Steel Guitar Black Box

Bob Eldridge · Post by **Bob Eldridge** » 20 Apr 2005 11:33 am

Has anyone ever used one of these.. and are the worth the $300 or they go for??

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Bob's Place bobeldridge@bobeldridge.com GFI S-10D - ProFX2 + 2 Nashville 1000's

Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 20 Apr 2005 11:47 am

Hi Bob,
Do a search,you will not find a bad word about them.
I bought one at Dallas in march and am well pleased.
Best regards
Billy

Bob Eldridge · Post by **Bob Eldridge** » 20 Apr 2005 12:49 pm

Thanks, Billy .. I'd better check them out

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Bob's Place bobeldridge@bobeldridge.com GFI S-10D - ProFX2 + 2 Nashville 1000's

Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 20 Apr 2005 1:32 pm

I am about to buy one. They are touted as being the best thing since sliced bread if you use a solid state amp. I have never heard a bad word about them.

MIKEHOLLAND · Post by **MIKEHOLLAND** » 20 Apr 2005 3:50 pm

When loading your car to go to a job you may forget your bar and picks, you may forget your volume pedal,Heck you may be running late and forget to set your amp or steel in the back of your car or truck, but believe me once you get a black box before anything else is in your car you will check and double check to make sure you've got your black box.

kbdrost · Post by **kbdrost** » 20 Apr 2005 7:00 pm

It's $300 of sweet and versatile tone if you play through a solid state amp. I've tried it in dozens of contexts, but find it is best immediately after the pickup with the signal sent through the black box to a volume pedal(Hilton type seems to work best) I have tried this with Peavey, Fender and Evans solid state amps and find that it works best with humbucker pickups (George L models and Bill Laurence models.

You can put a good quality stomp box tuner in the line (Petersen or Boss), but don't put any effects, particularly any sort of signal sucking overdrive or dstortion pedals. I suggest that you get an "ABY box"and keep these signals separate.

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Ken Drost
steelcrazy after all these years

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 23 Apr 2005 5:25 am

i've been trying to pick one up but 2 emails to bradsarno@earthlink.net have gone unanswered so i don't know where to send the money order.

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 23 Apr 2005 5:33 am

I think this link says it pretty well.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/006756.html

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 23 Apr 2005 5:59 am

thanks dave but i still don't see the address of where to send the money order. this is the only option for us without paypal

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 23 Apr 2005 6:47 am

http://www.steelguitarblackbox.com/
there's the site

Here's Brad's email
he'll give you the mailing address

bradsarno@earthlink.net

I believe he prefers to be in touch with people that way before receiving MO's and cash.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 23 April 2005 at 07:49 AM.]</p></FONT>

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 23 Apr 2005 6:54 am

If he's not around, I'd expect that he will see this post when he gets back and he'll respond, Ed. Brad is as straight-up as I've dealt with. Excellent guy, great to deal with. Patience.

Bill Simmons · Post by **Bill Simmons** » 23 Apr 2005 9:15 am

They are worth the price for the enhanced tone..Brad and his wife are the finest people to do business with. Brad is always working on new and improved items for the steel guitar player...

Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 23 Apr 2005 12:59 pm

I intend to buy one soon myself. Can't wait to hear my Sho Bud and 112 with that black box.

Rick

Allan Thompson · Post by **Allan Thompson** » 23 Apr 2005 1:00 pm

Once you have used one of Brad`s Black Boxes you won`t want to play without it.
" If you don`t want to buy one don`t try one "

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 23 Apr 2005 3:28 pm

if you don't want to buy one don't have a paypal account

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 24 Apr 2005 11:40 am

Money orders work fine too.

Brad

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 24 Apr 2005 8:29 pm

Ed (EBB), I never received an email at bradsarno@earthlink.net from you. My wife did however get your email and I believe she responded with the info you requested.

Thanks,
Brad

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 25 Apr 2005 2:57 am

yes thank you brad. the emails to you were from ebierly and bbierly @patmedia.net for reference

Buck Grantham R.I.P. · Post by **Buck Grantham R.I.P.** » 26 Apr 2005 4:28 pm

I used one of Brad's black boxes at the Siloam Springs, Ak show and was real pleased with it. It really sounds fine with a Peavey Nashville 1000 and a Nashville 400. Much better tone. That's a great product. Once in a while something comes along that really works and this Black box really works.

Torben Koch · Post by **Torben Koch** » 27 Apr 2005 12:04 am

Hi Brad
Just got my SGBB from Dag in Norway - what a great fine clear and rich tone it makes - don't want to play without it - looking forward to use it on my next gig.
Hope you got my e-mail.
Turbo
Denmark www.pedalsteel4u.dk
Zum D108/7

Scott Appleton · Post by **Scott Appleton** » 1 May 2005 10:08 am

Just used the BB last nigt in San Francisco .. it smooths out the high's and warms up the whole sound really beutifully. I used it with the NV112
and a digitech 2101 in the post loop.
great .. great .. wonderfull .. It will be in my rig from now on.

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Mullen S12 Almost Mooney
71 Tele, Regal 45
Sho Bud S10 NP
Line 6 Flextone 3 + JBL D130, Acoustic 100 W all tube, Nash 112
digitech 2101 FX

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 2 May 2005 6:43 am

Hey Scott. Thanks for the great feedback. So glad it's serving you well. Enjoy that California coastline!!

Brad

Jack Ritter · Post by **Jack Ritter** » 5 May 2005 5:52 pm

bob--i just recently added a black box to my gear and i think if you had one you would not want to play wiyhout it. its a great unit. i have the best sound ever!

d10 zum d10 legrande 11 black box-hilton vp
dd3 delay geol cords --peterson vs11--nv112
nv1000---go for it---you will like it!!

Bill Tauson · Post by **Bill Tauson** » 5 May 2005 6:03 pm

Got mine last week. No gigs until next month, but sounds great here at home.

My Profex II died some time ago. Tried different effects units, but was not that happy with them. Too much noise.

Now I'm trying the Blackbox with a couple of stomp boxes. The effects are simple to use and the blackbox added the warmth I was looking for, and no noise. Very happy so far. Thanks Brad.