Good Guitar/No Click

Colby Tipton · From: Crosby, Texas, USA

Did you ever have a pedal steel guitar that you liked, but you did not like it? You just couldn't get that feel for it, or it didn't have no feel for you? Was it the most sustain you have ever had from an instument before in your life, but it just didn't like you or you didn't like it. I got one, it is so smooth but I could care less for it.
Dear Abby, tell me what to do.

Colby

Bari Smith · From: Spartanburg SC USA

Had the same thing happen with me.Played ShoBud's forever,bought a Carter....nice guitar ,stayed in tune,no problems......just wasn't me!!!!!!Bought a Mullen,first time I sat down behind it ,all was right with the world!Ya can't put your finger on it...a very personal thing....ya can't get much closer than a musician to his favorite ax....Stranger than truth!!!??? Cool

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Larry Strawn · From: Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.

Colby,
Are you having a falling out with the Fessy already? Crying or Very sad

Larry

Justin Griffith · From: Taylor, Texas, USA

I have had it too. It is a sickening feeling.

Chris LeDrew · From: Canada

So your steel has great sustain and plays smooth, but you don't like it? I think I know the problem: It ain't pretty enough for ya. Get a Sho~Bud.........their good looks will keep you hooked. Wink

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Mike Wheeler · From: Delaware, Ohio, USA

Colby, I know exactly what you are saying. I've been there myself.

I bought a brand new Fessenden U12...GREAT guitar, tone for days, great action and sustain. I "enjoyed" playing it because of these features. But it felt more like I was playing an incredible machine. I felt no personal connection...I was just operating the mechanics.

Then I bought an old Dekley U12, at a "steal" of a price, with the intention of cleaning it up for resale to make a few bucks. I cleaned and lubed it, adjusted the copedant....all without ever plugging it into the amp. It sat in the case for two weeks after that. Then it occured to me that a buyer might want me to describe how it sounds. So, I hooked it up.

From the first note I was impressed. After about five minutes I was in love with it!! I had never played a guitar that "talked back" to me. It fit me perfectly, played like a dream, had killer tone, superior sustain and great string separation. A dream come true!!! And the Fessy was gone two weeks later.

It IS hard to describe. I can feel what I'm playing, not just hear it. It's one of those guitars that you can express yourself with almost effortlessly....kind of like a soul-mate...if that makes any sense. The personnal connection was unmistakeable.

I've played and owned many guitars over the years, but none, and I mean none, had the soul this one has. So, I understand what you mean, Colby.
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James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

I played other guitars while I was waiting for my Professional to get finished up at Coop's. When I got the guitar back, It felt like I just slipped on a pair of very favorite/broke in pair of boots. Guess I'm just a D-10 Professional Shobud kind of a guy.

Colby Tipton · From: Crosby, Texas, USA

Chris and James,
I have a Sho-Bud that I like very much, I know what your talking about.
I may need to get up with coop to rebuild mine or get the parts to do it myself.

Larry, yes it's that Fessenden U-12. I'm still tweaking on it, I'll get it right sooner or later. I think it will come around.

Colby

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

Colby, Get the Coop conversion. You'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner!

David Mullis · From: Rock Hill, SC

Yeah, I know exactly what you guys are talking about. I owned 3 or 4 'Buds before I got my first Emmons Original (Rosewood)back in 2000. I've had two other guitars since then, one even being another Emmons Original (Black) and I keep going back to the Rosewood. It's now the yardstick of sorts that I use when I buy any other instrument. If I don't connect with it, then I don't need it. Like when I got my Martin HD-28, instant connection and the same with my Carvin DC-400. I had tried numerous other acoustics and electrics, but they just weren't me. Plain and simple, when you find what fits you, you quit looking. I haven't had the urge to buy another steel in years...............

Brad Malone · From: Pennsylvania, USA

David, To be fair one really has to try 8 to 10 Steels..there are a lot of good one's out there. I only every had a Shobud and a Mullen...The shobud was beautiful but the undercarriage was junky and cheesy...the Mullen was superior mechanically but didn't look as good as the Shobud...we ought to have a store to go to where we could try them all out...they could have a motel across the street from the store so one could stay there about three days to give each one a workout before buying. We are lucky to have so many builders but they should all be located in the same city..LOL

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

Brad, That's the cool thing about the Coop conversion. You end up with a real cool looking VINTAGE shobud-tone monster guitar with a brand new modern undercarrage under it---the best of both worlds. Then you can take all those old "cheezy" worn out parts and get rid of them.

Mitch Ellis · From: Collins, Mississippi USA

Colby,
I know what you mean. I have a SHO-BUD LDG(sp) that is 98%mint condition, smooooth action, and no tuining problems. It even has an inscription on the underside written and signed by Lloyd Green himself. I love the looks, the sound, the action,.....everything. I would be willing to gig with it tonight. But for some reason, I just cain't completly warm up to it. I don't know what it is.
Mitch

David Mason · From: Cambridge, MD, USA

From the number of guitars Buddy Emmons and Tommy White have gone through, would you say that they have just never found the "right one", or that they see some benefit in always moving around and never getting too comfortable with their tone and playing? (Then again there's Lloyd Green....)

I do notice that most of my six-string heros settle in to a few guitars and stick with them for years. People like Jeff Beck, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai may have various revisions of their signature models out, but for some funny reason they keep playing only the original prototype that the master builder at the custom shop whipped up? This seems most pronounced among acoustic and classical guitar players, who tend to find "their" luthier and go to him even for a new guitar. (Then again there's John McLaughlin, who's played 12 or 15 different solidbodies....)

Tim Bridges · From: Hoover, Alabama, USA

Over the years, I have had too many six strings to count and several steels. Yes, there are two 6 strings and 1 steel that I wish I still owned. I've had three steels in the last 1.5 years and another on the way. Fortunately, I had the chance to play the steel I'm getting; we clicked.

I have an American Tele I started playing a little over a year ago; we clicked also.

I have a 33 year old acoustic; yes, we clicked a long time ago.

It can be color, tone, feel, mechanics, or a combination of these.

The wife says I'm just fickle! Embarassed

Colby Tipton · From: Crosby, Texas, USA

I'm just going to keep on working with this guitar. I've got it a little better feeling to me. I'll just have to keep on tweaking at it untill I get the action the way I like it.
I'm going to at least give it another month or so before I decide if I can learn to like it.
I'm going to the Texas Show up in Fort Worth in March, I'm going to start checking guitars out and if I find one that fits me I'm bringing it home with me, regardless of what brand guitar it is.
Maybe I'm just to picky on perfect action.

Colby

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