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Steve Woody
Registrace 26. 10. 2006
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Steve Woody and Liz Taylor Engagement Interview
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Our original video will no longer play on youtube, so here it is all new for our 14th anniversary :)
Stoughton Norwegian Dancers; Signature Halling Dance
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Stoughton Norwegian Dancers; Signature Halling Dance
Our Cottage in Stoughton, WI
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Just a walk-through of the place we've lived for the last 6 months!
You Are Special - Max Lucado (read by Liz)
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You Are Special - Max Lucado (read by Liz)
Walks with Steve and Liz: Walking Edition
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Walks with Steve and Liz: Walking Edition
(Not) Walks With Steve And Liz: Chicago Edition
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(Not) Walks With Steve And Liz: Chicago Edition
Walks with Steve and Liz: Treasure Hunt!!
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Walks with Steve and Liz: Treasure Hunt!!
"All Creatures (Sing The Harmony)" - Shane and Shane- playthrough - Strymon Iridium Chime
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"All Creatures (Sing The Harmony)" - Shane and Shane- playthrough - Strymon Iridium Chime
"House of The Lord" playthrough - Phil Wickham - Strymon Iridium Punch
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"House of The Lord" playthrough - Phil Wickham - Strymon Iridium Punch
Hope Blooms / How Deep The Father's Love
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Hope Blooms / How Deep The Father's Love
Les Paul with no pole piece screws (I LOVE it!!) Strymon Iridium - Punch
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Les Paul with no pole piece screws (I LOVE it!!) Strymon Iridium - Punch
Super easy dinner: Mixed Vegetable Egg Drop Soup!!
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Super easy dinner: Mixed Vegetable Egg Drop Soup!!
I watched your video some time ago, and I've just got around to doing it. I removed the pole pieces from the neck pickup on my '97 Standard, plugged in and played. After 47 years of playing Les Pauls I've finally got the sound available that I've craved. And the best thing is, the modification came at the right price.
@@Rich6Brew so great to hear this!!!!! I'd love to hear some clips. What type of music do you play?
Do u have a blueprint or a sketch out for this jig? If u do, can u post a link to it?
@@selwyn13 unfortunately, no I do not. This was already in place at the weld shop where I was working. Although, I do know that they make plastic versions of this, as we had a couple of those later on as well.
@@selwyn13 oh, here's a link to the plastic version we used www.castleweldshop.net/Alignolet_p_111.html
Currently agonizing over which to buy next lol
What do you currently have, and what type of music do you play?
@@SteveWoodyMusic I gotta Les Paul a 335 and a tele and a Taylor. Right now playing a lot of pop solo music singing + chords.
Also a solution. In fact you get a single coil with lower output than a P90, but still with humbucking effect. If I did this, then only on the neck pickup, as I love an authentic bridge PAF sound. Certainly nice for clean tones, but hardly will improve the overdrive sounds in my opinion. For the neck pickup certainly a good solution, as this one has a tendency to sound too bassy and too muddy, especially, but not only in a Les Paul. Cool, simple idea and if you dislike the tone, you simply can reinstall the screws again. Having turned around the neck pickup is a good idea too, so the still active coil is closer to the neck. But even this is a matter of taste. Another way to get similar sounds is, to screw down the neck pickup, but raise the screws a lot. Also alters the magnetic field and you also get a more single-coilish sound, but the difference is not so extreme, but you keep the authentic output level, while it also lowers with your solution. Ritchie Blackmore did this, when he still played an ES-335 with PAF's. My personal favorite Les Paul optinization is, to change neck tone to neck bass-cut and bridge tone to master tone. Allows precise, adjustable neck pickup bass control - if using the right capacitor values without altering any mids and treble - and this also allows to get some very differently sounding combined pickups sounds. The advantage for me is, that the pickups keep their (hotter) output level, while your solution reduces it, as I anyway hardly ever play clean.
Oh those are some great ideas! Thanks for that. I'll have to give those a try especially if I ever get around to doing a comparison video!
