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I can't believe it didn't occur to me to use a multi-meter!?!? Thanks Stephen.

Blake, I will send you an email with my email address. Thank you so much for the diagram. Thankfully, my harness is ...

I am new to this, and realized that I wasn't sure what the "usual" use of a console steel switch was for. Smile

To elaborate, I know how to connect the pickups, but I am trying to make sure ...

Hey guys,

About to repair the pickup leads on my Console Grande. The wiring was cut about an inch out from each pickup, and I figured out how to rewire it.

But, before I get going, what do th ...

Rodney,

This is Stephen, I believe we met at the Estate sale where I found my Console Grande Gibson. I am local and could pay cash for the Jaguar today. I will email you.

Thanks.

Stephen

STeve,

Thanks for posting!

You would be horrified to know that at the estate sale, the fingerboards (and miraculously the rest of the parts) were stuffed in a box with about 6 spare lap steel le ...

Ron,

Thank you so much for posting. Your work is beautiful, and it is great to see someone out there making consoles!

My 8-string nut has string grooves cut into it. No idea of course if they ...

Hi Tom,

I found it at an estate sale, totally stripped of parts with only its case and legs... THEN, I found another box that miraculously had every other part except for a nut and a couple tuners! ...

George, thanks for the advice. I will have to look into a plastics shop as that is not a term I have come across before. Would be hard to trust someone I didn't know working on them... I'll probabl ...

Gary, the gentleman who owned mine for decades passed away earlier this year here in Virginia. His name was Ira Stark.

Although I am new to old steel guitars (or any steel guitar for that matter), cracks at the corners of pickguards I know pretty well from the vintage guitar world.

Amazingly, the original owner of ...

I agree, I would bet it is the same as the 8, with the middle string (out of 7) dead center on the nut. The 8's nut is a bit under 3/8...

I found someone with a 7/8 for sale on Craigslist in Michi ...

Why the heck didn't I think about that??? Smile

THanks.

I just checked and there is a pretty significant taper, the nut is much narrower than the bridge on the 8 string neck.

--

Would still lov ...

Thanks,

Just wondering if anyone that also has the 7/8 model (one 7 seven string, one 8 ) could measure their string spacing on the 7-string neck?

If no-one chimes in with theirs, I have a gener ...

Thanks anyway Jim.

Hi Jim,

VERY kind of you to respond. That is the original bridge that DID come in the box of random parts at the estate sale. Unfortunately, the 7 string one is missing. I'm sorry, should have b ...

I am going to take a few pics, but the main problem electrically for the ole Console is that the previous owner cut the pickup leads (and didn't label them, there are two per pickup) about an inch out ...

The urge to rock is definitely growing. I can't wait to try it through my amps. It has taken me 20 years, but I have a 66 Vibrolux Reverb, a Tweed Deluxe, and a Marshall 100 watt tube half stack. D ...

Good news!

Everyone keep your fingers crossed, a user here named "Tommy Wayne" just emailed me saying he may have one. Wow, wouldn't that be great!

Hi, just found my first lap steel at an estate sale. Unfortunately, it is missing its 7-string, nickel nut for the upper neck. I have uploaded an image of the 8-string that did come with it, in hope ...

The box of parts had an old volume pedal in it too. A "Goodrich" Model 122.

I forgot to mention, Ira even saved all the little corners that broke off the fingerboards. I decided to onl ...

Hi everyone,

I have been playing guitar, bass, drums, and mandolin for twenty years (in my early 30s now). I recently went to my first estate auction and found a non-descript, brown rectangular ca ...

