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Hey John,
Interesting that you mention your string break issue on your 1st string G# to A. I use 0.12th on my Excel's 3rd string (G# to A) with no problem, never broke that string. That lead me to th ...

Hey John,
looking the pics I notice there is no change at all installed on the 8th string of your Excel. Furthermore, it appears to me RKL is not lowering any string. Are the pics probably taken befo ...

Hey Greg,
Congrats on your red Robostar!
I just noticed in the picture it looks like the rollers for string 1 and 2 are gauged for heavier strings, I hope I'm just perceiving it wrong and the string ...

Very nice, sounds beautiful!
So it's basically a single string pull release direct gear? The only lever (and at the same time "changer finger") raising a couple and lowering even a couple m ...

One more thought: on my Carter D10 that I got used, there is a XR16 on the E9 neck and a Truetone (single coil) with considerably less output on the C6 neck. If I have the pickup switch in the middle ...

Hey Brandon, your pickup is made by Bill Lawrence, some of his models have the same appearence, but chances are high that yours is a XR16 (as Carter often had them installed). Which is a very nice pic ...

Hey Justin,
it is actually just simple math: you raise your E to F# = 2 half steps up. Now your knee lever lowers the F# by a half step. With both changes engaged you end up on F.

Tuning procedure ...

Hey John,
your first PSG was a Fender 400 then. That's about the only 8 string model PSG Fender ever build. Great sounding guitars!
Ollie

Hey Dustin,
In 2017 I ordered a vertical knee lever for my mid eighties Excel from Mitsuo. I was a bit nervous as all he asked for was a pic of the undercarriage, no need to take measurements. Got th ...

Might those be a changer fingers for a pull-release system of some sort? Just guessing.
They don't look like bell cranks to me, there ain't no screws to clamp them onto a cross shaft. They seem to be ...

The string spacing on my Excel is not equaly spaced. I measured 0.330 (!) on the changer and 0.271 (!!) on the nut.
These values came as a surprise as it actually is quite a difference compared to th ...

Hi Lynn,
I have an Emmons P/P D-10 and an Excel S-10. The string spacing differences are no problem to adjust to, in fact I never actually think about it when switching steels. (Pedal/lever action be ...

Ron, the Blackbox needs to see the impedance of the pickup, so it needs to be first in the chain.

I once played a blackfaced Champ (with just Vol/Treble/Bass controls) in a studio where I didn't bring my own amp. Not sure how different the circuits are between the Champ and the Vibro Champ beside ...

Hey Richard my friend,
first of all, it appears like all you need is there. I'm no PP expert, so I go on a limb here saying that shifting the position back to standard should be quite easy - loosenin ...

Hey Frans,
I'd also use a cloth covered cable. If you have another guitar electronics project planned, I'd recommend you get one with a flexible core. With the short cable runs in the champ it would ...

Thank you guys for the responses!
While I'm of course also interested in how the real speakers sound/compare with different amps and cabinets, my question was actually specifically about the mentione ...

Eminence offers impulse responses of their speaker line. They have IR's of the Travis Toy and the Paul Franklin speakers also.

https://eminence-digital.com/collections/eminence-impulse-responses/pr ...

Hey Cody,
having small kids I also rely on silently practice at night. I've never had luck getting satisfying tone with a mixer alone. I put a tube preamp in line. Still not quite there. So I was loo ...

Thank you again for your reply, Jim. I get the concept of what you are saying. Minimizing the flex. Your solutions won't apply to my guitar though, I fear. The Excel has changer finger travel-stop scr ...

Jim, thank you for your input!
When I understand you right, this is not an uncommon problem, is it? I still donâ€™t really understand the physics behind this (partly because I have problems focu ...

Dear fellow steelers,
while playing my mid eighties Excel, I realized that All of my splits are not returning to pitch completely - when used in a certain combination. For instance, I raise my B's to ...

Hey Detlef,
usually you put the delay and reverb last in chain. Do you use the amp's reverb and no other effects? Then put it between your volume pedal and the amp.
If your amp has an effects send/r ...

Hey Abe,
just a thought: in this footage of the Fender Factory in 1957 you'll see Noel Boggs playing a 1000 standing up. Right next to him is a string master.
I wouldn't be surprised if the legs sha ...

