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[ijh12364]

Hello,my name is Ian .Im a new member to this great web sight.I play with the band the Brothers from Aberdeen.If any of you are playing in Elgin or Forres let me know and i will stop by to see you.

[Ken Byng]

Welcome aboard Ian. We have several members from north of the border.

[Dave Nutt]

Hi Ian Nice to have you join the site.
Perhaps when you get settled in you will tell us a bit about yourself, your gear and that band of yours.
Dave.

[Uncle Roy]

Hello Ian, yes Dave is right, do tell us about the band and yourself

[ijh12364]

Hi, I am sorry it took so long to get back to you been busy with the snow.My PSG is a Shobud 1,which i got from Bob Adams.You can see him playing it on you tube, A Fool Such as I.It sounds better when he plays it.I have been playing it through a Peavy Vegas.I play guitar as well,so its handy having two channels.With the guitar being a push pull,is there a specific way of tuning the E strings.Do you tune the lower first to E flat or raise to F.I have got it close, but never just right My last PSG was a Marlen which i sold on ebay,to fund the Shobud,i allways wanted a Shobud.
The band i play with is The Brothers .The band has been going for 20 years or so,i have played with them on and of for a good while.I started of as the bass player,then keyboards,now i play guitar,PSG,and keyboards.
List of bands i have play,d with

The Gibsons .This was my first country band,from the North east England.The guitar player had a Gibson guitar
The Ruby Rendall Band.First Pro Band
Gambler.
The Brothers.

I am from county Durham,but have lived up here for 25 years.My brother still lives there,he is a mean guitar picker,and plays with Blue Horizon.His name is Dave,if you are from the Northeast you may know him.

[Zebedee]

I doubt very much that your shobud is a push-pull.

It might be a pull-release, if it's an old shobud, but it's probably an all-pull.

If there are a load of springs at the bottom of the changer, it's an all-pull.

If it is an all-pull, tune the strings open at the keyhead, and tune the raises and lowers with the nylon tuners.

[Dave Nutt]

Hi Ian, Dont worry about the delay in getting back, the site is quiet of late anyways.

Youve certainly had it bad up there for snow, mind you, down here in South Wales we have had the most snow I have seen in my 16 years of living here, its been a slow and doddgy journey getting from our place to our nearest village (2 miles away) and thats in a 4 wheel drive, thawing a bit now but forcast is for 4"/8" tomorrow and more later later in week, guess thats winter hey?
Well! It sounds like your a seasoned musician, good to know that there is work north of the border, I worked up there many years ago, there was always a healthy country music scene.

Ian with questions or advice surrounding steel guitar just ask away, loads of helpfull, knowledgable pickers and techies on here as I'm sure you will find out.
Cheers
Dave.

[Zumbilly(Murdoch)]

Hi Ian,
Welcome to the forum.
Sorry I never did e mail You after We were at the Wick club's birthday party.
Your Sho Bud was sounding nice,
We were due to play Forres earlier this month but had to cancel due to weather,fortunately Allan Thompson and Band were able to do the gig.
Take care Ian and Have a restive Festive
Billy

[bob adams]

Greetings Mr ‘H’
That Bud sounded just fine when we saw you at the Opry!

Re.Your tuning, if you are not quite reaching the pitch ease the nylon tuner until it is just making contact with the changer finger on 4 & 8 raise and lower then open up the respective stops a tad at the levers as per the photo. (an LDG pic but same difference) This action will then take your note just beyond the desired pitch (higher or lower) then adjust the nylon back to fine tune to (spot on!) A very common failing on these is users over cranking the nylon tuners, the lower ‘E’ lever then just begins to raise again! The same principal applies to the pedals always give slightly more on the undercarriage stop then go to the changer! Not the other way round.

The Pro Ones are cracking steels with super tone!

Your Profex is sitting behind the front door waiting the ‘word go! From the courier! I’ll get it there just as soon as they are accepting uplifts, I believe they are getting fresh raindeers in this week!

Regards
Bob

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[Donny Johnston]

Hi Ian, I was at the opry with Bob and he's right, the Shobud sounded great, just needed at a bit more volume, that will come with confidence. Happy New Year. Donny