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Thanks to all for the replies. I've decided to leave everything as it is, and it looks to me like there are probably no codes on the pots. As for subtle differences from year to year, I'll leave it fo ...

I just pulled it apart again, and there are no codes on those pots at all, unless they are under the soldered connections on the tops. The only markings at all are "Made in USA", printed on ...

I have an early Fender Champion lap steel, and have always wondered about the year it was made. Since the serial numbers are not an accurate way to find out, and since there are no notes or marks on t ...

There were so many times that I followed the link below his posts just to admire the beautiful guitars. What a loss.

I wonder if they made a case to put it in? Rolling Eyes

I want a "like" button, dammit!

Hi, Peewee....
Is that the "Sitka" model? How does it sound?

They're keeping the banjo player around to draw any enemy fire.

Check out Brad's Page Of Steel, and scroll down for the eight string tunings....

http://www.well.com/~wellvis/tuning.html

I'm relatively new also, and I did agonize a bit over tunings at first. There are folks here much more qualified to suggest tuning alternatives, but strings are cheap, and I would not make my decision ...

I notice that in the original posted photo it's an acoustic steel. An old luthier here in Santa Fe told me that he played an electric lap steel while in the navy because it was small enough to fit int ...

I have no way to compare the two side by side, but I bought a similar guitar to the Anderwood from Twisted Wood, up in Alberta. Tom treated me very well, and I'm quite happy with it.

https://twiste ...

Thanks, Alan! 3D is lots of fun, and I never get over the crazy depth illusion it adds to my computer screen.

Played like that, without tone bars?

Thanks for the article, Andy. Is this some newish resurgence, or were these guitars always available? It seems as if there were very few Weissenborn style instruments made between the 1940s and more ...

Beautiful, George! I wish I could find things like that in my closet Mr. Green

Erv, this is why we need guitars....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUYrxlxCoGw

The K&K Pure Mini sounds a lot better through their Pure XLR preamp. The phase setting alone can bring out a better tone.

I think that people are pleased to hear such a big sound coming out of an instrument smaller than a standard guitar. A few months back, a guy posted here trying to identify what he called a "toy ...

There are also great lessons for free by Joe Wright at Sierra Steel Guitars:

http://www.sierrasteels.com/lessons/lessons-index.html

John, we beginners are allowed to goof up, but we have to learn from it! Bottom to top and top to bottom caught me unawares too.

Actually, George gives us the player's point of view in his videos, ...

Brian and Earnest B, I had never thought that way before, and just a few minutes of thinking of lifting my palm when I didn't want blocking, instead if dropping my palm when I did, seems to help. Than ...

I'm a newbie, and I tune mine G-A-C-E-G-A-C-E. That's the normal C6 tuning with two extra strings on the bottom. Works for me. Most of the lessons out there are for six string, and I had trouble wrapp ...

Mikes....Okies....the rest of you must feel outnumbered! Wink

Hey, Nic

By "here" I meant this forum. I'm actually in New Mexico. I bought one of last years Koa 8 strings, and it looks like there are a couple left. The newer ones are even more elegan ...

George is a member here, and he makes his guitars in Oklahoma. I don't know about "test driving" one, but there are sample videos on his website. My own personal experience with his company ...

