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  Topic: Session 500
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 10
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PostForum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories   Posted: 9 Apr 2023 9:58 pm   Subject: A ton indeed
I took the amp out of mine and put it in its own box, it was the only way……
  Topic: Duesenberg alternative?
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 24
Views: 13244

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 22 Oct 2020 3:37 pm   Subject: Diy
I too am late to the party on this one...

I am not in USA, consequently the pickings here are slim and if available, expensive.

The D'berg is undoubtedly a lovely piece of kit, but it isn't goin ...
  Topic: Presenting new chord finder, pedal/lever scanner, whatever..
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 23
Views: 13221

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 21 Nov 2016 2:07 pm   Subject: Excel For Mac
No joy with excel for mac…
can I ask, what is the minimum version of excel for windows we need…?
  Topic: GFI replacement levers
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 13
Views: 3803

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Aug 2015 11:44 pm   Subject: GFI replacement levers
Flags are bits of (usually) metal to enlarge contact area of the lever.
Emmons flag:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1504/2808_IMG_1221_1.jpg
MSA flag:
http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Msa/Front3 ...
  Topic: GFI replacement levers
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 13
Views: 3803

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Aug 2015 11:42 pm   Subject: Re: GFI flag
You can buy a knee lever flag from Bob at GFI. The flag is standard on one knee lever of a D-10. Slides on your knee lever and is held by two set screws.
gfimusicalproducts.com

Wow… thanks ...
  Topic: GFI replacement levers
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 13
Views: 3803

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Aug 2015 11:40 pm   Subject: GFI replacement levers
GFI should be able to sell you a knee lever flag for your lkl. You tried changing the angle on the lever have you? I find it is more comfortable facing inwards.

yep, i think "inwards" a ...
  Topic: GFI replacement levers
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 13
Views: 3803

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Aug 2015 3:08 am   Subject: GFI replacement levers
sure… can I ask, what a "flag" is..?
  Topic: GFI replacement levers
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 13
Views: 3803

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Aug 2015 1:59 am   Subject: GFI replacement levers
Anybody replaced knee levers on a GFI…?

I have had a GFI Expo for a few months now, long enough to know that i really, really, really, really, really don't like the way the LKL digs into my ...
  Topic: 500k replacment pot
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 11
Views: 4277

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 26 Aug 2015 1:57 am   Subject: 500k replacment pot
Any Ham Radio swap meets in Oz? Great for parts, and old chassis that might have the pot you're looking for. I used to get great tubes and parts at swap meets!

oooo… nice idea, but I think ...
  Topic: 500k replacment pot
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 11
Views: 4277

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 9 Aug 2015 1:41 pm   Subject: 500k replacment pot
Stuart

I have a spare Allen Bradley type J 500k pot (new). You can open them, clean them, lube them etc. etc. and they go a long time if you look after them.
Just PM or email me and get in touch. ...
  Topic: 500k replacment pot
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 11
Views: 4277

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 9 Aug 2015 1:40 pm   Subject: 500k replacment pot
The dunlop hotpotz pots are about 35 dollars here in Canada. I just orderes one and cant wait to get it fitted into my goodrich 120. I heard they are really good quality pots.

Yeah me too Quentin ...
  Topic: 500k replacment pot
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 11
Views: 4277

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 8 Aug 2015 7:25 pm   Subject: 500k replacment pot
Hi,

Looking for a little guidance… I have an Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedal and while understanding that not many people think fondly of these things, I have to play to suit the conditionsâ₠...
  Topic: NEW & IMPROVED 500K replacement pot from Goodrich....
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 32
Views: 23721

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 8 Aug 2015 6:52 pm   Subject: Re: Dunlop Pot Soldering Posts
The pots I sell were originally made for a particular effects pedal the Dunlop Company once sold. These pots were made to easily press into a surface mounted PC board in that effects pedal. I'm luck ...
  Topic: NEW & IMPROVED 500K replacement pot from Goodrich....
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 32
Views: 23721

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 8 Aug 2015 6:52 pm   Subject: Re: Dunlop Pot Soldering Posts
The pots I sell were originally made for a particular effects pedal the Dunlop Company once sold. These pots were made to easily press into a surface mounted PC board in that effects pedal. I'm luck ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 15 Oct 2014 3:05 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
About 1 player in 4 has his A pedal (B to C#) on the right. It's called the "Day setup" after legendary steeler Jimmy Day who was the first to do it.

There you go…!

Thanks for t ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 15 Oct 2014 3:04 pm   Subject: Re: 6 string tuning
Hold on there Stuart... I'm just starting my six-string project PSG build. I've done a pile of reading into various tuning options, the more I read, the more confused I get. Check out the Hudson 6-str ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 15 Oct 2014 12:37 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E

For communicating with this audience, you should probably call your 1st pedal (G# to A) the "B pedal", and your second pedal (B to C#) your "A pedal". I know it sounds counter-i ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 15 Oct 2014 3:47 am   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
Looking for useful notes… and thinking of double stops..

The harmonised scale is something I have used a little in playing guitar. If I just write this one out in C, because it doesn't have a ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 15 Oct 2014 2:19 am   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
Returning to useful chords and this time considering those available from what might be termed an open position…

Referring to the diagram below and once again, this is for the pedal/lever set ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 14 Oct 2014 1:29 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart, sorry about the confusion. The 6 stringer is a sort of work in progess and on hold for the time being, but essentially I'm setting it up so that I can use it for rock and blues stuff as well a ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 12 Oct 2014 4:15 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart, it's a subset of my S-8 Desert Rose copedent, which you can access from my signature below. The string gauges are there as well.

Thanks Bob, found that..

I must say, it's easy for someo ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 12 Oct 2014 4:13 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
I've found b0b has great ideas on getting the most out of tunings.

I have a Cougar 6 with 4 pedals and 4KL's that I'm playing around with.

I kind of stole Bill Hatcher's EADGBE idea and have one ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 12 Oct 2014 2:20 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E

which gets to my answer to the OP, maybe you could look at it as a lap
steel, and utilize the moves for more chords on that axe - open strings, slants, behind eh bar pulls - and add the pedals to t ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 12 Oct 2014 2:02 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
It's pretty powerful. I look at what the dobro guys can do with G major, and then what blues guys do with the top 4 strings of E major. This tuning has D major in the same intervals as E major for b ...
  Topic: 6 String pedal steel in E
Stuart Docherty

Replies: 34
Views: 16998

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 8 Oct 2014 9:32 pm   Subject: 6 String pedal steel in E
FWIW, here's how I would tune it:
P1 P2 K
D
A ++B
F# +G
D
B
G ---E

Pedals down gives you an open G.

wow..! didn't see that coming...
 
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