Trying to get the Peter Green sound ...... One thing these guys do not realise is the fact the sound they are hearing from a recording is not the original sound . The signal has past through multiple electronic devices , that all influence the sound , influence what comes out at the end . Wanting to reproduce the sound not only the guitar has to be tinkered with , what was done to Green's guitar is by no means clear imo , also the whole chain of apparatus the sound went through and it's settings , including putting it on tape or vinyl , that has all to be re-created . A rabbit hole of variables to get lost in . One factor can never be recreated : what the fingers do , left and right hand .
Well, in my case, I'm not a Peter Green fan at all. I've never listed to his music, I don't have any real reference for "The Peter Green sound ", but I've read tons about his guitar and the process to do this mod and it sounded interesting. So, no, we aren't all chasing some sound we heard trying to copy some guy and his tone.
I really like your staccato finger picking style. 👍🏻 I’ve never tried removing pole pieces. Quite interesting. 🤔
Thanks so much! You should give it a shot and let me know what you think about it!
I have ZT410 Direct/Thermal printer and my test print does not have IP address and the printer screen does not have a home button to look for IP. Please help.. i cannot connect my printer to my computer. I am using RS232 to connect.
I had the exact same problem. Neither container would work regardless of the "Detergent selection dial" setting, or even if I bypassed the dial entirely. However, I was pressure washing with the 15 degree yellow nozzle when I first tried to include some detergent. When I switched to the "Soap" black nozzle, detergent started flowing. The difference in the water pressure or volume appears to affect detergent siphoning.
Yeah, we ended up getting a replacement (which was broken) and eventually a full refund from SnowJoe
great guitar and playing Steve! whats the wood used on this odyssey? i would like to get the same one as this!
Thanks so much! This one was Italian Spruce on the top, Brazilian Rosewood on the back/side, and I believe a smoked ebony for the fingerboard
#costco please fix!!!
Heck yeah! Nice. Bring that thing on down to Tennessee!
Will do!!!!
What you did here wasn't a Peter Green mod. For the Green affect you want to rotate the magnet 180 degrees, not flip it over like you did here. Before you say I'm wrong, just Google it. Tons of very clear material from reputable sources. I'm also speaking from experience. Have done this mod dozens of times over decades and initially flippedtue magnet like you. Rotating is a totally different effect. It actually sounds like Green.
Thanks for letting me know that. Can you explain how it is different?
Omg thank youuuuu!!!!!!!
I cant get past 207 on the last octet. It keeps all my changes except for that.
Steve and Liz, you guys popped up on my CZcams feed, and I think I might be the first view! Haha! Good to see you guys and love your new accommodations. Grace and peace. MRU
Thanks, Michael! We are now back in our RV at a nearby campground and will miss the Cottage for sure!
Also, we totally missed seeing you on Sunday! Other than when you did the communion announcement, I don't think I saw you at all!
@SteveWoodyMusic aww, rats. Did not know you two were there. We did not stay for the reception because we were supposed to be in MN. Minna’s father passed away Saturday after being in hospice for a few weeks at Mayo clinic. We didn't want to leave her alone for long :(. Hope to catch up with you guys soon
Oh, Michael, I'm so sorry to hear that. I saw the video you posted of him the other day. Seems like a fun guy. Praying for you guys, as I know the loss is hard!
@SteveWoodyMusic thanks. Yep, he was the best. Shame that you never met him (I don't think). He was a very good self-taught bluegrass player. He bought me the first 3-4 guitars I ever owned.
Scott Grove has every video on pickups literally ..lowering the pickup for more sustain where it's located on a guitar etc....
Oh, cool, thanks for that!
Any solution?
Returned it and got a full refund from SnowJoe
But don't take the cover off. If you do the cover off, there will be nothing left to create the inductance.
Just for that one coil?
The cover was already off when I removed the pole pieces. It worked fine.
Interesting concept, but really hard for me to hear any improvement because you didn't show what it sounded like with the screws in 1st.
