Steel Guitar Builder

Just a quickie....for Cdim7 (Cm6b5) try P1P2L>R<.

you may have to squint for the m6b5 set.
More later.
Edp

Richard; Let me hold up the mirror: 14 strings 4 picks Ibanez GB vs. my Ibanez (70s) J Smith. Electrical/mechanical interests. Where does it end? Richard et al: Re tuning structures; What I wanted = Adjacent strings = adjacent chord intervals. The ability to harmonize the Major scale in 3 thru 7 ton...

I don’t see any category for tunings, so I will put this under Pedal Steel. The two main tuning structures in use today are some form of E7 (9), and C6 (B6)…in short a b7th based, and a 6th based tuning. Both have added the 9th. A6 (P1P2) can also claim a position in the hierarchy. Using the E9/B6 u...

Richard....not yet...the issue there was "sustain" = spectral decay. Here the issue (at this point) is how the pickups evaluated on a single instrument affect different spectral response shapes. The next info will be the "E" string(s) single string response for the same pickups/positions. Then we wi...

Before passing on to the actual signals from the BEAST and it’s assortment of pickup positions and configurations, let’s touch upon the various types of losses involved. An excited (picked/plucked etc.) string vibrates in a magnetic field. The vibration disturbs the magnetic flux (flow). A coil posi...

Play "dress the Barby doll". Make the basic guitar out of ??? Then make thin face plates of the fancy woods polished up/etched up/or like RR dashboards and attach via Velcro, inserted magnets, or into grooved/slotted rails on the PSG.

Richard... 1. What is to be gained is an better understanding of why they do what they do, plus things like how to make visual the Mag Sus Window as a function of separation, mag circuit etc and correlation with performance as seen by the FSA. 2. Re power for the Semiconductor pickup = 3VDC or bette...

Here is a nice reference for the wood lovers

HTTP://fbbcustom.com
Go to the "wood" tab.

Do you get the feeling that what was done in the past, and it's degree of success or failure (opinions) will go wanting untill a "standard system" of measuring "sustain" and "Timbre vs. time" is instituted? It can be done, but probably won't as the "important" folk in the PSG industry both don't und...

“To have resonance or not to have resonance”. This was asked in another thread that related mostly to the body and mechanism contribution to “tone” and “sustain”. Here we ask it as related to pickups and strings. Music wire strings are the accepted norm for the PSG. There are few types of music wire...