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Thanks, Ethan. Another thing I like about this instrument is the gap between the necks. It makes playing palm harmonics on the inner neck easier (for me at least).

Allan, the tunings are inner neck ...

Thank you all for your most generous comments.

In answer to a couple of queries, the scale length is 24.625 inches, and I didn't use an amp for the recording. The guitar was plugged into a digital ...

I recently received a Joaquin D-8 from Todd, and what a gorgeous instrument it is.

Here it is in action.

https://youtu.be/5MtUbhdhXJ0

Or how about a keyboard stand?

This is very interesting. I saw a video in which Bobby Ingano said that they didn't use this third finger method in Hawaii but instead picked with the middle finger instead of the thumb. However, JB s ...

Here is the YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rObfc_5nw

The tuning on the guitar is the old E7, which was popular in the 1930s as a six string tuning. It can be argued that more versatile E tunings are possible with 8 strings.
The string set you bought is ...

There are two sequences in this film of Noel Boggs playing a twin neck steel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OurOTjrKC4

Are you able to point me to any recordings of Herb playing the F#9 tuning?

I believe he played it on Boot Heel Drag.

Wasn't it Herb Remington who came up with this tuning?

I'm currently reading the biography of R Alex Anderson

I searched for this book on Amazon but just came with numerous books on quilting!

However, I did stumble on this video of R. Alex Anderso ...

That's pretty close. To tune in Just Intonation, the offsets would be:

G +2
E -14
C 0
A -16

I was lucky to get this as I believe it's the only one in the UK.

I have a Remington T8, which Herb made for me in about 2006. I had a very lucky meeting with him in Gerry Hogan's shop in the e ...

Herb Remington also made a couple of DVDs on A6. Although Herb has also left us, these DVDs are still available from texasmusicsupply.com.

I would suggest that missing that wheel is only an issue if you regularly change the setting. If you are happy to adjust it to your preferred setting and leave it there, a screwdriver will do that for ...

Thanks for posting, Andy.

My hard copy has a copyright date of 1948.

The "secret" to this tuning is that it works only if the instrument is tuned in Just Intonation. While a forward slant on (say) the top three strings of A6 will be badly out of tune in Just, ...

In that photo of Billy backstage he is playing a Fender 1000. I presume that is the one Leo Fender presented to JB, who then sold it to Billy.

Another of the former Serenaders told me they called Kealoha Life "Keyhole Lifi". He certainly had an idiosyncratic writing style in his many articles for BMG magazine.

Lloyd, perhaps a little history will help. The steel guitar developed from the Slack Key guitar in the late 19th century. Perhaps the commonest tuning for the latter was open G, known as "Taro Pa ...

Thanks for your advice, Jeff. Yes, you understood what I was trying to explain, and I have removed the wheels altogether as you suggest.
I hadn't realized that they were a push fit, and it is clear t ...

I have a 1970s T-8 Stringmaster, and the blend knobs seem to work in a strange fashion. The knurled discs rotate freely in either direction without coming to a stop. That is, they would rotate freely ...

Here she is:

I have one just like it. I bought it on Ebay from Japan!

I have exactly the same problem and usually have my instrument on a stand.

Music stools and drum thrones are all too high and are made for sitting at keyboards, pedal steels or drums. I have wonder ...

Thanks for that Jim. Nice looking steel. I see it's the long scale version, which I suppose is no surprise given Cindy's Stringmaster history.

That neck switching is neat, something you can't do on ...

