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I checked out the silverface Princeton re-issue as I've been waiting for a 70's one to show up in the UK for like forever...

Anyhoo, the new silverface has been designed for earlier break-up appare ...

The VST "wall of sound" plugin is also very good and a nice entry point price-wise. I love the Alnico speaker + ribbon mic â€“ I use that combo a lot for recording guitar and lap steel ...

That's cool Don. Funnily enough, I found myself using open strings much more since I've made the switch to C6, especially for Bluesy licks and what have you.

Another guitar with A6 may well happen ...

Hey Jeff,

Went for C6 almost on a whim and I'm glad I did. I figured there'd be more instruction material available too, without having to transpose.

Tempted to try A6 at some point for sure!
...

I'm a novice steel player (messed about with E9 pedal for a while) and tried to carry the little I knew over to an 8 string lap steel project with 4 palm levers. Well... after almost a year of what c ...

Just a whacky thought...

What about having the amp re-biased if that hasn't been done recently? Tim's the amp guru here - what do you think Tim? Be good to at least know that the amp itself is pe ...

Haven't tried them, but I do know they're very popular with metal / high gain distortion guitarists.

Apparently, they do sound good clean (the lower output models) but I'm struggling to find demos ...

Hello Ray,

FWIW, I use one of these with my lap steel and electric guitars:

http://www.carlmartin.com/product_rock_bug.htm

I think it's great! The "open cab" setting is voiced quit ...

The scale length I came up with was based on my more E9 flavoured tuning. I'll do some more quick calculations a bit later. You may well be fine with 22.5" with open E.

My problem string was ...

For some reason, I thought this was an 8 string project.

Low to high?

E
B
E
G# -> A
B --> C#
E -> F?

Well, with that tuning, I'd be tempted to try a standard set of 12-52 ...

I found this string tension calculator very useful for working out gauges and so on:

http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/stringxxiii.html

For example, if you look at perhaps the most often discussed ...

<-- Hi guys, newbie here with more than a passing interest in the Duesenberg Multibender Smile

Pretty sure the idea with those gauges in the set Duesenberg sells is to tune to open D / D A D F# A ...

Yep, just checked... the M-One includes a delay parameter to do what I was describing:

High Cut
Range: 500Hz - 20kHz
High Cut filter that allows you to reduce the high frequencies
of the Delay T ...

New member and effects junkie here!

I agree with Larry.

I used to review gear for guitar mags and presets nearly always have way too much effect. It kind of makes sense of you're trying to show ...

Just for info, my wound 30W string (E) is almost 1/8" back from the 20 (G#) plain next to it.

If you think of a typical bridge on a Telecaster we're used to seeing that those wound strings lik ...

Just saying what Tom is saying, but in a different way - short answer is "sorry, no" Smile

The 12th fret should appear at exactly half the scale length, as has already been said. So for 22 ...

On the offending string(s), if you pluck the octave harmonic with say your fingernail, is it right above the 12th fret marker?

I'll post pics soon - it may end up in the "new products" section Wink

I guess I should add, I've been using palm levers for a while now, initially on a Telecaster so I'm kinda use to ...

Hi Tony et al,

New guy here and I'm going to try and make my first proper post helpful.

I have a custom build 8 string lap with Multibender and I ended up going with the rather oddball scale len ...

Hi Guys,

After lurking for what seems like way too long I've signed up at last!

So much good advice and information on here and it's been especially helpful during the build of my custom 8 strin ...

Thanks for all the ideas guys - really appreciate it. Looks like most of you are suggesting A and B pedal type raises on strings 2 and 4, with the 9th "chromatic" on the 1st string. I can just about ...

I do play standard guitar, but tuned non-standard if that makes sense?! I tune it EBEABE and have a wholenote raise on the top B via a palm lever.

I also play a 3 pedal / 1 knee 10 string E9 steel v ...

Yeah, you're right. the more I think about it, the more I think that 2nd string is gonna ping! How about a D9 type tuning instead? I've added the string sizes that I think might work:

A ...

It's a telecaster. I was going to try a 9 on that string and hope for the best! Smile

Hi. Appreciate this is a real primitive idea - kinda following on from DB's thread on the 8 string E9 ideas. It's for a "fun" project to set up a guitar for slide with a couple of palm pedals.

