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There's a newly listed early 50's Triple 8 Custom at Dave's Guitars [url=http://www.davesguitar.com]www.davesguitar.com with trapazoid p/u's, walnut finish, for $795. Looks pretty clean for its age a ...

Thanks for the Update Mac, glad to hear the club is still meeting, with you at the helm. Besides the excellent steel players, there was also good guitar (the Tahitian rhythm player in particular...can ...

Hi Mike, does this include the Slim Galliard footage that was on the VHS version? I lost my tape and may order a DVD. The Jimmy & Speedy stuff is excellent.

Thanks,

Steve H.

G'day Mac, I'm sure we crossed paths in NZ. I was a member of the NZ Hawaiian Steel Club for a little while before returning to the States. Do you still meet in Pt. Chev? I remember good times with th ...

I saw Glen play many times around Auckland when I was living in New Zealand. I moved back to SoCal in '99 and he was still there then. He used to play with Al Hunter (country singer), Billy Hood
(Roc ...

I think the matching amp concept is totally bitchin. If you play a vintage lap steel and don't need overwhelming volume they really compliment one another... both in looks and tone. Playing with ukes, ...

I seemed to have misplaced my copy and would like to order another. The Jimmy Bryant/Speedy West stuff is great, especially "Flyin' High". This is early, live TV and is rare footage. I haven't seen or ...

Got my copy in the mail today. Thanks for the fast delivery, Andy. Just started reading it, but looks great. Good job with the content, graphics, layout and printing. This is one, like the Smith Fende ...

I think the wider string spacing on the RD-45 is a big advantage. I played one at McCabes in Santa Monica and it sounded real good with comfortable action. I checked out a RD-75 a few weeks later and ...

Guitar Center in Hollywood has another Bigsby reissue. (one of the new ones made by Gretsch?). This one is a double, pointed cutaway with a flat top, two pick-ups, vibrola bar, flat birdseye maple-cap ...

I saw the Japanese Stringmasters included on a poster that Fender produced about 8 years ago showing their complete product line. I was curious about availability. I attended the NAMM show in Anaheim ...

The trick with a Pignose is to turn the volume down on your guitar a little. If your volume control is full on, they distort like a buzz-saw (which is what alot of players like about Pignose). Opening ...

Speaking of Cliffie Stone, the lyrics are GREAT. I had a Speedy West LP with the lyrics and they really added to the song IMHO. Cindy Cashdollar has a good arrangement on her Homespun tape that lays o ...

Hey Andrew, glad to hear a forumite took the plunge on the new Johnson tri-cone square neck. For the money, this looks like a great deal. You'll be able to bang it around a little without fretting (no ...

For some reason I had thought the Regals and Johnsons were from the same company (maybe some models). I also thought the metal body Johnsons were built in the Czech Republic, but the guy at Mandalay M ...

Just talked on the phone to a guy at Mandalay Music. They seem to sell alot of Johnsons. He said these new squarenecks will not be available for about a month. He quoted a pretty good price, so I told ...

There is a similar and also confusing use of the swastika as a logo on vintage surfboards made about the same period by Pacific Systems. These were solid wood, plank syle boards with a small swastika ...

Nice arrangement and playing Mike. A little off topic, BUT: do you still have the video available of Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West from the old Town Hall Party Shows and the Slim Gallard stuff? I can't ...

Congratulations Jason and Rick, this is the most attractive new lap steel I've seen. Horse-shoe pick-up, guitar-shaped body, string-thru loading, (22 1/2" scale?), simple compact classic design. Pleas ...

Thanks Jeff (and Derrick) for the recent music postings. They are a great addition to the forum. "Little Grass Shack" is one of my favorites. I met Derrick Mau (along with Bobby Ingano and Sunny Kamah ...

I have both and prefer the Brozophonic. It's a little longer and heavier. The length seems about right for my hand. The Dunlop 919 is a little short, but maybe a tad easier to shift smoothly into a re ...

I agree, Terry. I caught Bobby a couple of times on my trip to Waikiki last summer: A great player with excellent stage presence...a real nice guy too. The "Who's Playing Where" is a valuable part of ...

Congratulations Rick and Jason, these should shake things up! Looks like you've done a superb job. Now, who's going to start molding the bakelite?
Haere mai,
Steve H.
S8A6

I had an OMI model 27, years ago that John Carruthers set up for me with a bead of "mastic" or "blue tak" around the lip of the soundwell, which the cone sat on. It cured all the buzzes and rattles bu ...

I thought the swells in Steelin' the Blues were tone swells, probably done with the tone pot on the guitar?? I must have a listen when I go home. On my Merle Travis video there are some great shots of ...

