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I am very proud and happy for Ilse that she came that far! But very sorry that show and sexual statement wins from music. ............

It never was about the music, these shows never are. Shows lik ...

Well they were just pipped into 2nd place. But it took a Drag queen with a beard singing a song like a Bond Theme to do it.

ooph my brain hurts,
I admire you guys that can get your head round the maths of this.

And I am proud that none of you have mentioned that dreaded A=440 is the work of the devil, and we should all ...

The equal temperament problem was tackled by the company below a few years if you buy into this system, as adopted by Steve Vai (who else Whoa!

) and others,
it produces wiggly frets.

http://ww ...

This has no chance of winning, by dint of being far too good. Great song.

EMG-H pickup

a humbucker.

Hi Doug no it is not a Humbucker, it is an active SA EMG single coil like those in the DG strat set, inside a Humbaucker sized casing. He is almost certainly using an E ...

Interesting.... 65 views not a single comment, so I presume everybody is underwhelmed, or does not rate Mr Gilmour or the song, or is disinterested in David Gilmours' home studio, or all of the above, ...

wow great guitar.
I hale from Fife Scotland, roughly half way between Edinburgh and St Andrews, that usually nails it.

Yup I've come to realise that, but at present I'm having enough trouble blundering around on 6 strings never mind adding another 2, in any tuning. But if I stay with the instrument I see where it must ...

Here is Mr Cunningham's For The Love Of God.
If ever a Vai track was made for lap steel this is it, the lap simulates Steves Sustainer pick up perfectly, along with the very hot DiMarzio and Eric Joh ...

Loving this thread, long may it continue on.and on and on. I know there have been similar in the past.

Mike.... The Hendrix is sublime, the rest aint bad too. Quit your day job and get an album of ...

This is great, and If I ever need to show anybody where Leo Fender was going when he invented the Stratocaster and the sound he was trying to emulate and why he slanted that pickup, this is where I wi ...

When I started lap steel nearly a year ago, I was dragged kicking and screaming to C6th tuning, in the best possible sense from all the good advice I received here, because that was where all the lear ...

Only a slight over simplification of the build then. Whoa!

Ben Watt is one half of a group called Everything But The Girl, from the UK. I do not know how well known they are in the US, but Ben has a new solo album called Hendra.

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/ ...

I'm using a very soft overdrive made by a friend, based on an MXR distortion + with a different tone stack. But I used a Wampler Euphoria a couple of days ago, very impressed and very Dumble-ish. I ju ...

Off the wall, but I have found that Archery recurve bow cases, preferebly the hard abs type, and tactical rifle cases are a good size for lap steel, Wallmart sell them and they can take legs, volume p ...

That's a very clean example of a late 50's Champ... I'd expect you could command $650 for it, with case. You won't get much more... its big brother goes for around $1000, and it's got two pickups, 8 ...

Hope this helps with your confidence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFErRqrdAZ0

Plus many other vids. Best of luck, i'm sure you will do well, and this is the right place to be.

That is really great. But special mention to the customisation of the old Guyatone. It would be really interesting to hear it with an electric mistress or the like or some of the latest pedals from El ...

Congrats, nice to see another colour other than buttermilk. Have you had the control plate off yet? If so are any of the wires shielded? Do you have any microphony or earth hum? my 6 string is very al ...

Very interesting discussion. In an ideal world I would love to see these guitars remain intact. It worries me that some of these parts will be involved in vintage counterfeiting too.
The Stratosphere ...

Thats a good article, thanks for posting.

I was surprised to see Joni Mitchell using one.

My son has a pre Washburn Parker with active emg pickups and the tone shaping active pots, plus a piezo bridge. He can make it give up loads of guitar tones from delicate acoustic to searing metal chu ...

