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I placed my order for $195 worth of materials on June 30th. Nothing received, no 50% off, and no replies to emails.

Massively disappointed!

I have read what Bradshaw Pack said, but I cannot be the only one still having problems a year on, after this was supposed to have been sorted out.

I ordered nigh-on $200 worth of materials. I hav ...

I have struggled to get some kind of VP technique for best part of 8 years and I feel I still have not got my right foot educated. I know about the initial fade-in of the note so as to get a softer, ...

As a lawyer, I really should be playing one of these beauties. It just seems so appropriate - and I've heard so many good things about the tone and general playability. But we don't earn what a US l ...

Tim, I've never heard of the Real Book - the structure I know is "verse, chorus, instrumental, verse, chorus,repeat last 2 lines and out". I usually play it in Dm, if you have an Em backing ...

I love this song, Tim, and plan to play it this summer over here at one of the steel festivals, but I'm looking for a decent backing track. I would really appreciate any help you could give, the stuf ...

My thoughts exactly Jeff. I thought my BJS bar was good, slick and quiet, until I got my Eezzee-Slide. The drag reduction was very marked, and it is QUIET!!

Basil's bar is the best I have ever tr ...

Why throw a switch? With a Universal tuning you just do it, no action needed to prepare for it.

The E's lower and E's raise are really, really useful, Steve, for a variety of chords and scale notes. It's worth remembering that the steel community would not have stuck to them if they were not wo ...

Lovely work! Did you do all the machining as well? Do you have a presence on the builders' forum?

I think I'm with Lane, Warren. I started with a 10 stringer but moved to a U12 three years ago or so. There was a short period of hitting the wrong strings, but I am glad I have the extra strings. ...

I always like it when somebody backs up an assertion with facts, because there is a good reason for the assertion that we can all see. With that in mind, I'd have to take issue with Tony Glassman.
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I use the Day setup too, for all the reasons set out very ably above. I tried the Emmons setup, but changed after about 6 months, it gave my left ankle a better time of it.

I have the knee levers ...

Ian Rae, I paid him the compliment of assuming he would know how to navigate a web forum. My post alerted him to its existence. It's difficult to imagine anyone interested in steel not knowing about ...

http://steelguitarbuilder.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4

Especially after Damir's recent experience...!

That is one beautiful steel, so nice to look at in white. My U14 keyless is blue, about the same vintage, also built by Bill Stafford. It's my long term project for when I get the courage to make th ...

I love my Williams 700 U12 but my 6th string is out when I use the A pedal to raise 5 & 9. It sounds bad enough that I had to devise an extra pull which raises 6 just a tad. I'm not convinced by ...

I seem to have offended you, Erv. I'm sorry.

Yes, Erv, a bad cable can be microphonic *and* contribute to "tone suck" by having excessive capacity, and a good one will stand on its own merits. But all my researches indicate that the o ...

Sounds like this steel is set up Jimmy Day style. Wish I was over there to take a look at it, would like a GFI U12.

Hmmm, I though *everyone* turned their amp gain down to zero before switch-on or switch-off, or before connecting/disconnecting instruments or other equipment.

It's a valuable discipline, and avoid ...

I was an electronics engineer for many years. I did not then, and do not now, accept that the presence of oxygen in or on a copper wire affects its ability to carry signals - including phase delay an ...

Thank you to everybody who has sent me tracks, I have what I'm looking for, and am very grateful. What a wonderful community ours is.

Oh boy.... I've only been bitten by the bug for ten years, so:

Carter Starter, leading quickly to
Marlen D10 pull-release (c.1975?)then
Curnow SD10 (English build)
Williams 700 U12 (a keeper)
W ...