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Topic: Heads Up: 50's Triple 8 Custom
Steve Honum Replies: 3 Views: 761	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Mar 2006 1:22 pm Subject: Heads Up: 50's Triple 8 Custom
Steve Honum Replies: 3 Views: 761	There's a newly listed early 50's Triple 8 Custom at Dave's Guitars [url=http://www.davesguitar.com]www.davesguitar.com with trapazoid p/u's, walnut finish, for $795. Looks pretty clean for its age a ...
Topic: Steve Honum update
Steve Honum Replies: 2 Views: 599	Forum Section: Music Posted: 27 Feb 2006 12:16 pm Subject: Steve Honum update
Steve Honum Replies: 2 Views: 599	Thanks for the Update Mac, glad to hear the club is still meeting, with you at the helm. Besides the excellent steel players, there was also good guitar (the Tahitian rhythm player in particular...can ...
Topic: Speedy and Friends
Steve Honum Replies: 5 Views: 1153	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Feb 2006 10:33 am Subject: Speedy and Friends
Steve Honum Replies: 5 Views: 1153	Hi Mike, does this include the Slim Galliard footage that was on the VHS version? I lost my tape and may order a DVD. The Jimmy & Speedy stuff is excellent. Thanks, Steve H.
Topic: Removed.
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1496	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Feb 2006 4:58 pm Subject: Removed.
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1496	G'day Mac, I'm sure we crossed paths in NZ. I was a member of the NZ Hawaiian Steel Club for a little while before returning to the States. Do you still meet in Pt. Chev? I remember good times with th ...
Topic: Removed.
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1496	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Feb 2006 2:23 pm Subject: Removed.
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1496	I saw Glen play many times around Auckland when I was living in New Zealand. I moved back to SoCal in '99 and he was still there then. He used to play with Al Hunter (country singer), Billy Hood (Roc ...
Topic: Opinions on vintage matching amps
Steve Honum Replies: 9 Views: 1471	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2004 10:13 am Subject: Opinions on vintage matching amps
Steve Honum Replies: 9 Views: 1471	I think the matching amp concept is totally bitchin. If you play a vintage lap steel and don't need overwhelming volume they really compliment one another... both in looks and tone. Playing with ukes, ...
Topic: Speedy West/Jimmy Bryant/Noel Boggs and others Video
Steve Honum Replies: 11 Views: 1624	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Jun 2004 10:18 am Subject: Speedy West/Jimmy Bryant/Noel Boggs and others Video
Steve Honum Replies: 11 Views: 1624	I seemed to have misplaced my copy and would like to order another. The Jimmy Bryant/Speedy West stuff is great, especially "Flyin' High". This is early, live TV and is rare footage. I haven't seen or ...
Topic: Andy Volk's Steel Book
Steve Honum Replies: 37 Views: 5765	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Nov 2003 8:45 am Subject: Andy Volk's Steel Book
Steve Honum Replies: 37 Views: 5765	Got my copy in the mail today. Thanks for the fast delivery, Andy. Just started reading it, but looks great. Good job with the content, graphics, layout and printing. This is one, like the Smith Fende ...
Topic: Question about a Regal
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3448	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Oct 2003 6:52 am Subject: Question about a Regal
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3448	I think the wider string spacing on the RD-45 is a big advantage. I played one at McCabes in Santa Monica and it sounded real good with comfortable action. I checked out a RD-75 a few weeks later and ...
Topic: Bigsby Spanish On Soundstage
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1466	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Jul 2003 7:31 am Subject: Bigsby Spanish On Soundstage
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1466	Guitar Center in Hollywood has another Bigsby reissue. (one of the new ones made by Gretsch?). This one is a double, pointed cutaway with a flat top, two pick-ups, vibrola bar, flat birdseye maple-cap ...
Topic: Fender Japanese Steels - How do I get one?
Steve Honum Replies: 15 Views: 2883	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jun 2003 11:23 am Subject: Fender Japanese Steels - How do I get one?
Steve Honum Replies: 15 Views: 2883	I saw the Japanese Stringmasters included on a poster that Fender produced about 8 years ago showing their complete product line. I was curious about availability. I attended the NAMM show in Anaheim ...
Topic: Battery Powered Amps
Steve Honum Replies: 22 Views: 3845	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jun 2003 10:24 am Subject: Battery Powered Amps
Steve Honum Replies: 22 Views: 3845	The trick with a Pignose is to turn the volume down on your guitar a little. If your volume control is full on, they distort like a buzz-saw (which is what alot of players like about Pignose). Opening ...
Topic: Steel Guitar Rag
Steve Honum Replies: 44 Views: 8880	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Jun 2003 1:01 pm Subject: Steel Guitar Rag