Yeah, it hadn't crossed my mind when I made this video to do a before/after. Maybe I'll do that someday
Probably sounds like every other les paul that has the screws still in it...
ha, i was going to try this until I remembered my LP doesn't have covers... 😊
Do it anyway!!!
@SteveWoodyMusic oh God, I'm slow. Giving it a try.
I thought that removing the covers will just make the pickup brighter
If each coil in the humbucker has Allen head or straight slotted screws you can make it sound similar to a telecaster too or take out the screws in the upper coils of each humbucker to make it the brightest for a single coil sound
Ofcourse my kr370 is different 🥲
Ahh, sorry to hear that!
I tried this on a PRS neck pick up, it sounded strange and the volumes didn’t match the way I hoped.
Interesting. I wonder if that coil it the hotter of the 2 and it dropped most of the volume? You could also try running the screws in well below the pickup cover. Should have a similar effect about the volume drop maybe
@@SteveWoodyMusic the PRS pups didn’t sound that great but I had a set of Gibson ‘61’s that are working nicely. I tried them with no poles and mixed with different lengths of poles but none of them sounded very good outside of their original set up. Your recordings sound nice but I couldn’t reproduce that tone.
Best tone, man! 👏
Thanks so much!
I love this version
Thanks!
@@SteveWoodyMusicWhat tuning is this?
Wow. I can't believe the difference this makes. My Epiphone Les Paul Standard was muddy as heck, I needed to use and EQ/Clean Boost with bass and treble controls to fix it but THIS is incredible.
Wow, so glad this was helpful! Spread the word!!!!!
@@SteveWoodyMusic Crazy thought. I was wondering what would happen if I used a hack saw to cut the screws in half. I'd need some spares on hand in case things didn't work out. Thoughts?
we have to print lot of these labels at work, ip and default gateway got messed up- this video got work on track. Very helpful video
Oh, so glad it was helpful to you!
Interesting idea but hard to tell - there was no "before and after". Just talk. It would be interesting to science this out and see how pole pieces (or lack thereof) impact the shape of the magnetic field. The pole pieces are not magnets - they are just ferromagnetic material. I tend to think of them as analogous to lenses for light. They don't create light - they just bend it. The pole pieces (and the metal PU covers for that matter) don't change the strength of the magnets in your PU but they do alter the shape of the magnetic field the string is vibrating in. Science aside, at the end of the day there is only one rule that matters - if it sounds good, it is good.
Yeah, I had never intended to do a before/after video, but wanted to share the idea after having found it so useful. But, hopefully one day I can do a proper before/after. And I took would love to know the actual magnet effect. I've since bought non-ferrous stainless screws to plug the holes.
I may be wrong but I don't think so. I believe what you have done is turn your humbucker pickups into single coil pickup with hum canceling properties. There is a reason why pickups have pole pieces.
The coil still has some amount of pickup potential, but you are essentially correct. But it's a big sounding single coil :)
Should have just bought a strat
I played only strats for 14 years. The Les Paul suits my "live" playing better for thicker rhythm stuff, but it has been a little dark for my finger picking
I wonder how it sounds with a real tube amp, no effects. 🤔
Not sure, I haven't really played through one in 4 years. But, I'll wager it could sound great or terrible depending on the amp settings and player :) That being said, we have a guitar get-together at church tonight, and there will be a couple tube amps there. Maybe I'll check one out.
Have you tried getting pickups with lower winds? I just installed a GFS 'Metal Foil' humbucker which is rated at 6k, which sounds awesome to me. You can also get them at 5k, which seems a little crazy to me. They sound similar to a strat but not as harsh, and of course less noise. You do lose a bit of high end harmonics, but it is a easy trade.
Wow, that's very low! I'll have to check them out and see if there are some videos online. I'm guessing it's like the old Gold Foil Gretsch type pickups?
What type of grease or lubricant should be used?
Oh, I'm sorry to say that I have no idea!
Wonder what the sound would be like if you pulled the slugs too…?