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Topic: Jeffran Music
Will Cowell Replies: 44 Views: 14316	Forum Section: Tablature Posted: 11 Aug 2018 7:35 am Subject: Jeffran Music
Will Cowell Replies: 44 Views: 14316	I placed my order for $195 worth of materials on June 30th. Nothing received, no 50% off, and no replies to emails. Massively disappointed!
Topic: Jeffran College Ordering
Will Cowell Replies: 10 Views: 6594	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Aug 2018 4:29 am Subject: Jeffran no-show
Will Cowell Replies: 10 Views: 6594	I have read what Bradshaw Pack said, but I cannot be the only one still having problems a year on, after this was supposed to have been sorted out. I ordered nigh-on $200 worth of materials. I hav ...
Topic: Possible solution to my lousy VP technique
Will Cowell Replies: 14 Views: 4792	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Mar 2018 4:22 am Subject: Possible solution to my lousy VP technique
Will Cowell Replies: 14 Views: 4792	I have struggled to get some kind of VP technique for best part of 8 years and I feel I still have not got my right foot educated. I know about the initial fade-in of the note so as to get a softer, ...
Topic: Justice Steel Guitars, The Latest
Will Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 2804	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 18 Mar 2018 11:01 am Subject: Justice Steel Guitars, The Latest
Will Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 2804	As a lawyer, I really should be playing one of these beauties. It just seems so appropriate - and I've heard so many good things about the tone and general playability. But we don't earn what a US l ...
Topic: Autumn Leaves for E9
Will Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 2524	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 18 Mar 2018 10:01 am Subject: Autumn Leaves for E9
Will Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 2524	Tim, I've never heard of the Real Book - the structure I know is "verse, chorus, instrumental, verse, chorus,repeat last 2 lines and out". I usually play it in Dm, if you have an Em backing ...
Topic: Autumn Leaves for E9
Will Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 2524	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 18 Mar 2018 5:44 am Subject: Autumn Leaves backing track?
Will Cowell Replies: 8 Views: 2524	I love this song, Tim, and plan to play it this summer over here at one of the steel festivals, but I'm looking for a decent backing track. I would really appreciate any help you could give, the stuf ...
Topic: Bar Noise Cure
Will Cowell Replies: 2 Views: 1907	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Jul 2017 1:00 pm Subject: Bar Noise Cure
Will Cowell Replies: 2 Views: 1907	My thoughts exactly Jeff. I thought my BJS bar was good, slick and quiet, until I got my Eezzee-Slide. The drag reduction was very marked, and it is QUIET!! Basil's bar is the best I have ever tr ...
Topic: Best Neck for Blues
Will Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 3143	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 19 Jun 2017 1:13 am Subject: Best Neck for Blues
Will Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 3143	Why throw a switch? With a Universal tuning you just do it, no action needed to prepare for it.
Topic: Raising the E's
Will Cowell Replies: 28 Views: 8103	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Jun 2017 3:05 am Subject: Raising the E's
Will Cowell Replies: 28 Views: 8103	The E's lower and E's raise are really, really useful, Steve, for a variety of chords and scale notes. It's worth remembering that the steel community would not have stuck to them if they were not wo ...
Topic: My first build near cpmpletion
Will Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 3579	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jun 2017 6:13 am Subject: My first build near cpmpletion
Will Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 3579	Lovely work! Did you do all the machining as well? Do you have a presence on the builders' forum?
Topic: Tuning for a new player with a 14 string
Will Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 3834	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Jun 2017 5:16 am Subject: Tuning for a new player with a 14 string
Will Cowell Replies: 11 Views: 3834	I think I'm with Lane, Warren. I started with a 10 stringer but moved to a U12 three years ago or so. There was a short period of hitting the wrong strings, but I am glad I have the extra strings. ...
Topic: Day Copedant?
Will Cowell Replies: 55 Views: 16577	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Jun 2017 4:02 am Subject: Day Copedant?
Will Cowell Replies: 55 Views: 16577	I always like it when somebody backs up an assertion with facts, because there is a good reason for the assertion that we can all see. With that in mind, I'd have to take issue with Tony Glassman. ...
