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  Topic: Patience... The most important skill
Tim Toberer

Replies: 0
Views: 45

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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 ...
  Topic: Most common modulations? Why?
Tim Toberer

Replies: 17
Views: 1270

PostForum 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 ...
  Topic: Another 12 string
Tim Toberer

Replies: 16
Views: 910

PostForum 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 ...
  Topic: Most common modulations? Why?
Tim Toberer

Replies: 17
Views: 1270

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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 ...
  Topic: Hawaiian Resonator Guitar
Tim Toberer

Replies: 5
Views: 661

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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 ...
  Topic: A Miles Davis tune
Tim Toberer

Replies: 16
Views: 1142

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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

PostForum 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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