Steel Guitar Builder

This discussion has been so very useful to me in modifying my old permanent. Thank you very much.

Thanks, Barr, I think you're exactly right on being simple. I recently realized (doh!) that the rod arm on that knee has enough room to hang down instead of pointing up, doing away with the reverser. I just haven't had time to change things around yet. And there's a great animated diagram in this fo...

I have a nice old 50s ShoBud or FauxBud double 9 that I've brought back to life from a pile of parts. I'd like to see how other people have tackled reversers, and how to get both a raise and lower from one finger. I'm thinking particularly of my E strings, on my E9 neck. I have a E-Eb knee lever, wi...

Thanks, Ron! I think I'll post a question about lowers on the pedal steel section.

Here are a few more. The underside: http://s356.photobucket.com/user/keithc ... d.jpg.html
With X brace: http://s356.photobucket.com/user/keithc ... X.jpg.html
A "before" picture: http://s356.photobucket.com/user/keithc ... l.jpg.html

Thanks for the feedback on photos. I'll figure out something else right now.
Does this work for everyone? I've never used Photobucket before. http://s356.photobucket.com/user/keithc ... e.jpg.html

Hi all, I've been playing lap steel for many years and Fender cable models for just a few years. I'm a guitar repairman by trade. I thought I'd settled down forever with my old Fenders and then one night late on eBay tragedy struck, I was overcome by forces out of my control and I bid on this. Turns...