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Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
John RJ Wilson Replies: 22 Views: 7006	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 May 2014 6:42 am Subject: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
John RJ Wilson Replies: 22 Views: 7006	I am very proud and happy for Ilse that she came that far! But very sorry that show and sexual statement wins from music. ............ It never was about the music, these shows never are. Shows lik ...
Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
John RJ Wilson Replies: 22 Views: 7006	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 10 May 2014 2:39 pm Subject: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
John RJ Wilson Replies: 22 Views: 7006	Well they were just pipped into 2nd place. But it took a Drag queen with a beard singing a song like a Bond Theme to do it.
Topic: An Arithmetical Demonstration of Inadequacy of Fixed Frets
John RJ Wilson Replies: 60 Views: 34129	Forum Section: Music Posted: 9 May 2014 2:30 am Subject: An Arithmetical Demonstration of Inadequacy of Fixed Frets
John RJ Wilson Replies: 60 Views: 34129	ooph my brain hurts, I admire you guys that can get your head round the maths of this. And I am proud that none of you have mentioned that dreaded A=440 is the work of the devil, and we should all ...
Topic: An Arithmetical Demonstration of Inadequacy of Fixed Frets
John RJ Wilson Replies: 60 Views: 34129	Forum Section: Music Posted: 8 May 2014 11:26 am Subject: An Arithmetical Demonstration of Inadequacy of Fixed Frets
John RJ Wilson Replies: 60 Views: 34129	The equal temperament problem was tackled by the company below a few years if you buy into this system, as adopted by Steve Vai (who else ) and others, it produces wiggly frets. http://ww ...
Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
John RJ Wilson Replies: 22 Views: 7006	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 5 May 2014 10:01 am Subject: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
John RJ Wilson Replies: 22 Views: 7006	This has no chance of winning, by dint of being far too good. Great song.
Topic: What Pickup does Gilmore use on the Tune High Hopes?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 10 Views: 7888	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 May 2014 9:43 am Subject: What Pickup does Gilmore use on the Tune High Hopes?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 10 Views: 7888	EMG-H pickup a humbucker. Hi Doug no it is not a Humbucker, it is an active SA EMG single coil like those in the DG strat set, inside a Humbaucker sized casing. He is almost certainly using an E ...
Topic: Nice track David Gilmour features
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1470	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Apr 2014 12:57 am Subject: Nice track David Gilmour features
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1470	Interesting.... 65 views not a single comment, so I presume everybody is underwhelmed, or does not rate Mr Gilmour or the song, or is disinterested in David Gilmours' home studio, or all of the above, ...
Topic: "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from the musical "Evita"
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1828	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Apr 2014 12:05 am Subject: "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from the musical "Evita"
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1828	wow great guitar. I hale from Fife Scotland, roughly half way between Edinburgh and St Andrews, that usually nails it.
Topic: Is the C6 a 'Dated' Tuning?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 90 Views: 30471	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Apr 2014 4:15 am Subject: Is the C6 a 'Dated' Tuning?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 90 Views: 30471	Yup I've come to realise that, but at present I'm having enough trouble blundering around on 6 strings never mind adding another 2, in any tuning. But if I stay with the instrument I see where it must ...
Topic: Any closet rockers out there?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 72 Views: 23974	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Apr 2014 3:21 am Subject: Any closet rockers out there?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 72 Views: 23974	Here is Mr Cunningham's For The Love Of God. If ever a Vai track was made for lap steel this is it, the lap simulates Steves Sustainer pick up perfectly, along with the very hot DiMarzio and Eric Joh ...
Topic: Any closet rockers out there?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 72 Views: 23974	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Apr 2014 2:21 am Subject: Any closet rockers out there?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 72 Views: 23974	Loving this thread, long may it continue on.and on and on. I know there have been similar in the past. Mike.... The Hendrix is sublime, the rest aint bad too. Quit your day job and get an album of ...
Topic: "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from the musical "Evita"
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1828	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Apr 2014 1:18 am Subject: "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from the musical "Evita"
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1828	This is great, and If I ever need to show anybody where Leo Fender was going when he invented the Stratocaster and the sound he was trying to emulate and why he slanted that pickup, this is where I wi ...
