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Topic: Patience... The most important skill | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 0 Views: 45 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 3 Nov 2024 7:47 am Subject: Patience... The most important skill |
I have been taking a bit of a break from trying to build these things. I decided to pause and spend more time playing my most recent build instead of just plowing forward. I think it is good to stop a ... | |
Topic: Pickup(s) for LapSteel Build | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 4 Views: 235 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 1 Nov 2024 5:10 am Subject: Pickup(s) for LapSteel Build |
I have had good luck with bass rail style pickups. I have wound a few also. It is time consuming, but I like the way they sound. Bobbins and winders are pretty easy to make. Lots of Youtube videos. I ... | |
Topic: Magazine Cover | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 11 Views: 503 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Nov 2024 5:05 am Subject: Magazine Cover |
Nice work Dom! When I was first starting out at this a few years ago, I got a lot of inspiration from your unique approach to the instrument. I feel like I am on the right track now. Thank You! | |
Topic: Why not? | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 5 Views: 417 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 28 Oct 2024 5:15 am Subject: Why not? |
You do some really nice work! I would like to see from all the angles when you get a bit further. | |
Topic: Cumquat Lives! | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 16 Views: 1055 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Oct 2024 5:39 am Subject: Cumquat Lives! |
Great timing! I am getting really into this music and the good stuff is hard to find. | |
Topic: Another 12 string | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 16 Views: 910 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 20 Oct 2024 11:09 am Subject: Another 12 string |
Tim, here is my setup: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/17353_New_Steel_8_1.jpg I use the rotating table as a spacer to get closer to the cutter and to cut angles. It also make ... |
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Topic: Most common modulations? Why? | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 17 Views: 1270 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Oct 2024 6:13 am Subject: Most common modulations? Why? |
I highly recommend this blog/website for those interested in modulations, ALL sorts of disparate examples:
https://modulationoftheday.home.blog/2019/06/06/the-chordettes-mr-sandman/ This is great! I ... |
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Topic: Another 12 string | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 16 Views: 910 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 19 Oct 2024 5:43 am Subject: Another 12 string |
There are no castings in this guitar Tim. Everything is milled out of 6061 aluminum on my hobby mill, table saw and band saw.
I need to rethink what my little mill is capable of! I should probabl ... |
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Topic: Most common modulations? Why? | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 17 Views: 1270 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Oct 2024 8:35 am Subject: Most common modulations? Why? |
I just learned the chords for Barney Isaacs jr's Blue Hawaii and the last part is a modulation from C to Eb. The actual chords go from the C (I chord) at the end of the A part to Ab which in the Key o ... | |
Topic: Another 12 string | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 16 Views: 910 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 18 Oct 2024 6:04 am Subject: Another 12 string |
That is some amazing work! Jaw on floor! Did you do the aluminum castings? | |
Topic: Hawaiian Resonator Guitar | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 5 Views: 661 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Oct 2024 5:28 am Subject: Hawaiian Resonator Guitar |
Jules died in 1960 in his late 30s, alas, so he didn't live long enough to see acoustic playing come back into style (eg Barney's late in life dabbling on the Hawaiian Touch album).
And part of th ... |
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Topic: Hawaiian Resonator Guitar | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 5 Views: 661 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Oct 2024 7:15 am Subject: Hawaiian Resonator Guitar |
Steel Guitar Magic is a classic duet album. It's a good study in contrasts between Barney Isaacs and Billy Hew Len. Billy used a pedal steel a lot, as did Jules Ah See at the end of his life...its u ... | |
Topic: Home Made Pedal Rig on my 1953 Fender Stringmaster D8 Steel | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 4 Views: 578 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 16 Oct 2024 6:13 am Subject: Home Made Pedal Rig on my 1953 Fender Stringmaster D8 Steel |
Tom just to make it easier for people, I am just gonna add a few links if people want learn more about your fascinating instrument. Here is the video of you playing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch ... | |
Topic: Lowering pedal. | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 7 Views: 1023 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Oct 2024 6:31 am Subject: Lowering pedal. |
I think this might help me too, thanks! | |
Topic: I'm Confessin' That I Love You | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 10 Views: 990 |
Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 15 Oct 2024 6:21 am Subject: I'm Confessin' That I Love You |
I really enjoyed that! Thank You! I know that song goes back to at least 1930 and almost everyone recorded it at some point it seems, one of my favs for sure. Gotta learn it at some point. | |
Topic: Hawaiian Resonator Guitar | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 5 Views: 661 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Oct 2024 5:13 am Subject: Hawaiian Resonator Guitar |
I know this album has been talked about a lot before, but I just really started getting into the Barney Isaacs, George Kuo album Hawaiian Touch. I have to say the playing on this album is on a whole o ... | |
Topic: Looking for feedback on universal copedent | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 4 Views: 583 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Oct 2024 5:38 am Subject: Looking for feedback on universal copedent |
I am a few years down the road on a similar adventure. I designed my own "universal" tuning and built the guitar I am using to experiment with it. The guitar I built is also designed around ... | |
Topic: Unusual huge reso in the UK | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 13 Views: 915 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Oct 2024 5:11 am Subject: Unusual huge reso in the UK |
That would be my desert island guitar! | |
Topic: Making progress on my pedal steel | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 22 Views: 11658 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 11 Oct 2024 5:10 am Subject: Making progress on my pedal steel |
Keep it up Javier! It is so exciting when they finally come alive. Keep us posted. | |
Topic: Rollers for bridge/nut, repurposed parts from somewhere | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 5 Views: 505 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 10 Oct 2024 7:40 am Subject: Rollers for bridge/nut, repurposed parts from somewhere |
The brass ends of strings can work as rollers. Put them on an appropriate size of music wire, can't remember right now the size. The "comb?" bridge itself can be made with careful filing whe ... | |
Topic: Oahu Publishing Co. Lap Steel Guitar Question | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 8 Views: 836 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Oct 2024 4:39 am Subject: Oahu Publishing Co. Lap Steel Guitar Question |
The bridge will rip off the screws before the top gives way. It has happened many times to these.
With time and tension this is pretty much guaranteed. It is just a matter of when. I say if you have ... |
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Topic: A Miles Davis tune | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 16 Views: 1142 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Oct 2024 5:23 am Subject: A Miles Davis tune |
Like a lot of people, that is the album that really got me hooked on jazz. This will never be topped and I think I will spend the rest of my life learning from it. This is probably the most approachab ... | |
Topic: Fender Inspired Console Reso | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 12 Views: 4131 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 2 Oct 2024 3:43 pm Subject: Re: Moving and Improving |
Haven’t checked your developments in ‘Builders’ for a while, Tim. You go on and “stumble” all you can; we in the Gallery will follow along. Don’t be concerned if a “stubbed toe” occurs ... | |
Topic: WHAT are the bell crank lock barrels really called? | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 26 Views: 2456 |
Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 1 Oct 2024 4:54 am Subject: WHAT are the bell crank lock barrels really called? |
The Dorman 1/16 cable locks are the closest I can find. You could easily open up the hole to 3/32 or 1/8, and they are threaded all the way through. Here is an EBAY listing where they show the dimensi ... | |
Topic: Ed Bickert's ending - from guitar to C6th lap steel | |
Tim Toberer Replies: 3 Views: 546 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Sep 2024 4:42 am Subject: Ed Bickert's ending - from guitar to C6th lap steel |
I will have to give that a try. Ed is such an underrated guitar player! He has a really unique style and doesn't sound like anyone else. I put him up there with Breau, Pass, and Farlow. His recording ... | |
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