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OK, here's 5 of mine:

cjj wrote:OK, here's 5 of mine:

Not being overly familiar with those, I just noticed there's Stringtone on the triple version - kind of vibrato?

Stringtone tuners allow you to switch quickly between different open tunings. This is what the pedals do on a pedal steel (of course, those have more options and are a bit more refined). This was something that came about sometime around when pedals were first being made, maybe before. They are a cam action device that stretches certain strings to retune them.

With a steel bar on the strings to get your notes, you don't really need a vibrato, you just wiggle the bar...

cjj wrote:Stringtone tuners allow you to switch quickly between different open tunings. This is what the pedals do on a pedal steel (of course, those have more options and are a bit more refined). This was something that came about sometime around when pedals were first being made, maybe before. They are a cam action device that stretches certain strings to retune them.

With a steel bar on the strings to get your notes, you don't really need a vibrato, you just wiggle the bar...

Thanks for the explanation, CJ.

I've seen pedal steels used by german c&w band Truck Stop on tv, and that's about it - I don't know anything about them

Funny...all i see is HORSESHOES and nothing but HORSESHOES....and sweet grain, that is!

ajish4 wrote:Funny...all i see is HORSESHOES and nothing but HORSESHOES....and sweet grain, that is!

The wood on CJ's second picture sure is great - too bad they didn't save it for a real instrument

Yeah, I'd love to have a 4003 with grain like that...

ajish4 wrote:Funny...all i see is HORSESHOES and nothing but HORSESHOES....

Yeah! And those ain't reissues either...

Trapeze tailpiece, sorry there's some butt too

someone has to make these jokes

Here's another one:

Nice pieces of tail.

1997 LH MG

wmthor wrote:1997 LH MG

Man, that looks weird!