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Topic: Value of Vintage Steel Changed by Re-soldering Connections?
Mike Spieth Replies: 6 Views: 2469	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Oct 2017 9:18 am Subject: Value of Vintage Steel Changed by Re-soldering Connections?
Mike Spieth Replies: 6 Views: 2469	Thanks to all for the replies. I've decided to leave everything as it is, and it looks to me like there are probably no codes on the pots. As for subtle differences from year to year, I'll leave it fo ...
Topic: Value of Vintage Steel Changed by Re-soldering Connections?
Mike Spieth Replies: 6 Views: 2469	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Sep 2017 3:06 pm Subject: Value of Vintage Steel Changed by Re-soldering Connections?
Mike Spieth Replies: 6 Views: 2469	I just pulled it apart again, and there are no codes on those pots at all, unless they are under the soldered connections on the tops. The only markings at all are "Made in USA", printed on ...
Topic: Value of Vintage Steel Changed by Re-soldering Connections?
Mike Spieth Replies: 6 Views: 2469	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Sep 2017 10:11 am Subject: Value of Vintage Steel Changed by Re-soldering Connections?
Mike Spieth Replies: 6 Views: 2469	I have an early Fender Champion lap steel, and have always wondered about the year it was made. Since the serial numbers are not an accurate way to find out, and since there are no notes or marks on t ...
Topic: RIP Tom Pettingill
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 21217	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 17 Feb 2017 2:31 pm Subject: RIP Tom Pettingill
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 21217	There were so many times that I followed the link below his posts just to admire the beautiful guitars. What a loss.
Topic: Interesting Lap Steel
Mike Spieth Replies: 8 Views: 3377	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Jan 2017 6:26 pm Subject: Interesting Lap Steel
Mike Spieth Replies: 8 Views: 3377	I wonder if they made a case to put it in? I want a "like" button, dammit!
Topic: Beautiful Crafted Weissenborn Guitars, Ocean Slider bars....
Mike Spieth Replies: 3 Views: 1868	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Nov 2016 3:56 pm Subject: Beautiful Crafted Weissenborn Guitars, Ocean Slider bars....
Mike Spieth Replies: 3 Views: 1868	Hi, Peewee.... Is that the "Sitka" model? How does it sound?
Topic: Cool old photo
Mike Spieth Replies: 80 Views: 32995	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Aug 2016 6:45 am Subject: Cool old photo
Mike Spieth Replies: 80 Views: 32995	They're keeping the banjo player around to draw any enemy fire.
Topic: Tunings for 8 String Lap Steel
Mike Spieth Replies: 16 Views: 17410	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Aug 2016 2:42 pm Subject: Tunings for 8 String Lap Steel
Mike Spieth Replies: 16 Views: 17410	Check out Brad's Page Of Steel, and scroll down for the eight string tunings.... http://www.well.com/~wellvis/tuning.html
Topic: Tunings for 8 String Lap Steel
Mike Spieth Replies: 16 Views: 17410	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Aug 2016 2:13 pm Subject: Tunings for 8 String Lap Steel
Mike Spieth Replies: 16 Views: 17410	I'm relatively new also, and I did agonize a bit over tunings at first. There are folks here much more qualified to suggest tuning alternatives, but strings are cheap, and I would not make my decision ...
Topic: Cool old photo
Mike Spieth Replies: 80 Views: 32995	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Jul 2016 8:30 am Subject: Cool old photo
Mike Spieth Replies: 80 Views: 32995	I notice that in the original posted photo it's an acoustic steel. An old luthier here in Santa Fe told me that he played an electric lap steel while in the navy because it was small enough to fit int ...
Topic: Opinions needed: sight unseen Weiss vs. Bronson Sq Neck
Mike Spieth Replies: 12 Views: 3001	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 May 2016 9:54 am Subject: Opinions needed: sight unseen Weiss vs. Bronson Sq Neck
Mike Spieth Replies: 12 Views: 3001	I have no way to compare the two side by side, but I bought a similar guitar to the Anderwood from Twisted Wood, up in Alberta. Tom treated me very well, and I'm quite happy with it. https://twiste ...
Topic: 3D Photos from Palo Alto Steel Guitar Summit -1May2016
Mike Spieth Replies: 12 Views: 5815	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 May 2016 1:51 pm Subject: 3D Photos from Palo Alto Steel Guitar Summit -1May2016
Mike Spieth Replies: 12 Views: 5815	Thanks, Alan! 3D is lots of fun, and I never get over the crazy depth illusion it adds to my computer screen.
Topic: Can't get enough of that funky stuff
