Restored or Rebuilt Pedal Steel Guitar before and after pics

Mike Bourque · From: Nashville TN

Just curious to see some before and after pics of pedal steels
Mike Cass is curently rebuilding my sho bud super pro and as well as a franklin S-10 i just aquired

Would love to see some before and after pics along with who restored it I will post pics of my steels when I get them (ive been trying to find some of these here on the forum and online and been having no luck
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Lane Gray · From: Topeka, KS

There are SEVERAL threads like the one you seek.
Here's one, where they kept the cutlery:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=217475
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Darvin Willhoite · From: Roxton, Tx. USA

Here's my Sho Bud Super Pro before:

Here it is after Mark Giles and I got finished with it.

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Tony Glassman · From: The Great Northwest

Yikes

Ned McIntosh · From: New South Wales, Australia

Here are a couple of shots of a rebuilt Marlen pull-release I bought a couple of years ago. There was a heck of a lot of work in this rebuild, but the steel had not been set up or tuned. With all these rods clustered together and binding like this (below) I felt trying to set it up was going to be a little frustrating - so I decided to "rationalise" the undercarriage. It took me nine months making small parts on a Unimat 3 lathe, but the end result was well worth it.

BEFORE:-

here is another shot of rods binding and rubbing against cross-shafts...any friction is the arch-enemy of the pull-release system!

AFTER:-

By turning single-sided bellcranks into double-sided ones, the pull-rods could run straight instead of needing to bend sideways...a much tidier undercarriage. This was the key to tidying up all the rods. I converted the existing bellcranks by rivetting a plate onto them and drilling the holes to match the existing ones. Here's how they looked after I'd finished, adding a second hole for a second set-screw to lock them onto the cross-shafts.

This oblique shot shows pull-rods running neatly through them to the changer, supported by white Delrin bushes in the bellcranks so the rods don't rattle. (Brass clamps hold the pull-rods in the bellcrank which actuates them.)

This shot shows how straight all the pull-rods run under the cabinet to both changers,

Here is a shot of the three E9th pedals and their associated bellcranks, with brass rod-clamps, feel-springs and delrin collars to guide the rods

Here is a shot looking down the length of the undercarriage towards the changers, and you can see it is a heck of a lot tidier than it used to be. Made setting it up and tuning it a lot easier. Clearly visible are the tension or return-springs for strings that are lowered (to return them to un-lowered pitch). Strings that both raise and lower (4 and 8 on the E9th neck, for example) require very careful setting up so the open-note can be tuned via these return-springs. It can take hours to get the spring-tension just right!

As for the top, well, it was refinished by the vendor, and it was one heck of a great job. Here's the view the audience gets.

It's an 8X4, which was standard for a D10 back in 1972 when she was first built by Len Stadler. I don't plan on adding the fifth knee-lever. I'm very proud of this old girl!

Once these pull-release steels are properly set-up, they are extremely stable - unless you accidentally change a string-gauge...
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Tony Glassman · From: The Great Northwest

Yikes

richard burton · From: Britain

My Anapeg was a very good looking and playing steel, but I made some mechanical and cosmetic improvements, and now she's about perfect

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Ken Byng · From: Southampton, England

Richard - what is the date today??? Laughing

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john widgren · From: Wilton CT

Here's one I did..then sold because I needed dough..

Got it as a basket case.

Never should have let it get away...Lives in Canada now,(I think), with a great player.

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David Nutt · From: United Kingdom

Richard, as usual your work is outstanding, you have certainly sorted that crappy Anapeg out.I cant believe how clean and tidy the Anapeg was before you worked your magic Tell me,where do you get those cables? Im asuming the rust treatment is the UK Halfords 'Rust in a Tin'
The final pic says it all,yet another superior Burton Custom Steel is launched onto the steel guitar market.
UK steel guitar modification at its best.
Dave.

Jerome Hawkes · From: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

Hehehe - I've always heard about that Brit humor! That's a good one.
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Ken Byng · From: Southampton, England

Mike Wheeler · From: Delaware, Ohio, USA

Richard, I still think there's a screw loose.......but not in the steel! Laughing

Laughed out loud at that one!! Good one!!
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Mike Cass · Posted 2 Apr 2012 5:12 am

Mike Bourke: after seeing the pics of the Giles/Wilhoite restoration are you still sure you dont want your SuperPro refinished? Its not too late..lmk.

MC

Tor Arve Baroy · From: Norway

Here is my restoration/rebuild project.
Just a maverick, but it turned out very nice.
I use it as a backup/practice-guitar
BEFORE:

AFTER:

Did both finish and mechanical work myself

Micky Byrne · From: United Kingdom (deceased)

Richard me old mate...you had me there Laughing

...then I saw the rest of the pictures. and thought Mr "Spring man" is at it again Laughing

Good to have a sence of humour mate. How many pints of the hard stuff before you decided to do that? Laughing

Micky Byrne U.K.

Kirk Eipper · From: Arroyo Grande, Ca.

Darvin,

How did u get the chrome so shiny? Is that Mothers mag and aluminum polish I see on your bench?
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Chris Lucker · From: Los Angeles, California USA

Will be moved to another thread where it may be better seen now and sourced in the future.
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John Billings · From: Ohio, USA

1967 S-10

Ciggie burn, through finish and into the wood;

After repair;

Adam Sorber · From: Pennsylvania, USA

Here are a few pics of my custom built shobud proII built and restored by Skip Ellis.

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James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

Here's a project I did. Too many pics to post, so here's a few pics and a link to the "rest of the story".
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=213632&highlight

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Jamie Frost · From: Spokane, WA

Fender Artist D-10 / amateur hour

Tri-Flow everywhere

New nylon washers and brass spacers

New nylon tuning nuts from Michael Yahl

Fender Time!

Dan Beller-McKenna · From: Durham, New Hampshire, USA

You're an inspiration for me, Jamie! I'm going to do the same with my S-10 Artist in June. Did you pull the changer?

Dan

Michael Yahl · From: Troy, Texas!

Nice job Jamie! Now you need to put a LKV on it. I'll have the parts done next week.
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Jamie Frost · From: Spokane, WA

Thank you, Michael! Dan, I didn't pull the changers, I took it out in the garage and poured naphtha through both of them. Cleaned 'em up real nice. Smile

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