Topic: Is the C6 a 'Dated' Tuning?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 90 Views: 30471	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Apr 2014 1:08 am Subject: Is the C6 a 'Dated' Tuning?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 90 Views: 30471	When I started lap steel nearly a year ago, I was dragged kicking and screaming to C6th tuning, in the best possible sense from all the good advice I received here, because that was where all the lear ...
Topic: I'm sure you've seen this COOL video on the making of a psg
John RJ Wilson Replies: 4 Views: 2171	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Apr 2014 12:47 am Subject: I'm sure you've seen this COOL video on the making of a psg
John RJ Wilson Replies: 4 Views: 2171	Only a slight over simplification of the build then.
Topic: Nice track David Gilmour features
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1470	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Apr 2014 11:58 pm Subject: Nice track David Gilmour features
John RJ Wilson Replies: 3 Views: 1470	Ben Watt is one half of a group called Everything But The Girl, from the UK. I do not know how well known they are in the US, but Ben has a new solo album called Hendra. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/ ...
Topic: Lap Steel Overdrive
John RJ Wilson Replies: 15 Views: 6365	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Mar 2014 2:56 am Subject: Lap Steel Overdrive
John RJ Wilson Replies: 15 Views: 6365	I'm using a very soft overdrive made by a friend, based on an MXR distortion + with a different tone stack. But I used a Wampler Euphoria a couple of days ago, very impressed and very Dumble-ish. I ju ...
Topic: Case or gig bag for Recording King lap steel
John RJ Wilson Replies: 6 Views: 7070	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jan 2014 3:12 am Subject: Case or gig bag for Recording King lap steel
John RJ Wilson Replies: 6 Views: 7070	Off the wall, but I have found that Archery recurve bow cases, preferebly the hard abs type, and tactical rifle cases are a good size for lap steel, Wallmart sell them and they can take legs, volume p ...
Topic: Fair price for Fender 6 string lap steel
John RJ Wilson Replies: 8 Views: 3816	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:53 am Subject: Fair price for Fender 6 string lap steel
John RJ Wilson Replies: 8 Views: 3816	That's a very clean example of a late 50's Champ... I'd expect you could command $650 for it, with case. You won't get much more... its big brother goes for around $1000, and it's got two pickups, 8 ...
Topic: Questions from a newbie that wants to learn lap steel
John RJ Wilson Replies: 29 Views: 10875	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:49 am Subject: Questions from a newbie that wants to learn lap steel
John RJ Wilson Replies: 29 Views: 10875	Hope this helps with your confidence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFErRqrdAZ0 Plus many other vids. Best of luck, i'm sure you will do well, and this is the right place to be.
Topic: Steel without a bar - the OM guitar
John RJ Wilson Replies: 25 Views: 7135	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Dec 2013 2:02 am Subject: Steel without a bar - the OM guitar
John RJ Wilson Replies: 25 Views: 7135	That is really great. But special mention to the customisation of the old Guyatone. It would be really interesting to hear it with an electric mistress or the like or some of the latest pedals from El ...
Topic: A Poor Man's Stringmaster - Guyatone D-8
John RJ Wilson Replies: 275 Views: 225856	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Dec 2013 11:03 am Subject: A Poor Man's Stringmaster - Guyatone D-8
John RJ Wilson Replies: 275 Views: 225856	Congrats, nice to see another colour other than buttermilk. Have you had the control plate off yet? If so are any of the wires shielded? Do you have any microphony or earth hum? my 6 string is very al ...
Topic: Someone's parting out a 50's D6 Fender on Ebay
John RJ Wilson Replies: 51 Views: 19406	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Dec 2013 2:32 am Subject: Someone's parting out a 50's D6 Fender on Ebay
John RJ Wilson Replies: 51 Views: 19406	Very interesting discussion. In an ideal world I would love to see these guitars remain intact. It worries me that some of these parts will be involved in vintage counterfeiting too. The Stratosphere ...
Topic: Parker Fly guitar...anyone?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 20 Views: 11019	Forum Section: Music Posted: 28 Nov 2013 6:18 am Subject: Parker Fly guitar...anyone?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 20 Views: 11019	Thats a good article, thanks for posting.
Topic: Parker Fly guitar...anyone?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 20 Views: 11019	Forum Section: Music Posted: 27 Nov 2013 1:36 am Subject: Parker Fly guitar...anyone?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 20 Views: 11019	I was surprised to see Joni Mitchell using one.
Topic: Parker Fly guitar...anyone?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 20 Views: 11019	Forum Section: Music Posted: 26 Nov 2013 4:10 pm Subject: Parker Fly guitar...anyone?
John RJ Wilson Replies: 20 Views: 11019	My son has a pre Washburn Parker with active emg pickups and the tone shaping active pots, plus a piezo bridge. He can make it give up loads of guitar tones from delicate acoustic to searing metal chu ...