At th ...

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Topic: reissue Princeton
Rob Jackson Replies: 7 Views: 2807	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Nov 2014 5:10 am Subject: very nice, but...
Rob Jackson Replies: 7 Views: 2807	I checked out the silverface Princeton re-issue as I've been waiting for a 70's one to show up in the UK for like forever... Anyhoo, the new silverface has been designed for earlier break-up appare ...
Topic: Two note C A B
Rob Jackson Replies: 1 Views: 1205	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Nov 2014 5:06 am Subject: Two note C A B
Rob Jackson Replies: 1 Views: 1205	The VST "wall of sound" plugin is also very good and a nice entry point price-wise. I love the Alnico speaker + ribbon mic â€“ I use that combo a lot for recording guitar and lap steel ...
Topic: Palm lever divorce lead to C6 true love - a true story
Rob Jackson Replies: 6 Views: 3703	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Nov 2014 8:08 am Subject: Palm lever divorce lead to C6 true love - a true story
Rob Jackson Replies: 6 Views: 3703	That's cool Don. Funnily enough, I found myself using open strings much more since I've made the switch to C6, especially for Bluesy licks and what have you. Another guitar with A6 may well happen ...
Topic: Palm lever divorce lead to C6 true love - a true story
Rob Jackson Replies: 6 Views: 3703	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Nov 2014 7:29 am Subject: Palm lever divorce lead to C6 true love - a true story
Rob Jackson Replies: 6 Views: 3703	Hey Jeff, Went for C6 almost on a whim and I'm glad I did. I figured there'd be more instruction material available too, without having to transpose. Tempted to try A6 at some point for sure! ...
Topic: Palm lever divorce lead to C6 true love - a true story
Rob Jackson Replies: 6 Views: 3703	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Nov 2014 5:29 am Subject: Palm lever divorce lead to C6 true love - a true story
Rob Jackson Replies: 6 Views: 3703	I'm a novice steel player (messed about with E9 pedal for a while) and tried to carry the little I knew over to an 8 string lap steel project with 4 palm levers. Well... after almost a year of what c ...
Topic: eminence speaker for deluxe reverb
Rob Jackson Replies: 16 Views: 4462	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Feb 2014 2:17 am Subject: eminence speaker for deluxe reverb
Rob Jackson Replies: 16 Views: 4462	Just a whacky thought... What about having the amp re-biased if that hasn't been done recently? Tim's the amp guru here - what do you think Tim? Be good to at least know that the amp itself is pe ...
Topic: Railhammer Pickups for lap steel?
Rob Jackson Replies: 3 Views: 1042	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Feb 2014 1:43 am Subject: Railhammer Pickups for lap steel?
Rob Jackson Replies: 3 Views: 1042	Haven't tried them, but I do know they're very popular with metal / high gain distortion guitarists. Apparently, they do sound good clean (the lower output models) but I'm struggling to find demos ...
Topic: I've been outside the loop for too long.............
Rob Jackson Replies: 13 Views: 5119	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Feb 2014 1:17 am Subject: I've been outside the loop for too long.............
Rob Jackson Replies: 13 Views: 5119	Hello Ray, FWIW, I use one of these with my lap steel and electric guitars: http://www.carlmartin.com/product_rock_bug.htm I think it's great! The "open cab" setting is voiced quit ...
Topic: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Feb 2014 12:24 am Subject: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	The scale length I came up with was based on my more E9 flavoured tuning. I'll do some more quick calculations a bit later. You may well be fine with 22.5" with open E. My problem string was ...
Topic: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Feb 2014 11:25 am Subject: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	For some reason, I thought this was an 8 string project. Low to high? E B E G# -> A B --> C# E -> F? Well, with that tuning, I'd be tempted to try a standard set of 12-52 ...
Topic: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Feb 2014 5:52 am Subject: One more thing...
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	I found this string tension calculator very useful for working out gauges and so on: http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/stringxxiii.html For example, if you look at perhaps the most often discussed ...
Topic: Lap steel strings
Rob Jackson Replies: 31 Views: 15969	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Feb 2014 2:05 am Subject: Lap steel strings
