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Another thought, if wiring permits, rotate the pickup 180 degrees--bass to treble, treble to bass. Maybe the balance is better that way.
I'll check...good idea - thanks!

Stainless steel strings tend to make most Kay and other low-budget lap steels and guitars sound very brittle. I find pure nickel wrap to be smoother on those types of guitars.
Well, I've ordered som ...

You can get a pickup with any string spacing you want from Sentell pickups. I had them make a Console Grande-style with custom spacing, good quality at a very reasonable price. Choose wisely and you w ...

Move the treble side of the pickup farther from the strings and the bass side closer.

Try lighter gauge strings on the treble side.

Re-magnetize the bass-side magnets (search internet for how ...

Stainless-wound strings are likely to give you the best balance in that situation.
I'll have to give those a try - I've never used SS strings...thanks!

You can replace the pickup, but frankly, ...

Hi all...

I've got a Kay-branded six-string, I'm guessing from the 1940s.

The top two plain strings are much hotter than the wound strings. I can get OK (but not great) overdriven tone, but the ...

I just learned of this guitar yesterday...from Billy Cardine, the player in the first video. I'm not a big fan of the ladder filter, and that video was embedded with a start point well past the best ...

Count me in...although I'm a dobro player, with a very little lap steel experience. I didn't know K6UA was a steel player though...

The Gruhn guitar is an 18, and may be a pretty good deal at that price. I paid a good bit more than that for a 1935 0-18KH last year...I don't think I overpaid, but I was on the high end of what I th ...

Thanks Don,

That's what I was looking for...think I'll pass on this one!

Howdy...

I've got a chance to get one of these (at least I think that's the model)...only thing is that it's pretty beat. Tuners are shot, there's a pretty good spot of rust on the body, the tone ...

My board is set up Comp>Tuner>OD>OD>Tremelo>Volume>Delay>Clean Boost I primarily use it on the Tele, but also on the lap at times...the logic is the same either way.

If I us ...

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Topic: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2023 4:14 pm Subject: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Another thought, if wiring permits, rotate the pickup 180 degrees--bass to treble, treble to bass. Maybe the balance is better that way. I'll check...good idea - thanks!
Topic: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2023 11:10 am Subject: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Stainless steel strings tend to make most Kay and other low-budget lap steels and guitars sound very brittle. I find pure nickel wrap to be smoother on those types of guitars. Well, I've ordered som ...
Topic: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2023 10:11 am Subject: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	You can get a pickup with any string spacing you want from Sentell pickups. I had them make a Console Grande-style with custom spacing, good quality at a very reasonable price. Choose wisely and you w ...
Topic: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2023 8:23 am Subject: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Move the treble side of the pickup farther from the strings and the bass side closer. Try lighter gauge strings on the treble side. Re-magnetize the bass-side magnets (search internet for how ...
Topic: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2023 8:20 am Subject: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Stainless-wound strings are likely to give you the best balance in that situation. I'll have to give those a try - I've never used SS strings...thanks! You can replace the pickup, but frankly, ...
Topic: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Sep 2023 5:45 pm Subject: Pickup on old Kay
Lee Hiers Replies: 10 Views: 1725	Hi all... I've got a Kay-branded six-string, I'm guessing from the 1940s. The top two plain strings are much hotter than the wound strings. I can get OK (but not great) overdriven tone, but the ...
Topic: The Moog
Lee Hiers Replies: 9 Views: 2824	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Mar 2011 4:04 pm Subject: The Moog
Lee Hiers Replies: 9 Views: 2824	I just learned of this guitar yesterday...from Billy Cardine, the player in the first video. I'm not a big fan of the ladder filter, and that video was embedded with a start point well past the best ...
Topic: Pickers who are Ham Radio Operators ?
Lee Hiers Replies: 263 Views: 120533	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Jan 2011 4:57 pm Subject: Qni...
Lee Hiers Replies: 263 Views: 120533	Count me in...although I'm a dobro player, with a very little lap steel experience. I didn't know K6UA was a steel player though...
Topic: 80 year-old Martin Hawaiian at Retrofret
Lee Hiers Replies: 5 Views: 1667	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jul 2008 6:47 pm Subject: 80 year-old Martin Hawaiian at Retrofret
Lee Hiers Replies: 5 Views: 1667	The Gruhn guitar is an 18, and may be a pretty good deal at that price. I paid a good bit more than that for a 1935 0-18KH last year...I don't think I overpaid, but I was on the high end of what I th ...
Topic: Rickenbacher NS
Lee Hiers Replies: 2 Views: 1319	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Apr 2008 8:21 am Subject: Rickenbacher NS
Lee Hiers Replies: 2 Views: 1319	Thanks Don, That's what I was looking for...think I'll pass on this one!
Topic: Rickenbacher NS
Lee Hiers Replies: 2 Views: 1319	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Apr 2008 4:40 pm Subject: Rickenbacher NS
Lee Hiers Replies: 2 Views: 1319	Howdy... I've got a chance to get one of these (at least I think that's the model)...only thing is that it's pretty beat. Tuners are shot, there's a pretty good spot of rust on the body, the tone ...
Topic: stomp box sequence
Lee Hiers Replies: 9 Views: 3247	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Mar 2008 6:13 am Subject: stomp box sequence
Lee Hiers Replies: 9 Views: 3247	My board is set up Comp>Tuner>OD>OD>Tremelo>Volume>Delay>Clean Boost I primarily use it on the Tele, but also on the lap at times...the logic is the same either way. If I us ...