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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 14 Oct 2020 5:47 am |
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I want to thank Kelcey O'Neil. He did a complete rebuild of my mid 70's push pull S10 and it now plays like a dream. I also want to mention that he committed to a time frame for the work and it was ready on precisely the day he promised. I would recommend Kelcey for your pedal steel guitar work without condition. Underpromised and over delivered. Others should take note of that commitment.
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Kelcey ONeil
From:
Sevierville, TN
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Posted 15 Oct 2020 4:47 pm
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Thank you sir, much appreciated, it was a pleasure!
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2020 3:41 pm
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I'll second Steve regarding Kelcey. IMO he's become the go-to guy for push-pull work.
After years of avoiding E9 and only playing B6 on my 8 string Fender, I started up again; I got hold of a 1970 (coincidentally my high school graduation year  ) SD10, which Kelcey converted for me out of a thrashed D10 cuttail.
I'm playing non-country pedal steel, mostly by ear, and for the first time having fun with E9 - because the guitar is set up so ell & dialed in so perfectly I can just sort of think of what I want to hear and it happens.
I always had problems with left knee levers due to very stiff ankles - and he placed these perfectly for me based on emails and phone calls from 2000 miles away!
And knowing how I rant about the lack of electronic controls on modern steels (there's a big difference in sound between how a volume pedal works and how a volume pot works ib a tone circuit!) he left one pot in place along with the 3-way switch; I added one pot and created a Fender Esquire-like volume/tone circuit. Th tones I can get are far more versatile than those available with just a volume pedal and amp controls.
And it works great with my "co-signature" 1 1/4"=> 1 1/8" by 3 1/4" Ezzee-Slide" bar and my original Sneaky Pete bar.
The work Kelcey is doing on Emmons push-pulls is truly stunning. It is no small feat taking a 50 year old example of one of the most complicated - but potentially best playing and sounding - pedal steel guitars and giving it the "feel" of high-end modern guitars...with, IMO, much better TONE.
The mechanism is quiet and smooth as butter - and it plays so lightly and smoothly I can even play barefoot!
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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