Steve Honum Replies: 44 Views: 8880	Speaking of Cliffie Stone, the lyrics are GREAT. I had a Speedy West LP with the lyrics and they really added to the song IMHO. Cindy Cashdollar has a good arrangement on her Homespun tape that lays o ...
Topic: New Johnson squareneck tricones
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3438	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Jun 2003 7:37 am Subject: New Johnson squareneck tricones
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3438	Hey Andrew, glad to hear a forumite took the plunge on the new Johnson tri-cone square neck. For the money, this looks like a great deal. You'll be able to bang it around a little without fretting (no ...
Topic: New Johnson squareneck tricones
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3438	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 May 2003 12:30 pm Subject: New Johnson squareneck tricones
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3438	For some reason I had thought the Regals and Johnsons were from the same company (maybe some models). I also thought the metal body Johnsons were built in the Czech Republic, but the guy at Mandalay M ...
Topic: New Johnson squareneck tricones
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3438	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 May 2003 1:38 pm Subject: New Johnson squareneck tricones
Steve Honum Replies: 21 Views: 3438	Just talked on the phone to a guy at Mandalay Music. They seem to sell alot of Johnsons. He said these new squarenecks will not be available for about a month. He quoted a pretty good price, so I told ...
Topic: A "dobro swatstika guitar?"
Steve Honum Replies: 17 Views: 3622	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 May 2003 7:32 am Subject: A "dobro swatstika guitar?"
Steve Honum Replies: 17 Views: 3622	There is a similar and also confusing use of the swastika as a logo on vintage surfboards made about the same period by Pacific Systems. These were solid wood, plank syle boards with a small swastika ...
Topic: PedalSteel.us article
Steve Honum Replies: 17 Views: 2838	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 May 2003 10:52 am Subject: PedalSteel.us article
Steve Honum Replies: 17 Views: 2838	Nice arrangement and playing Mike. A little off topic, BUT: do you still have the video available of Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West from the old Town Hall Party Shows and the Slim Gallard stuff? I can't ...
Topic: Lollar 6 string Steel Guitar
Steve Honum Replies: 22 Views: 3604	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2003 12:49 pm Subject: Lollar 6 string Steel Guitar
Steve Honum Replies: 22 Views: 3604	Congratulations Jason and Rick, this is the most attractive new lap steel I've seen. Horse-shoe pick-up, guitar-shaped body, string-thru loading, (22 1/2" scale?), simple compact classic design. Pleas ...
Topic: ...
Steve Honum Replies: 17 Views: 3031	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Apr 2003 12:45 pm Subject: ...
Steve Honum Replies: 17 Views: 3031	Thanks Jeff (and Derrick) for the recent music postings. They are a great addition to the forum. "Little Grass Shack" is one of my favorites. I met Derrick Mau (along with Bobby Ingano and Sunny Kamah ...
Topic: Dunlop 919 & Broz-o-phonic
Steve Honum Replies: 22 Views: 3346	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Feb 2003 12:33 pm Subject: Dunlop 919 & Broz-o-phonic
Steve Honum Replies: 22 Views: 3346	I have both and prefer the Brozophonic. It's a little longer and heavier. The length seems about right for my hand. The Dunlop 919 is a little short, but maybe a tad easier to shift smoothly into a re ...
Topic: Bobby Ingano teams up with ex-Hapa Kelii
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1341	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Jan 2003 11:45 am Subject: Bobby Ingano teams up with ex-Hapa Kelii
Steve Honum Replies: 8 Views: 1341	I agree, Terry. I caught Bobby a couple of times on my trip to Waikiki last summer: A great player with excellent stage presence...a real nice guy too. The "Who's Playing Where" is a valuable part of ...
Topic: Winter NAMM - now - Any Non-Pedal items?
Steve Honum Replies: 4 Views: 984	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jan 2003 2:48 pm Subject: Winter NAMM - now - Any Non-Pedal items?
Steve Honum Replies: 4 Views: 984	Congratulations Rick and Jason, these should shake things up! Looks like you've done a superb job. Now, who's going to start molding the bakelite? Haere mai, Steve H. S8A6
Topic: Resohonic Hot Rod with Super Glue
Steve Honum Replies: 28 Views: 4169	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Jan 2003 3:47 pm Subject: Resohonic Hot Rod with Super Glue
Steve Honum Replies: 28 Views: 4169	I had an OMI model 27, years ago that John Carruthers set up for me with a bead of "mastic" or "blue tak" around the lip of the soundwell, which the cone sat on. It cured all the buzzes and rattles bu ...
Topic: Volume Pedal or no?
Steve Honum Replies: 24 Views: 4765	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Dec 2002 5:55 pm Subject: Volume Pedal or no?
Steve Honum Replies: 24 Views: 4765	I thought the swells in Steelin' the Blues were tone swells, probably done with the tone pot on the guitar?? I must have a listen when I go home. On my Merle Travis video there are some great shots of ...