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Topic: My new Clinesmith Joaquin D-8
Roger Fletcher Replies: 19 Views: 2590	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 May 2024 11:10 pm Subject: My new Clinesmith Joaquin D-8
Roger Fletcher Replies: 19 Views: 2590	Thanks, Ethan. Another thing I like about this instrument is the gap between the necks. It makes playing palm harmonics on the inner neck easier (for me at least). Allan, the tunings are inner neck ...
Topic: My new Clinesmith Joaquin D-8
Roger Fletcher Replies: 19 Views: 2590	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 May 2024 4:44 am Subject: My new Clinesmith Joaquin D-8
Roger Fletcher Replies: 19 Views: 2590	Thank you all for your most generous comments. In answer to a couple of queries, the scale length is 24.625 inches, and I didn't use an amp for the recording. The guitar was plugged into a digital ...
Topic: My new Clinesmith Joaquin D-8
Roger Fletcher Replies: 19 Views: 2590	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 May 2024 12:22 am Subject: My new Clinesmith Joaquin D-8
Roger Fletcher Replies: 19 Views: 2590	I recently received a Joaquin D-8 from Todd, and what a gorgeous instrument it is. Here it is in action. https://youtu.be/5MtUbhdhXJ0
Topic: Guitar stands / tables / etc
Roger Fletcher Replies: 14 Views: 2759	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Mar 2024 11:50 pm Subject: Guitar stands / tables / etc
Roger Fletcher Replies: 14 Views: 2759	Or how about a keyboard stand?
Topic: question re tricky harmonic in Dewitt Scott's lapsteel book
Roger Fletcher Replies: 5 Views: 1401	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Dec 2023 11:51 pm Subject: question re tricky harmonic in Dewitt Scott's lapsteel book
Roger Fletcher Replies: 5 Views: 1401	This is very interesting. I saw a video in which Bobby Ingano said that they didn't use this third finger method in Hawaii but instead picked with the middle finger instead of the thumb. However, JB s ...
Topic: Recording of Aloha Tears?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 831	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jul 2023 10:15 pm Subject: Recording of Aloha Tears?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 831	Here is the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rObfc_5nw
Topic: E tuning, 8 string steel?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 10 Views: 1953	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Jul 2023 11:11 pm Subject: E tuning, 8 string steel?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 10 Views: 1953	The tuning on the guitar is the old E7, which was popular in the 1930s as a six string tuning. It can be argued that more versatile E tunings are possible with 8 strings. The string set you bought is ...
Topic: Noel Boggs clip
Roger Fletcher Replies: 3 Views: 1343	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Jan 2023 10:45 am Subject: Noel Boggs clip
Roger Fletcher Replies: 3 Views: 1343	There are two sequences in this film of Noel Boggs playing a twin neck steel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OurOTjrKC4
Topic: Who uses Speedy’s F#9 tuning?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 17 Views: 3273	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jan 2023 11:26 pm Subject: Who uses Speedy’s F#9 tuning?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 17 Views: 3273	Are you able to point me to any recordings of Herb playing the F#9 tuning? I believe he played it on Boot Heel Drag.
Topic: Who uses Speedy’s F#9 tuning?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 17 Views: 3273	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jan 2023 9:31 am Subject: Who uses Speedy’s F#9 tuning?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 17 Views: 3273	Wasn't it Herb Remington who came up with this tuning?
Topic: Jerry Byrd's book
Roger Fletcher Replies: 23 Views: 4841	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jan 2023 11:25 pm Subject: Jerry Byrd's book
Roger Fletcher Replies: 23 Views: 4841	I'm currently reading the biography of R Alex Anderson I searched for this book on Amazon but just came with numerous books on quilting! However, I did stumble on this video of R. Alex Anderso ...
Topic: Emmons C6 Sweetened pedal steel tuning for 8 string lap
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 927	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Dec 2022 12:01 am Subject: Emmons C6 Sweetened pedal steel tuning for 8 string lap
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 927	That's pretty close. To tune in Just Intonation, the offsets would be: G +2 E -14 C 0 A -16
Topic: Remington Steel
Roger Fletcher Replies: 14 Views: 6370	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Dec 2022 2:49 am Subject: Remington Steel
