Steel Guitar Builder

Richard, ...a few thoughts. I only notice string spacing when I play a PSG with a spacing I'm not used to, as I may not hit the strings perfectly on one that is "off". Same thing when slanting the bar. After a short while at any PSG the actual string spacing doesn't matter to me, as they're simply n...

(decimal point sneaked in ... I probably should not post that late after midnight)

Make my measurements 97 mm and 75 mm, and recalculate

Bent wrote:That converts to 0.3819" - well over 3/8"(.375)
Wow, that translates to 4.2" from string 1 to 12

Hmm..?
9.7 mm looks more like 3 13/16" from string 1 to 12 on my "metermål"
Haven't had enough to drink to get it that far off, me thinks...

My MSA S12 is pretty exact 9.7 mm between center/center of string 1 and 12 at the bridge, and 7.5 mm at the nut. I'm tired, so you do the math and convert to inches

Merry Christmas and a Happy and productive New Year :) Now, do the strings slide on the metal in those holes down to the tuning mechanism? If so I think the rollers should be placed further back, to prevent all string-on-metal sliding. I have had bad experiences with hang/hysteresis with strings-on-...

Richard, Audiophile amp ... not really but at least quite a bit closer to one than the steel-amps I have tried so far. I think maybe you need better "detectors", as I get/measure signal up to and above the audible range for a steel. And, if I roll the top off at say around 18KHz I can hear the filte...

My "ideal steel amp" reference is roughly as follows. Solid State power stage... ~200Watt in 8ohm ~350Watt in 4ohm ~450Watt in .5ohm Peak current: > 100Amp ~1000VA trafo ~100.000uF reservoir Overall amp data... Freq response: DC to 50KHz - 3db Signal/noise: >100db THD: 0.01% Input level adjust: -30 ...

It's pretty much a forgone conclusion that a slightly greater degree of precision is required as regards the garden-variety bellcrank. How much precision is "high enough precision" here? How much of a timing deviation between octave-tuned strings on same pedal/lever does it have to be to be "too mu...

For myself, I prefer things to have the resistance of greased owl-crap. If I could use brain waves to activate a pedal, then I'd be happy. :) I have thought of using brain waves, but have come to the conclusion that it will be better, and more practical, to use the position of the thumb-pick over a...

Is it best to have the rod holes in the bell crank lined up with the center line of the cross rod? For optimal "timing" I would think one line of holes is best, but you may have to produce two or more interchangeable bellcranks with holes slightly offset along that center-line to "fill the holes" f...