Jim Cohen, listen to it again and eyeball your avatar. The combo has a transcendental quality to it. Be careful! Shocked

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Topic: Excel Superb Tuning Help needed!
Oliver Samland Replies: 31 Views: 3678	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Oct 2024 3:45 pm Subject: Excel Superb Tuning Help needed!
Oliver Samland Replies: 31 Views: 3678	Hey John, Interesting that you mention your string break issue on your 1st string G# to A. I use 0.12th on my Excel's 3rd string (G# to A) with no problem, never broke that string. That lead me to th ...
Topic: Excel Superb Tuning Help needed!
Oliver Samland Replies: 31 Views: 3678	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Oct 2024 8:57 am Subject: Excel Superb Tuning Help needed!
Oliver Samland Replies: 31 Views: 3678	Hey John, looking the pics I notice there is no change at all installed on the 8th string of your Excel. Furthermore, it appears to me RKL is not lowering any string. Are the pics probably taken befo ...
Topic: New Excel Robostar
Oliver Samland Replies: 15 Views: 8739	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Nov 2023 4:38 pm Subject: New Excel Robostar
Oliver Samland Replies: 15 Views: 8739	Hey Greg, Congrats on your red Robostar! I just noticed in the picture it looks like the rollers for string 1 and 2 are gauged for heavier strings, I hope I'm just perceiving it wrong and the string ...
Topic: Killer harmonics
Oliver Samland Replies: 7 Views: 2921	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 18 Oct 2023 3:11 pm Subject: Killer harmonics
Oliver Samland Replies: 7 Views: 2921	Very nice, sounds beautiful! So it's basically a single string pull release direct gear? The only lever (and at the same time "changer finger") raising a couple and lowering even a couple m ...
Topic: Pickup suggestions for a Carter D10?
Oliver Samland Replies: 10 Views: 3310	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Oct 2023 7:04 am Subject: Pickup suggestions for a Carter D10?
Oliver Samland Replies: 10 Views: 3310	One more thought: on my Carter D10 that I got used, there is a XR16 on the E9 neck and a Truetone (single coil) with considerably less output on the C6 neck. If I have the pickup switch in the middle ...
Topic: Pickup suggestions for a Carter D10?
Oliver Samland Replies: 10 Views: 3310	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Oct 2023 6:49 am Subject: Pickup suggestions for a Carter D10?
Oliver Samland Replies: 10 Views: 3310	Hey Brandon, your pickup is made by Bill Lawrence, some of his models have the same appearence, but chances are high that yours is a XR16 (as Carter often had them installed). Which is a very nice pic ...
Topic: Tuning Splits for Excel Superb
Oliver Samland Replies: 16 Views: 2242	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Sep 2023 4:32 am Subject: Tuning Splits for Excel Superb
Oliver Samland Replies: 16 Views: 2242	Hey Justin, it is actually just simple math: you raise your E to F# = 2 half steps up. Now your knee lever lowers the F# by a half step. With both changes engaged you end up on F. Tuning procedure ...
Topic: what fender might this have been
Oliver Samland Replies: 15 Views: 4363	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Sep 2021 1:32 am Subject: what fender might this have been
Oliver Samland Replies: 15 Views: 4363	Hey John, your first PSG was a Fender 400 then. That's about the only 8 string model PSG Fender ever build. Great sounding guitars! Ollie
Topic: Anyone know if there are parts available for older Excels?
Oliver Samland Replies: 2 Views: 1014	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Sep 2021 12:35 am Subject: Anyone know if there are parts available for older Excels?
Oliver Samland Replies: 2 Views: 1014	Hey Dustin, In 2017 I ordered a vertical knee lever for my mid eighties Excel from Mitsuo. I was a bit nervous as all he asked for was a pic of the undercarriage, no need to take measurements. Got th ...
Topic: Mystery Parts?
Oliver Samland Replies: 26 Views: 5561	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Aug 2021 7:46 am Subject: Mystery Parts?
Oliver Samland Replies: 26 Views: 5561	Might those be a changer fingers for a pull-release system of some sort? Just guessing. They don't look like bell cranks to me, there ain't no screws to clamp them onto a cross shaft. They seem to be ...
Topic: Excel vs. Emmons string spacing
Oliver Samland Replies: 34 Views: 7118	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 24 Aug 2021 2:55 pm Subject: Excel vs. Emmons string spacing
Oliver Samland Replies: 34 Views: 7118	The string spacing on my Excel is not equaly spaced. I measured 0.330 (!) on the changer and 0.271 (!!) on the nut. These values came as a surprise as it actually is quite a difference compared to th ...
Topic: Excel vs. Emmons string spacing
Oliver Samland Replies: 34 Views: 7118	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 24 Aug 2021 3:54 am Subject: Excel vs. Emmons string spacing
Oliver Samland Replies: 34 Views: 7118	Hi Lynn, I have an Emmons P/P D-10 and an Excel S-10. The string spacing differences are no problem to adjust to, in fact I never actually think about it when switching steels. (Pedal/lever action be ...
Topic: Sarno blackbox
Oliver Samland Replies: 12 Views: 3491	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 Aug 2021 6:40 am Subject: Sarno blackbox
