Dekley pedal steel guitar test

André Sommer · Post by **André Sommer** » 28 Apr 2023 4:31 am

Hi all, here's a YouTube clip of my Dekley steel after the restoration. Recorded through a Boss Katana 100 MK2 amp into a RØDE NTK mic. It's still a work in progress:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGlWd7kv7U0

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 28 Apr 2023 5:48 am

Very nice! I wish my guitar sounded that nice !

Larry Jamieson · Post by **Larry Jamieson** » 28 Apr 2023 6:37 am

Sounds and looks great, Andre! You sound like a top shelf player.

dlayne · Post by **dlayne** » 28 Apr 2023 2:48 pm

Larry Jamieson wrote:Sounds and looks great, Andre! You sound like a top shelf player.

Absolutely!!

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 28 Apr 2023 7:37 pm

That's is some good tone and sustain!

RC

André Sommer · Post by **André Sommer** » 29 Apr 2023 7:36 am

Thank you very much Joe Krumel, Larry Jamieson, dlayne and Rick Campbell!

Tony Dingus · Post by **Tony Dingus** » 29 Apr 2023 11:23 am

Sounds great. Sweet tone.

Tony

André Sommer · Post by **André Sommer** » 29 Apr 2023 12:18 pm

Tony Dingus wrote:Sounds great. Sweet tone.

Tony

Thanks, Tony!

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 29 Apr 2023 2:50 pm

john widgren · Post by **john widgren** » 7 May 2023 6:58 am

Herregud!

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 8 May 2023 3:32 am

I have owned 2 Dekleys, and believe me, they sound fantastic.. Its a very "woody" and organic tone, yet the guitars are not made of "real" wood.. They remain one of the few great values in a used pedal guitar, as they still sell at a reasonably 'sane" price point, probably due to lack of brand hype.
Undercarriage design and build quality as good as anything of the era, and better than most. Similar to MSA , but if I remember right, there may have been a keyway machined into the round shafts so they could not slip like was possible on MSA -[rare].. I might be wrong on that, but I do remember something a bit different from the MSA, yet very similar..
In any case, the one featured in this thread sounded sweet and also sounded very well played.... bob

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 12 May 2023 12:21 pm

Fine sounding steel and played well. Good job on the rebuild.

André Sommer · Post by **André Sommer** » 16 May 2023 11:38 am

Thanks, John Sluszny, John Widgren, Bob Carlucci and Larry Dering!

And Bob, you are right. These steels do sound amazingly good. The build quality is also top notch, imo. In my steel there aren't any machined things in the cross shafts to avoid slip. They are perfectly round but there's no problem with keeping the bellcranks in place. Thanks again!

Dale Foreman · Post by **Dale Foreman** » 16 May 2023 1:21 pm

Is that a Georgie L E66 pickup? I learned on one of the first D 10’s that came out and I had E66’s which sounded great thru my LTD! Nice job on the restoration!
Dale

André Sommer · Post by **André Sommer** » 16 May 2023 1:56 pm

Dale Foreman wrote:Is that a Georgie L E66 pickup? I learned on one of the first D 10’s that came out and I had E66’s which sounded great thru my LTD! Nice job on the restoration!
Dale

Thanks, Dale. The pickup on this Dekley is a George L 10-5 with a 5 way selector switch.

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