Mike Spieth Replies: 5 Views: 2056	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Apr 2016 1:22 pm Subject: Can't get enough of that funky stuff
Mike Spieth Replies: 5 Views: 2056	Played like that, without tone bars?
Topic: Weissenborn - what do I need to know?
Mike Spieth Replies: 44 Views: 21699	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Dec 2015 12:23 pm Subject: Weissenborn - what do I need to know?
Mike Spieth Replies: 44 Views: 21699	Thanks for the article, Andy. Is this some newish resurgence, or were these guitars always available? It seems as if there were very few Weissenborn style instruments made between the 1940s and more ...
Topic: I found it in my work room - Forgot I made a D8-Video Added
Mike Spieth Replies: 7 Views: 2798	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Oct 2015 5:38 pm Subject: I found it in my work room - Forgot I made a D8-Video Added
Mike Spieth Replies: 7 Views: 2798	Beautiful, George! I wish I could find things like that in my closet
Topic: Bought a metal body Ric Naked
Mike Spieth Replies: 18 Views: 7508	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Oct 2015 1:22 pm Subject: Bought a metal body Ric Naked
Mike Spieth Replies: 18 Views: 7508	Erv, this is why we need guitars.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUYrxlxCoGw
Topic: Suggestions for a soundhole pickup to fit my Weissenborn
Mike Spieth Replies: 1 Views: 745	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Oct 2015 6:23 am Subject: Suggestions for a soundhole pickup to fit my Weissenborn
Mike Spieth Replies: 1 Views: 745	The K&K Pure Mini sounds a lot better through their Pure XLR preamp. The phase setting alone can bring out a better tone.
Topic: Audiences still love the sound of non-pedal
Mike Spieth Replies: 20 Views: 7621	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Sep 2015 9:39 am Subject: Audiences still love the sound of non-pedal
Mike Spieth Replies: 20 Views: 7621	I think that people are pleased to hear such a big sound coming out of an instrument smaller than a standard guitar. A few months back, a guy posted here trying to identify what he called a "toy ...
Topic: Beginner C6 instruction
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 15257	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Aug 2015 10:46 am Subject: Beginner C6 instruction
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 15257	There are also great lessons for free by Joe Wright at Sierra Steel Guitars: http://www.sierrasteels.com/lessons/lessons-index.html
Topic: Beginner C6 instruction
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 15257	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Aug 2015 8:39 am Subject: Beginner C6 instruction
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 15257	John, we beginners are allowed to goof up, but we have to learn from it! Bottom to top and top to bottom caught me unawares too. Actually, George gives us the player's point of view in his videos, ...
Topic: Blocking
Mike Spieth Replies: 8 Views: 3520	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Aug 2015 6:44 pm Subject: Blocking
Mike Spieth Replies: 8 Views: 3520	Brian and Earnest B, I had never thought that way before, and just a few minutes of thinking of lifting my palm when I didn't want blocking, instead if dropping my palm when I did, seems to help. Than ...
Topic: Beginner C6 instruction
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 15257	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Aug 2015 5:56 pm Subject: Beginner C6 instruction
Mike Spieth Replies: 39 Views: 15257	I'm a newbie, and I tune mine G-A-C-E-G-A-C-E. That's the normal C6 tuning with two extra strings on the bottom. Works for me. Most of the lessons out there are for six string, and I had trouble wrapp ...
Topic: George boards
Mike Spieth Replies: 10 Views: 2586	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Aug 2015 4:44 pm Subject: George boards
Mike Spieth Replies: 10 Views: 2586	Mikes....Okies....the rest of you must feel outnumbered!
Topic: George boards
Mike Spieth Replies: 10 Views: 2586	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Aug 2015 10:20 am Subject: George boards
Mike Spieth Replies: 10 Views: 2586	Hey, Nic By "here" I meant this forum. I'm actually in New Mexico. I bought one of last years Koa 8 strings, and it looks like there are a couple left. The newer ones are even more elegan ...
Topic: George boards
Mike Spieth Replies: 10 Views: 2586	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jul 2015 10:24 am Subject: George boards
Mike Spieth Replies: 10 Views: 2586	George is a member here, and he makes his guitars in Oklahoma. I don't know about "test driving" one, but there are sample videos on his website. My own personal experience with his company ...