Rob Jackson Replies: 31 Views: 15969	<-- Hi guys, newbie here with more than a passing interest in the Duesenberg Multibender Pretty sure the idea with those gauges in the set Duesenberg sells is to tune to open D / D A D F# A ...
Topic: Stereo Steel Settings
Rob Jackson Replies: 5 Views: 1857	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 1 Feb 2014 1:55 am Subject: Stereo Steel Settings
Rob Jackson Replies: 5 Views: 1857	Yep, just checked... the M-One includes a delay parameter to do what I was describing: High Cut Range: 500Hz - 20kHz High Cut filter that allows you to reduce the high frequencies of the Delay T ...
Topic: Stereo Steel Settings
Rob Jackson Replies: 5 Views: 1857	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 1 Feb 2014 1:51 am Subject: Stereo Steel Settings
Rob Jackson Replies: 5 Views: 1857	New member and effects junkie here! I agree with Larry. I used to review gear for guitar mags and presets nearly always have way too much effect. It kind of makes sense of you're trying to show ...
Topic: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Feb 2014 12:57 am Subject: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	Just for info, my wound 30W string (E) is almost 1/8" back from the 20 (G#) plain next to it. If you think of a typical bridge on a Telecaster we're used to seeing that those wound strings lik ...
Topic: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Feb 2014 12:35 am Subject: Scale Length continued....
Rob Jackson Replies: 11 Views: 2081	Just saying what Tom is saying, but in a different way - short answer is "sorry, no" The 12th fret should appear at exactly half the scale length, as has already been said. So for 22 ...
Topic: Wound strings go flat
Rob Jackson Replies: 19 Views: 5430	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:39 am Subject: Probably a dumb question, but...
Rob Jackson Replies: 19 Views: 5430	On the offending string(s), if you pluck the octave harmonic with say your fingernail, is it right above the 12th fret marker?
Topic: Scale length
Rob Jackson Replies: 13 Views: 6638	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Jan 2014 1:44 pm Subject: Scale length
Rob Jackson Replies: 13 Views: 6638	I'll post pics soon - it may end up in the "new products" section I guess I should add, I've been using palm levers for a while now, initially on a Telecaster so I'm kinda use to ...
Topic: Scale length
Rob Jackson Replies: 13 Views: 6638	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Jan 2014 11:09 am Subject: Scale length
Rob Jackson Replies: 13 Views: 6638	Hi Tony et al, New guy here and I'm going to try and make my first proper post helpful. I have a custom build 8 string lap with Multibender and I ended up going with the rather oddball scale len ...
Topic: Hello from a new member
Rob Jackson Replies: 2 Views: 1002	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Jan 2014 10:53 am Subject: Hello from a new member
Rob Jackson Replies: 2 Views: 1002	Hi Guys, After lurking for what seems like way too long I've signed up at last! So much good advice and information on here and it's been especially helpful during the build of my custom 8 strin ...
Topic: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 19 May 2005 12:27 am Subject: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Thanks for all the ideas guys - really appreciate it. Looks like most of you are suggesting A and B pedal type raises on strings 2 and 4, with the 9th "chromatic" on the 1st string. I can just about ...
Topic: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 May 2005 7:52 am Subject: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	I do play standard guitar, but tuned non-standard if that makes sense?! I tune it EBEABE and have a wholenote raise on the top B via a palm lever. I also play a 3 pedal / 1 knee 10 string E9 steel v ...
Topic: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 May 2005 7:49 am Subject: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Yeah, you're right. the more I think about it, the more I think that 2nd string is gonna ping! How about a D9 type tuning instead? I've added the string sizes that I think might work: A ...
Topic: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 May 2005 7:32 am Subject: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	It's a telecaster. I was going to try a 9 on that string and hope for the best!
Topic: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 May 2005 6:35 am Subject: Advice needed - E9, 6 strings, two levers?
Rob Jackson Replies: 10 Views: 1293	Hi. Appreciate this is a real primitive idea - kinda following on from DB's thread on the 8 string E9 ideas. It's for a "fun" project to set up a guitar for slide with a couple of palm pedals. At th ...