Oliver Samland Replies: 12 Views: 3491	Ron, the Blackbox needs to see the impedance of the pickup, so it needs to be first in the chain.
Topic: Fender vibro Champ
Oliver Samland Replies: 13 Views: 4799	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 28 Jun 2021 8:12 am Subject: Fender vibro Champ
Oliver Samland Replies: 13 Views: 4799	I once played a blackfaced Champ (with just Vol/Treble/Bass controls) in a studio where I didn't bring my own amp. Not sure how different the circuits are between the Champ and the Vibro Champ beside ...
Topic: Emmons S10 - which model/year, what you think of It?
Oliver Samland Replies: 14 Views: 3833	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Jun 2021 6:34 am Subject: Emmons S10 - which model/year, what you think of It?
Oliver Samland Replies: 14 Views: 3833	Hey Richard my friend, first of all, it appears like all you need is there. I'm no PP expert, so I go on a limb here saying that shifting the position back to standard should be quite easy - loosenin ...
Topic: Wiring lap steel (or any other elektr. guitar).
Oliver Samland Replies: 4 Views: 1950	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Dec 2020 1:04 am Subject: Wiring lap steel (or any other elektr. guitar).
Oliver Samland Replies: 4 Views: 1950	Hey Frans, I'd also use a cloth covered cable. If you have another guitar electronics project planned, I'd recommend you get one with a flexible core. With the short cable runs in the champ it would ...
Topic: Eminence Travis Toy and Paul Franklin speaker IR's
Oliver Samland Replies: 11 Views: 6595	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 28 Oct 2020 2:46 pm Subject: Eminence Travis Toy and Paul Franklin speaker IR's
Oliver Samland Replies: 11 Views: 6595	Thank you guys for the responses! While I'm of course also interested in how the real speakers sound/compare with different amps and cabinets, my question was actually specifically about the mentione ...
Topic: Eminence Travis Toy and Paul Franklin speaker IR's
Oliver Samland Replies: 11 Views: 6595	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 28 Oct 2020 7:42 am Subject: Eminence Travis Toy and Paul Franklin speaker IR's
Oliver Samland Replies: 11 Views: 6595	Eminence offers impulse responses of their speaker line. They have IR's of the Travis Toy and the Paul Franklin speakers also. https://eminence-digital.com/collections/eminence-impulse-responses/pr ...
Topic: Mixer for practicing at night ?
Oliver Samland Replies: 12 Views: 5351	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 1 Oct 2020 2:09 pm Subject: Mixer for practicing at night ?
Oliver Samland Replies: 12 Views: 5351	Hey Cody, having small kids I also rely on silently practice at night. I've never had luck getting satisfying tone with a mixer alone. I put a tube preamp in line. Still not quite there. So I was loo ...
Topic: Split tuning not returning to pitch
Oliver Samland Replies: 5 Views: 2987	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Sep 2020 6:39 am Subject: Split tuning not returning to pitch
Oliver Samland Replies: 5 Views: 2987	Thank you again for your reply, Jim. I get the concept of what you are saying. Minimizing the flex. Your solutions won't apply to my guitar though, I fear. The Excel has changer finger travel-stop scr ...
Topic: Split tuning not returning to pitch
Oliver Samland Replies: 5 Views: 2987	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Sep 2020 7:48 am Subject: Split tuning not returning to pitch
Oliver Samland Replies: 5 Views: 2987	Jim, thank you for your input! When I understand you right, this is not an uncommon problem, is it? I still donâ€™t really understand the physics behind this (partly because I have problems focu ...
Topic: Split tuning not returning to pitch
Oliver Samland Replies: 5 Views: 2987	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 29 Aug 2020 5:23 am Subject: Split tuning not returning to pitch
Oliver Samland Replies: 5 Views: 2987	Dear fellow steelers, while playing my mid eighties Excel, I realized that All of my splits are not returning to pitch completely - when used in a certain combination. For instance, I raise my B's to ...
Topic: Delay suggestions
Oliver Samland Replies: 40 Views: 15424	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 19 Feb 2020 3:04 am Subject: Delay suggestions
Oliver Samland Replies: 40 Views: 15424	Hey Detlef, usually you put the delay and reverb last in chain. Do you use the amp's reverb and no other effects? Then put it between your volume pedal and the amp. If your amp has an effects send/r ...
Topic: Extendable legs for Fender 400/1000
Oliver Samland Replies: 1 Views: 806	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 25 Sep 2019 4:20 am Subject: Extendable legs for Fender 400/1000
Oliver Samland Replies: 1 Views: 806	Hey Abe, just a thought: in this footage of the Fender Factory in 1957 you'll see Noel Boggs playing a 1000 standing up. Right next to him is a string master. I wouldn't be surprised if the legs sha ...
Topic: You gotta see this
Oliver Samland Replies: 6 Views: 2176	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 6 Jun 2019 1:28 am Subject: You gotta see this
Oliver Samland Replies: 6 Views: 2176	Jim Cohen, listen to it again and eyeball your avatar. The combo has a transcendental quality to it. Be careful!