Topic: Day Copedant?
Will Cowell Replies: 55 Views: 16577	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Jun 2017 6:02 am Subject: Day Copedant?
Will Cowell Replies: 55 Views: 16577	I use the Day setup too, for all the reasons set out very ably above. I tried the Emmons setup, but changed after about 6 months, it gave my left ankle a better time of it. I have the knee levers ...
Topic: Home built pedal steel guitars
Will Cowell Replies: 12 Views: 9009	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Jun 2017 9:59 pm Subject: Home built pedal steel guitars
Will Cowell Replies: 12 Views: 9009	Ian Rae, I paid him the compliment of assuming he would know how to navigate a web forum. My post alerted him to its existence. It's difficult to imagine anyone interested in steel not knowing about ...
Topic: Home built pedal steel guitars
Will Cowell Replies: 12 Views: 9009	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Jun 2017 5:22 am Subject: Home built pedal steel guitars
Will Cowell Replies: 12 Views: 9009	http://steelguitarbuilder.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4
Topic: CLOSE Post
Will Cowell Replies: 24 Views: 9429	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 26 May 2017 1:25 am Subject: CLOSE Post
Will Cowell Replies: 24 Views: 9429	Especially after Damir's recent experience...!
Topic: Sold please close
Will Cowell Replies: 26 Views: 15957	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 19 May 2017 6:07 am Subject: Sold please close
Will Cowell Replies: 26 Views: 15957	That is one beautiful steel, so nice to look at in white. My U14 keyless is blue, about the same vintage, also built by Bill Stafford. It's my long term project for when I get the courage to make th ...
Topic: Compensators on E9th Neck
Will Cowell Replies: 31 Views: 10776	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 19 May 2017 5:32 am Subject: Compensators on E9th Neck
Will Cowell Replies: 31 Views: 10776	I love my Williams 700 U12 but my 6th string is out when I use the A pedal to raise 5 & 9. It sounds bad enough that I had to devise an extra pull which raises 6 just a tad. I'm not convinced by ...
Topic: Bullet Cables
Will Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 3553	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 12 May 2017 9:28 am Subject: Bullet Cables
Will Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 3553	I seem to have offended you, Erv. I'm sorry.
Topic: Bullet Cables
Will Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 3553	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 12 May 2017 7:52 am Subject: Bullet Cables
Will Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 3553	Yes, Erv, a bad cable can be microphonic and contribute to "tone suck" by having excessive capacity, and a good one will stand on its own merits. But all my researches indicate that the o ...
Topic: ttt
Will Cowell Replies: 4 Views: 2658	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 12 May 2017 6:29 am Subject: ttt
Will Cowell Replies: 4 Views: 2658	Sounds like this steel is set up Jimmy Day style. Wish I was over there to take a look at it, would like a GFI U12.
Topic: Loud thump when turning amp on
Will Cowell Replies: 19 Views: 15227	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 12 May 2017 6:28 am Subject: Loud thump when turning amp on
Will Cowell Replies: 19 Views: 15227	Hmmm, I though everyone turned their amp gain down to zero before switch-on or switch-off, or before connecting/disconnecting instruments or other equipment. It's a valuable discipline, and avoid ...
Topic: Bullet Cables
Will Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 3553	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 12 May 2017 6:22 am Subject: Bullet Cables
Will Cowell Replies: 9 Views: 3553	I was an electronics engineer for many years. I did not then, and do not now, accept that the presence of oxygen in or on a copper wire affects its ability to carry signals - including phase delay an ...
Topic: Backing track: help please?
Will Cowell Replies: 7 Views: 4204	Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 May 2017 5:40 am Subject: Backing track: help please?
Will Cowell Replies: 7 Views: 4204	Thank you to everybody who has sent me tracks, I have what I'm looking for, and am very grateful. What a wonderful community ours is.
Topic: List all the Pedal Steels you have owned
Will Cowell Replies: 154 Views: 55000	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 May 2017 3:19 am Subject: List all the Pedal Steels you have owned
Will Cowell Replies: 154 Views: 55000	Oh boy.... I've only been bitten by the bug for ten years, so: Carter Starter, leading quickly to Marlen D10 pull-release (c.1975?)then Curnow SD10 (English build) Williams 700 U12 (a keeper) W ...