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Topic: Peavey PowerSlide and HipShot Trilogy |
Louie Warren
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Sumerduck, VA, USA
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Posted 24 May 2013 3:39 pm |
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I've just done a search and didn't find anything on this so, hopefully this isn't a dupe.
I got a PowerSlide from my lovely wife for Christmas last year. Love it. Yes, the strap and the gig bag are cheap, but do the job for now. The biggest thing I find lacking is being able to go to multiple tunings. Right now, I have to organize set lists to ensure all tunes requiring a certain tuning, are in one set. That way I can retune during the breaks. I built a Strat out of eBay parts and installed a HipShot Trilogy on it. That guitar was my sole slide guitar for most gigs; I could bring one guitar and do at least 3 different tunings, saving bringing 3 separate guitars to a gig. I'd love to be able to do this with my PowerSlide, but don't know if using the HipShot designed for lap steels would work. Has anyone else done this? Thanx. |
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Webb Kline
From:
Orangeville, PA
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Ron Landis
From:
Arkansas, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2013 12:57 pm
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| I'd like to hear from someone who is using this Trilogy thingy on a steel. If it really worked, it could make a single neck guitar pretty versatile. You may have to design the guitar around it to make room for it and use a roller bridge. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2013 5:59 am
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2013 2:32 pm
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Steve,
I agree! I put a roller bridge and roller nut on my Hipshot Tele. I figured it could only make things work better. G and B benders and 4 toggles. The guitar lost all it's sparkle. Went back to a standard Tele bridge, and my luthier did an exceptionally careful job of slotting a new nut. With just a bit of lube, the guitar works perfectly, and it's wonderful tone came back. |
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