 Views: 9402	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Apr 2018 6:14 pm Subject: Are there any Drummers that know how to play with a band?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 44 Views: 9402	I've been lucky as I've played with some really good drummers,bass players, singers as well. My Dad always told me "if your smart, you'll hang out with guys smarter than you and that's how you wi ...
Topic: Freebird
Jerry Korkki Replies: 43 Views: 12665	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Apr 2018 5:51 pm Subject: Freebird
Jerry Korkki Replies: 43 Views: 12665	All songs are just chords and melody. You don't have to like the lyrics, the singer or the band, but it's always a good idea to do the best of your ability with the chords and the melody. If not, you ...
Topic: Nice Zb D10
Jerry Korkki Replies: 8 Views: 4557	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 4 Apr 2018 7:50 am Subject: Nice Zb D10
Jerry Korkki Replies: 8 Views: 4557	Do you know what year it is? It sure looks like the guitar I sold in Phoenix in the late 70's after I got my first Rus-ler. Mine was a little faded in the front from sitting in a sunny window when I c ...
Topic: How are stainless steel tone bars made?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 7 Views: 2649	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 4 Feb 2018 8:01 am Subject: How are stainless steel tone bars made?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 7 Views: 2649	Thanks Damir, I don't mean to get off topic but Russ was a great guy. Before he left AZ he lived a few blocks from my folks so when I'd visit I would sometimes bring the SD10 Rus-ler I had at the time ...
Topic: How are stainless steel tone bars made?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 7 Views: 2649	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Feb 2018 10:40 am Subject: How are stainless steel tone bars made?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 7 Views: 2649	It must have been the early 70's when Russ "H.V." Russell was working part time for ZB in Phoenix as a machinist when he had me watch him make my bar on a lathe from a piece of round stainle ...
Topic: Thoughts on Teaching/Learning
Jerry Korkki Replies: 24 Views: 5151	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Sep 2017 4:56 pm Subject: Thoughts on Teaching/Learning
Jerry Korkki Replies: 24 Views: 5151	This is a great topic. I think it applies to everything in life. When you like something, try to get good at it, then hang out with those who feel the same way, and everybody's going to grow. Standing ...
Topic: How Many Newman Students Here?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 126 Views: 50542	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 28 Aug 2017 7:33 am Subject: How Many Newman Students Here?
Jerry Korkki Replies: 126 Views: 50542	I was lucky enough to attend 2 or 3 of the seminars in Phx. in the early to mid 70s', still have some of the papers including tuning chart that I still use. He was such a likable and knowledgeable te ...
Topic: Mesa Boogie Mark 1 early 1975
Jerry Korkki Replies: 18 Views: 11235	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Aug 2017 5:07 pm Subject: Mesa Boogie Mark 1 early 1975
Jerry Korkki Replies: 18 Views: 11235	Ken, you might look for a solid wire going from the back of I think the master volume pot to the chassis. Both of my amps had some issues breaking up at volume when I added a little more bass. I repla ...
Topic: Weirdest thing!
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 2988	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Aug 2017 4:44 pm Subject: Weirdest thing!
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 2988	Oh, one more thing, when you restring (you six stringers out there) feel along the length of the string for any humps or bumps before you put it on. If there are any, it will buzz just before that hum ...
Topic: Weirdest thing!
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 2988	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Aug 2017 4:31 pm Subject: Weirdest thing!
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 2988	I forgot to add, look for strings in an airtight, anti corrosion package. It will reduce the chances of the string being the problem. There is no cure for a poor winding, but oxidation can be prevente ...
Topic: Weirdest thing!
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 2988	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Aug 2017 4:15 pm Subject: Weirdest thing!
Jerry Korkki Replies: 10 Views: 2988	It happens more often than you think. I have spent more time than needed to fix a problem caused by a string. Intonation, buzzing and other problems were solved by simply replacing a new string with a ...
Topic: Mesa Boogie Mark 1 early 1975
Jerry Korkki Replies: 18 Views: 11235	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 14 Aug 2017 9:12 pm Subject: Mesa Boogie Mark 1 early 1975
Jerry Korkki Replies: 18 Views: 11235	Never seen a mk1 with reverb. Bought a 60w mk2b in '80. I thought I sounded like a new guitar player. Still have it and it makes me sound like a newer guitar player. A few years back, got a 60/100w '7 ...