Non bass but still interesting gear porn.

[discreet]

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='843410' date='May 20 2010, 06:52 PM']My guess is:

1. 7string has died and/or is unable to use the internet right now

2. he's having too much fun with his "thing" to bother to talk to us.[/quote]

If it's number 2 then I completely understand.

[alexisonfire]

Edited May 21, 2010 by alexisonfire

[rOB]

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='844635' date='May 21 2010, 09:25 PM']Mail order bride?[/quote]
would that be good value at £35?

[7string]

Geez, it's been such a busy week with setups I forgot to post. Shame on me.

I haven't even had time to play with the new "thing" either! Been great fun reading through this though Jaco had to make an appearance at some stage!

Next pic. There has been a correct answer already though...

Edited May 21, 2010 by 7string

[JimBobTTD]

[quote name='7string' post='844733' date='May 22 2010, 12:17 AM'][/quote]

Mail order bride?

[BigBeatNut]

Never seen the undersides of one before, but I think that must be a pedal steel.

[BottomEndian]

Nah, Paul H was right. I'm pretty sure it's the underside of a suspense-generating machine.

[Gwilym]

i win ? ;0)

[BigBeatNut]

If it IS a pedal steel, Stingray5 got there first:

[quote name='Stingray5' post='837861' date='May 15 2010, 04:03 AM']Pedal Steel (twin-neck? or possibly a single?)[/quote]

Edited May 22, 2010 by BigBeatNut

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='7string' post='844733' date='May 21 2010, 11:17 PM']Geez, it's been such a busy week with setups I forgot to post. Shame on me.

I haven't even had time to play with the new "thing" either! Been great fun reading through this though Jaco had to make an appearance at some stage!

Next pic. There has been a correct answer already though...

[/quote]

i thought it might be one of those. Glad you've not been killed or anything

[BassBus]

[quote name='JimBobTTD' post='844815' date='May 22 2010, 06:48 AM']Mail order bride?[/quote]
I didn't know Ikea did flatpack mail order brides. I must take a trip down to Gateshead tomorrow and buy one.

[7string]

Yup, it's a pedal steel


















It's a basic "Little Buddy" model. 10 strings, 3 pedals and 1 knee lever which changes the pitch of different strings by different amounts. It's had a good clean and a fresh set of strings since I took those pics. Learning to play this is going to be a long and painful process.

It was advertised in Gumtree down south and my parents went and got it for me. I sent them the money for the steel and a spot of lunch. The price for the steel was £35. Courier was £12. I put this on The Steel Guitar Forum and got a message asking if they could buy the tone bar which came with it as it matched his steel. After selling that, the steel has cost me just £15. Has to be the biggest musical bargain I've ever had.

And Diva likes it as well.

Edited May 23, 2010 by 7string

[Stingray5]

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='844988' date='May 22 2010, 11:57 AM']If it IS a pedal steel, Stingray5 got there first:[/quote]
Hehe - I thank you!
So, 7string, how are you tuning your pedal steel?
I've worked with a few pedal steelies in the past and always loved the twin neck tuning of C6 and E9 (great for Western Swing).

[discreet]

[quote name='Stingray5' post='846199' date='May 24 2010, 02:51 AM']Hehe - I thank you! [/quote]

Well done!
But if the correct answer was post #3 on May 15, why keep everyone guessing for another 8 days? Just sayin'...

[7string]

Just wanted to keep the excitement going I suppose.....

[quote name='Stingray5' post='846199' date='May 24 2010, 02:51 AM']Hehe - I thank you!
So, 7string, how are you tuning your pedal steel?
I've worked with a few pedal steelies in the past and always loved the twin neck tuning of C6 and E9 (great for Western Swing).[/quote]

It's E9 with the Emmons pedal setup.

As you know, some guys have these enormous 2 neck things with 9 odd pedals and lots of knee levers. I'll stick with this for now.

Things have been going well on the setup front so I haven't had much time with it at all. I need to sit down with this thing and try to get my head around it D