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Topic: Gibson Console Grande Wiring -- What does the switch do?
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1333	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jun 2013 6:38 am Subject: Gibson Console Grande Wiring -- What does the switch do?
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1333	I can't believe it didn't occur to me to use a multi-meter!?!? Thanks Stephen. Blake, I will send you an email with my email address. Thank you so much for the diagram. Thankfully, my harness is ...
Topic: Gibson Console Grande Wiring -- What does the switch do?
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1333	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Jun 2013 5:53 pm Subject: Gibson Console Grande Wiring -- What does the switch do?
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1333	I am new to this, and realized that I wasn't sure what the "usual" use of a console steel switch was for. To elaborate, I know how to connect the pickups, but I am trying to make sure ...
Topic: Gibson Console Grande Wiring -- What does the switch do?
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1333	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Jun 2013 5:36 pm Subject: Gibson Console Grande Wiring -- What does the switch do?
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1333	Hey guys, About to repair the pickup leads on my Console Grande. The wiring was cut about an inch out from each pickup, and I figured out how to rewire it. But, before I get going, what do th ...
Topic: 1968 Fender Jaguar and 1966 Gibson Dove
Stephen Bedell Replies: 20 Views: 8875	Forum Section: For Sale: Other Instruments Posted: 5 Jun 2013 3:41 am Subject: 1968 Fender Jaguar and 1966 Gibson Dove
Stephen Bedell Replies: 20 Views: 8875	Rodney, This is Stephen, I believe we met at the Estate sale where I found my Console Grande Gibson. I am local and could pay cash for the Jaguar today. I will email you. Thanks. Stephen
Topic: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Jun 2013 12:47 pm Subject: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	STeve, Thanks for posting! You would be horrified to know that at the estate sale, the fingerboards (and miraculously the rest of the parts) were stuffed in a box with about 6 spare lap steel le ...
Topic: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Jun 2013 12:41 pm Subject: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	Ron, Thank you so much for posting. Your work is beautiful, and it is great to see someone out there making consoles! My 8-string nut has string grooves cut into it. No idea of course if they ...
Topic: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Jun 2013 2:15 pm Subject: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Hi Tom, I found it at an estate sale, totally stripped of parts with only its case and legs... THEN, I found another box that miraculously had every other part except for a nut and a couple tuners! ...
Topic: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Jun 2013 8:18 am Subject: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	George, thanks for the advice. I will have to look into a plastics shop as that is not a term I have come across before. Would be hard to trust someone I didn't know working on them... I'll probabl ...
Topic: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Jun 2013 3:27 am Subject: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Gary, the gentleman who owned mine for decades passed away earlier this year here in Virginia. His name was Ira Stark.
Topic: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Jun 2013 4:03 pm Subject: How to Repair Gibson Console Grande fingerboards????
Stephen Bedell Replies: 10 Views: 2194	Although I am new to old steel guitars (or any steel guitar for that matter), cracks at the corners of pickguards I know pretty well from the vintage guitar world. Amazingly, the original owner of ...
Topic: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Jun 2013 3:52 pm Subject: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	I agree, I would bet it is the same as the 8, with the middle string (out of 7) dead center on the nut. The 8's nut is a bit under 3/8... I found someone with a 7/8 for sale on Craigslist in Michi ...
Topic: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Jun 2013 1:00 pm Subject: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	Why the heck didn't I think about that??? THanks. I just checked and there is a pretty significant taper, the nut is much narrower than the bridge on the 8 string neck. -- Would still lov ...
Topic: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Jun 2013 11:04 am Subject: Anyone with a 7/8 Gibson Console Grande, String Spacing Help
Stephen Bedell Replies: 8 Views: 3171	Thanks, Just wondering if anyone that also has the 7/8 model (one 7 seven string, one 8 ) could measure their string spacing on the 7-string neck? If no-one chimes in with theirs, I have a gener ...
Topic: 7-string, nickel nut for Gibson Console Grande - 1940/1950s
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1135	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 24 May 2013 3:48 pm Subject: 7-string, nickel nut for Gibson Console Grande - 1940/1950s
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1135	Thanks anyway Jim.
Topic: 7-string, nickel nut for Gibson Console Grande - 1940/1950s
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1135	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 24 May 2013 4:03 am Subject: 7-string, nickel nut for Gibson Console Grande - 1940/1950s
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1135	Hi Jim, VERY kind of you to respond. That is the original bridge that DID come in the box of random parts at the estate sale. Unfortunately, the 7 string one is missing. I'm sorry, should have b ...
Topic: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 May 2013 5:51 pm Subject: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	I am going to take a few pics, but the main problem electrically for the ole Console is that the previous owner cut the pickup leads (and didn't label them, there are two per pickup) about an inch out ...
Topic: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 May 2013 5:47 pm Subject: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	The urge to rock is definitely growing. I can't wait to try it through my amps. It has taken me 20 years, but I have a 66 Vibrolux Reverb, a Tweed Deluxe, and a Marshall 100 watt tube half stack. D ...
Topic: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 May 2013 5:45 pm Subject: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	Good news! Everyone keep your fingers crossed, a user here named "Tommy Wayne" just emailed me saying he may have one. Wow, wouldn't that be great!
Topic: 7-string, nickel nut for Gibson Console Grande - 1940/1950s
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1135	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 22 May 2013 11:04 am Subject: 7-string, nickel nut for Gibson Console Grande - 1940/1950s
Stephen Bedell Replies: 4 Views: 1135	Hi, just found my first lap steel at an estate sale. Unfortunately, it is missing its 7-string, nickel nut for the upper neck. I have uploaded an image of the 8-string that did come with it, in hope ...
Topic: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 May 2013 10:41 am Subject: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	The box of parts had an old volume pedal in it too. A "Goodrich" Model 122. I forgot to mention, Ira even saved all the little corners that broke off the fingerboards. I decided to onl ...
Topic: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 May 2013 10:36 am Subject: New to Pedal Steel, found a 1948-1950 Gibson Console Grande
Stephen Bedell Replies: 6 Views: 2749	Hi everyone, I have been playing guitar, bass, drums, and mandolin for twenty years (in my early 30s now). I recently went to my first estate auction and found a non-descript, brown rectangular ca ...