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Topic: Homemand steel, underneath request granted |
Ernie Pollock
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Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2016 11:52 am |
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Is that a sight to behold, or should I stick with my Ol MSA S-10
Ernie? |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Sep 2016 6:24 pm
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Very nice! Neat, clean, and eminently serviceable. You almost couldn't ask for anything better.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Sep 2016 6:34 pm
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Details, details.  |
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Jason Lynch
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Essex, United Kingdom
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 12:49 am
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| Good lord! |
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Tim Russell
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 2:06 am
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| Seems to be missing the changer and pull rods. |
lol - Yeah, I'm scratching my head over that one too! I guess that pic must be before the work was completed.
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Pat Chong
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New Mexico, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 4:57 am
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It appears the control rods all go to the tuner end. I am guessing, but the "changer" may be rods going through the wood, pulling or releasing strings (at the tuner), noting that each lever only handles one string.
Practical, it seems to work.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 7:27 am
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A Frankensteel!!!  |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 7:41 am
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| Pat Chong wrote: |
I appears the control rods all go to the tuner end. I am guessing, but the "changer" may be rods going through the wood, pulling or releasing strings (at the tuner), noting that each lever only handles one string.
Practical, it seems to work. |
I don't think it works.
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Stan Schober
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Cahokia, Illinois, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 8:31 am
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| Pat Chong wrote: |
I appears the control rods all go to the tuner end. I am guessing, but the "changer" may be rods going through the wood, pulling or releasing strings (at the tuner), noting that each lever only handles one string.
Practical, it seems to work. |
Plunger style, like some old Bigsbys ?
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Ernie Pollock
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Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 10:45 am Pat Chong get the Cigar!!
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Thats how it works Pat, just like you said, hell with a screwdrive, a hacksaw & hammer & a 50 year old drill, I just don't have a clue how to build a 'great steel guitar' just one to have some fun with, now that part works. Yeah, you can only move one string at a time, but with the B6th tuning, I can change a few of the 6th type changes. On special occasions I tune the 8th string Eb up to E to do some E9th kind of speed pickin' stuff, but believe me, had no intention of entering this guitar in any kind of a contest. Actually, this one is the second one I built using the same principal. Would you beleive some dude talked me out of for a couple of bills!! If I can find a picture of that one, I'll put it on here for your inspection and laughs [I guess]. Anyone can stop by my house sometime & I will give you the BIG demonstration.
Ernie, [be back later with that other picture]
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 1:31 pm
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Would there be a reason you would want all the "axles" to be perpendicular, or is that just prissy nitpicking?  Fisheye camera? |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 1:37 pm
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Picky, picky, picky.  |
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Pat Chong
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New Mexico, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2016 5:20 pm
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Well, Stan and b0b, it is kind of like the plunger system used on Bigsbys (an original pull/release?). A person I knew modified his steel in the same manner, wanting to add pedals.
And Ernie, it is "A sight to behold". Interesting that someone wanted to buy your original steel. Pedal steels are interesting pieces of machinery (how it works, etc.), and I would not doubt that was one of the reasons he wanted it.
Best of luck..................Pat
If/when you make another steel, you could widen the body. That way you can add pedals, too. It would be interesting to see all the tuning nuts sticking out of the tuner..... |
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 21 Sep 2016 9:13 am
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For future reference, here is a link to Ernie's original post. --> Click Here
Lee, from South Texas |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Pat Chong
From:
New Mexico, USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2016 9:50 am
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Strike your strings, (3, 4, 5).
Now (using your finger) between the nut and tuning keys, press down on any one of the strings you struck. Changes tone....this is what Ernie has done. Changing back and forth motion with the levers into up and down motion. With this up and down motion, he hooks it around a string and changes tone. These are the ways some people modified their guitar when the pedal steel idea first came out, so I've heard.......
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Ernie Pollock
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Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2016 6:07 am
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Hope this will clear this up for you fellers, Like I said in the beginning, it ain't much, but sure is a hell of a lot of fun & I had blast making this 'Homemade Steel'. It would be easy for anyone to make, but you probably will have to make a bunch of little part to make 'er work for you.
You push a lever, the hook is on the string to pull it down to raise, or have your hook pull the string down, & then the lever lets it go up, very simple, I know its crazy, fun!! Oh, I don't think I want to get into making any pedals for it, the damned thing crazy enough!!
Ernie 'hacksaw' Pollock
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