Fender. Champ 6-String; Deluxe 8-String; Dual Professional; Stringmaster D-8, late 50s; Stringmaster D-8, 1953; Stringmaster T-8, late 50s; Fender 400 Pedal Steel, early 60s; Rickenbacker. At my local shop, they got in a 1958 or 1962 Fender 400 8 string 4 pedal steel guitar. Aug 14, 2011 #1 I just got a 60's Fender 400 with 4 pedals. General discussions about the classic Fender 8-string pedal steels The new type pickup employed on the Fender 400 Pedal Steel Guitar provides tonal range and harmonics far surpassing other pickups on the market, and in addition, it is easily adjusted for string balance to suit the player. 8 String Slingers - 400 and 1000 Discussions. Strings for Fender 400 8 string pedal steel. Hey guys I am brand new to playing pedal steel. It sounds great but I am very steel guitar dumb. Thread starter jdandry; Start date Aug 14, 2011; J. jdandry Member. Fender guitars, basses, and amps rank as some of the most groundbreaking and iconic of all-time. All parts are manufactured to OEM specs or are modified replacement/upgrade components. I play in E 9th. The Fender 400 is without question one of the most advanced instruments of its type on the musical market. I was looking this morning for packs of 8 strings but can only seem to find 10. Fender Lap Steel Guitars When Leo Fender started repairing radios in a small California shop in the late '30s, he didn't know he would go on to change the sound of popular music. This is set up B-6 “Sneaky Pete”tuning with two knee levers professionally added that sharp and flat the root-notes(like an F lever). Is this good or bad? 8 string fender 400. It's blonde with a Jazzmaster pickup instead of the Jaguar pickup. Anyway, I was playing last night and broke a string. The knee levers have Sho-bud style barrel tuners underneath that give you a double raise or … Hi Bill - not sure I have any secrets. What can YOU tell me about this thing, ie pro's and con's. Parts and accessories for your pedal steel guitars including Sho~Bud, Dekley, MSA, Emmons, and Marlen pedal steel guitars. I can say that on the track I posted, most of the single note work centered around the middle strings in my standard high G C6 8-string tuning—the middle G and A—and I took advantage of that whole-step difference—pick pick slide, pick slide pick—to get those scale runs with pedal effects, mostly between the 7th and 12th frets. Vintage Fender pedal steel. Messages 622. I have played lap steel for years and just got a Fender 400 about a month ago. I got a set of 10 string E9th strings...do I just lose the top 2 strings? It has the cable pully system underneath. Up for sale, an early 1960s Fender Model 400 pedal steel in 100% original condition and in perfect working order. Can someone help me with tuning and stringing this thing. 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