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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 15 Apr 2007 10:37 am    
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I installed the remagnetized horseshoes yesterday (thanks to Rick Aiello!) and treated the guitar to a new set of strings. It's a bit of a clunky player, but it sounds pretty darn good! Here's an MP3 made from the headphone jack of a POD XT into a little Zen Nano MP3 player (worlds smallest recorder?):

http://soundhost.net/b0b/RickPSG_SteelinTheBlues.mp3

I switched the top string to D because I use it more than the G. Here's the current copedent and a new photo:





Looking good and sounding good. I'm a happy steeler! Very Happy
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Colby Tipton


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Crosby, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 15 Apr 2007 2:45 pm    
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Sounds good to me, that little amp is killer. It's like going back in time. I forgot to add, what great string seperation.
Have you played it with an amp that has more bottom end ?

Colby
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Andy Sandoval


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Bakersfield, California, USA
Post  Posted 15 Apr 2007 3:08 pm    
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Nice tone Bob, I bet it sounds killer through your favorite amp.
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 15 Apr 2007 5:43 pm     Mrs. Lee says it sounds "tinny".
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It has a thin, Bigsby-like tone. The recording was from the Pod XT with my usual settings, so you can hear how it differs from a modern steel. I set the Princeton with the bass control on 10 and treble on 2. Actually, it can sound quite mellow with a thumb sweep at the center harmonic point.

It sits low and requires both feet on the pedals, so I don't use a volume pedal with it.
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Lee Jeffriess

 

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Vallejo California
Post  Posted 15 Apr 2007 9:48 pm    
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Thin, Bigsby like tone??
I cant imagine anyone playing a Bigsby and,thinking that sounds thin.
Lee
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Jussi Huhtakangas

 

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Helsinki, Finland
Post  Posted 15 Apr 2007 10:01 pm    
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Yeah Lee, I was gonna say!! Smile
Either way, looks and sounds great!!
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Jack Francis

 

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Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 15 Apr 2007 10:37 pm    
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VERY COOL, b0b
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jim flynn

 

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Salado,Texas
Post  Posted 16 Apr 2007 4:53 am     nice!!
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B0B, sounds great, Try it thru a NV112 wide open. I'll
bet it would blow you away. Beautiful guitar.
Jim
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 16 Apr 2007 6:08 am    
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Lee Jeffriess wrote:
Thin, Bigsby like tone??
I cant imagine anyone playing a Bigsby and,thinking that sounds thin.
Lee

The only one I've played was Herb Steiner's and yes, it sounded thinner than what I'm used to.
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John Groover McDuffie


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LA California, USA
Post  Posted 16 Apr 2007 1:39 pm    
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Is that factory, or were the pedals added aftermarket?
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Lee Jeffriess

 

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Vallejo California
Post  Posted 16 Apr 2007 2:28 pm    
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Bob, I would say that your impression of Herbs guitar, is not the norm.
It could be that you tried it with an amp that had a lower gain input, the Bigsby has a pretty low DC resistance and, hotter gain inputs are better.
Im not trying to fault your perception, but your comment, it has a thin Bigsby like tone, implies that Bigsby guitars are generaly thin sounding.
In my experience with them, thats not true.
Lee
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Dennis Olearchik

 

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Newtown, PA
Post  Posted 16 Apr 2007 8:09 pm     a surprising amount of chords for 8 strings & 6 pedals..
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so far, i found these "chords" w/o using the bar, with grips skipping only 1 string and no slants. however, many of the chords require pedal combo's using both feet:

major = a, b, c, d, f & g

minor = a, b, d, e & f#

augmented = b & g

diminished = a, b, c#, d# & f#

major 7th = c, d, f & g

7th = a, b, d, f & g

minor 7th = a, b, c#, d, e & f#

minor/major 7th = c & e

major 7th flat 5th = c & f

7th sharp 5th = g

major 7th flat 5th = a, b, c#, d# & f#

diminished 7th = a, c & d#

suspended 2nd = a, b, c, d, e, f & g

suspended 4th = a, b, c, d, e & f#

there are still 7 suspended 4th and various 6th & 9th chords i need to check out. but I'll stop now in case everyone knew this but me Smile

p.s. it was easier to type "#" than "b".
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 17 Apr 2007 11:52 am    
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John Groover McDuffie wrote:
Is that factory, or were the pedals added aftermarket?

It's factory and all original except for one of the pedal rods.

Dennis, the copedent I'm using is a subset of the standard C6th. It's not surprising to me that so many chords are available. I don't use most of them, I'm sure. I pretty much stick to 6ths and 9ths.

As for the tone, forget that I said "Bigsby". I will simply say that it reminds me of some of the sounds I hear on Nashville records from the 1950's, and leave it at that.
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 17 Apr 2007 1:01 pm    
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Love that Rickenbacker.
It could replace a Clavinet in a funk band.
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Dennis Olearchik

 

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Newtown, PA
Post  Posted 17 Apr 2007 3:23 pm    
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b0b, very cool PSG, tuning and recording.
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chas smith R.I.P.


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Encino, CA, USA
Post  Posted 17 Apr 2007 6:58 pm    
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Mighty fine!!
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