D8 CONSOLE

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PASTOR BRUCE
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D8 CONSOLE

Post by PASTOR BRUCE »

JUST SOME PICS TO FETCH AN OPINION . FIRST CONSOLE
BUILD IN A WHILE. WOOD IS CHERRY , HAS AUTOMOTIVE URETHANE FINISH. MADE THE BODY AND BRIDGES AND PICKUP CASINGS , ALL
ELSE CAME FROM CUSTOMER'S PARTS . FRETBOARDS ARE FROM A LOCAL TROPHY SHOP.23 1/2 " SCALE LENGTH.SURE WANTED TO PUT PEDALS ON IT! 'COURSE I WANNA PUT PEDAL CHANGES ON
EVERYTHING -- I'M REALLY BITTEN BY THAT BUG!
THANKS FOR THE TIME. PASTOR BRUCE
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maxi19
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Hi, it looks very professional.

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azureskys
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Very nice.
richard37066
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If you teach Scripture as well as you build guitars then your congregation is blessed - not once - but twice if you play it for them!
jameshenry
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Post by jameshenry »

;) Nicely done Pastor! What's your scale length? Better yet can you provide sound files of you playin' it? Really like to hear it. Sure looks good.
Bent
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Post by Bent »

Pastor, you do some fine work. May you make many more steels.

As an aside; how do you feel about using the pedal steel guitar instead of the organ, to play for the congregation's hymns?
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21 BenRom pedal steel guitars, a Nash 112 and a 1967 TOS Milling machine with many cutters making one hell of a mess on the floor.
PASTOR BRUCE
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Post by PASTOR BRUCE »

thanks much for kind comments!
scale length on all my builds ,so far,is 23 1/2"--seems to do nicely.
used the same fretboards as my psg's - made at a local trophy
shop.
as for playing with the congregation,i generally lean to piano , but
sometimes use organ. never tried our regular church hymns with
the steel as the core instrument , but odd you should ask -- something wonderful took place just last week --as i played o song
at offering time on the steel , our people struck up singing with it
but how could one resist "how great thou art!"

really am glad to be a small voice here and thankful to know that so
many fine people are loving and making steels and oooo what great skill the lord giveth!keep up the work and the sharing.
would'nt it be great if we could influence our little corner with
sweet melody from the heart -- maybe we can!

as for teaching scripture --if frogs croak and birds sing , there may just be a little i can try to do , too.trying since 77 to make a difference and hope on my last day here i'm learning as much or
more than i could begin to teach!

god bless you all -- pastor bruce
Dick Miller
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Post by Dick Miller »

I sure do love your steel guitar and especially love your Praise fret board! How could I get one like it for my next build?
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