Roger Fletcher Replies: 14 Views: 6370	I was lucky to get this as I believe it's the only one in the UK. I have a Remington T8, which Herb made for me in about 2006. I had a very lucky meeting with him in Gerry Hogan's shop in the e ...
Topic: Jerry Byrd Instructional Course
Roger Fletcher Replies: 10 Views: 1943	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Nov 2022 11:11 pm Subject: Jerry Byrd Instructional Course
Roger Fletcher Replies: 10 Views: 1943	Herb Remington also made a couple of DVDs on A6. Although Herb has also left us, these DVDs are still available from texasmusicsupply.com.
Topic: Blend wheel
Roger Fletcher Replies: 5 Views: 1464	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Nov 2022 10:59 pm Subject: Blend wheel
Roger Fletcher Replies: 5 Views: 1464	I would suggest that missing that wheel is only an issue if you regularly change the setting. If you are happy to adjust it to your preferred setting and leave it there, a screwdriver will do that for ...
Topic: King’s Hawaiian Melodies - Free Download
Roger Fletcher Replies: 7 Views: 1597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Nov 2022 12:53 am Subject: King’s Hawaiian Melodies - Free Download
Roger Fletcher Replies: 7 Views: 1597	Thanks for posting, Andy. My hard copy has a copyright date of 1948.
Topic: what tuning
Roger Fletcher Replies: 6 Views: 1218	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Oct 2022 12:27 am Subject: what tuning
Roger Fletcher Replies: 6 Views: 1218	The "secret" to this tuning is that it works only if the instrument is tuned in Just Intonation. While a forward slant on (say) the top three strings of A6 will be badly out of tune in Just, ...
Topic: Billy Hew Len Audio Archive
Roger Fletcher Replies: 8 Views: 1488	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Aug 2022 1:28 am Subject: Billy Hew Len Audio Archive
Roger Fletcher Replies: 8 Views: 1488	In that photo of Billy backstage he is playing a Fender 1000. I presume that is the one Leo Fender presented to JB, who then sold it to Billy.
Topic: Ken Ufton photo
Roger Fletcher Replies: 4 Views: 1412	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Aug 2022 11:09 pm Subject: Ken Ufton photo
Roger Fletcher Replies: 4 Views: 1412	Another of the former Serenaders told me they called Kealoha Life "Keyhole Lifi". He certainly had an idiosyncratic writing style in his many articles for BMG magazine.
Topic: Rookie question about High and Low tunings
Roger Fletcher Replies: 14 Views: 1872	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Jul 2022 9:45 am Subject: Rookie question about High and Low tunings
Roger Fletcher Replies: 14 Views: 1872	Lloyd, perhaps a little history will help. The steel guitar developed from the Slack Key guitar in the late 19th century. Perhaps the commonest tuning for the latter was open G, known as "Taro Pa ...
Topic: Stringmaster blend knobs
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 930	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Jul 2022 5:27 am Subject: Stringmaster blend knobs
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 930	Thanks for your advice, Jeff. Yes, you understood what I was trying to explain, and I have removed the wheels altogether as you suggest. I hadn't realized that they were a push fit, and it is clear t ...
Topic: Stringmaster blend knobs
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 930	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2022 6:56 am Subject: Stringmaster blend knobs
Roger Fletcher Replies: 2 Views: 930	I have a 1970s T-8 Stringmaster, and the blend knobs seem to work in a strange fashion. The knurled discs rotate freely in either direction without coming to a stop. That is, they would rotate freely ...
Topic: Wood Leo Used For the Stringmaster
Roger Fletcher Replies: 25 Views: 5162	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Apr 2022 1:21 am Subject: Wood Leo Used For the Stringmaster
Roger Fletcher Replies: 25 Views: 5162	Here she is: I have one just like it. I bought it on Ebay from Japan!
Topic: Stool/chair for short lap steel player?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 39 Views: 9142	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Jan 2022 12:41 am Subject: Stool/chair for short lap steel player?
Roger Fletcher Replies: 39 Views: 9142	I have exactly the same problem and usually have my instrument on a stand. Music stools and drum thrones are all too high and are made for sitting at keyboards, pedal steels or drums. I have wonder ...
Topic: New Cindy Cashdollar (with The Wheel) Rig Rundown
Roger Fletcher Replies: 11 Views: 5867	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Dec 2021 7:48 am Subject: New Cindy Cashdollar (with The Wheel) Rig Rundown
Roger Fletcher Replies: 11 Views: 5867	Thanks for that Jim. Nice looking steel. I see it's the long scale version, which I suppose is no surprise given Cindy's Stringmaster history. That neck switching is neat, something you can't do on ...