No clue. The pole screws were easy to take out :)
You should have made a small clip with the screws in too mate, so we could have heard the difference 👍
Yeah, I'm thinking I'll go back and make a comparison video at some point. Hopefully I can get to that soon.
@@SteveWoodyMusicPlease! I’m wondering about doing it soon. Probably will on my next string change haha. How do you do it? Just screw them out until they’re loose and fall?
@@stopitrightnow12 yep, that's all there is to it. Just unscrew them and remove them. You can always put them back in. Also, you don't need to wait until your next string change, or even loosen the strings, though I suppose it could be easier if you do.
Nothing better than starting with a super sounding guitar.
Agreed 100%
I took the magnets out of my pups. Lighter and more resonant.
Awesome! Hope you like it in the long run. It's nice that it's easily reversible
Before and after sound examples?
Sorry, I don't really have any. I'll try to make some one day.
@@SteveWoodyMusic I'm gonna try this, thanks for the upload, cheers from Norway!
@@limerot oh, great! Please let me know how you like it! Cheers from a small Norwegian town in the US (Stoughton, Wisconsin) :)
@@SteveWoodyMusicThat was nice to read! My grandfather was born in 1875 (my mother was born when he was 60). He died in 1965 five years before I was born. He had two brothers that emigrated to America from Northern Norway. His family originated from northern Sweden/Finland (Torne Valley). They went to Northern Norway seeking a better life. My great grandfather had 22 children. Our name is "Isaksen". "Son of Isak". I have my "summer house" in the northermost municipality in Norway - Northcape municipality. 24 hours of daylight in the summer. Greetings from Bergen Norway :)
J45…
Yeah, I go back and forth. I think it mainly depends on the humidity with my J-45. When it is a little drier, it is full and resonant, chimey while still being Woody and open feeling. When it is closer to what it "should be" humidity wise, it is more thuddy and closed feeling. For strumming or picked single note lines, that feels better/clearer, but for finger picking, it is much less responsive. The J-200 seems to be less affected by it, but I'm not sure why.
good idea
Thanks!
DO you think I could add a cover over some ss pickups on a LP just for looks, but not add the screws? Hmmm...
There are hole-less pickup covers in existence, but I'm not sure who makes them. But if your pickups are not currently covered, Be prepared to lose a little bit of the high end, etc by adding them.
1k pots works too
Yeah, I think that's what I have in here. I always swap out for 1M, even on my strats
More filler wire bud I personally hate pulse
Yeah, me too. It's really impressive for putting a root in, but I'm done with it after that.
@@SteveWoodyMusic I use it on corner welds and lay wire method
Room sounds good you should record in there
Thanks. It's the basketball court at our church. It was the best place to hide out and work on music during the second service while waiting for my wife to finish with the kids' ministry
Live may be too clunky big
You know, I just used that J200 in a jam at Thanksgiving, and it was a perfect size. Really impressed with how it feels
I seen a picture of Keith Richard’s, he had Gibson custom 335 and he had tape over the neck humbucker where the screw pole pieces would be. I assumed this is what he is doing.
That's pretty cool and I'm sure a good solution, esp while on the road, etc
Tasty playing, well spoken with no hype/BS. Subscribed. Going to try. Thank You and Best Regards and Best Wishes!
Oh wow, that's a great compliment! Thanks so much!
Brilliant!
Thanks so much!
great video, great tone. this made my neck les Paul pickup sound much better.
Oh, thanks so much! Glad you found it helpful!
Great tone, great playing, well-presented demo, nice Bigsby! I recently switched to NYXLs on my downtuned guitar. Diggin em. 56 on the low string?! I play hard and am happy with 10.5-50. You’re a beast, man :) did you have to widen the nut slot a tad?
Thanks so much for the kind words! You know, I don't remember if I did widen the nut slot, but feel like I probably had to. The heavier strings help with the bigsby (remember, there weren't and"light" strings when it was developed) and also, I strum pretty hard sometimes and the heavier strings don't flap around as much lol