The Steel Guitar Forum

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Alan

Thanks, Tony! I really enjoyed reading your blog on the restoration process. Great job!

Alan

Beautiful work Mark!

Alan

Bill, that Electro-Hawaiian Classic is a beautiful instrument. I also really like Bill's single coil pickups he put in the first Ben Harper series. They are very big sounding clean and can be overdriven nicely. Everyone always comments on the sound of my Asher guitars. I like the fact that Bill is n...

Hi folks, I own several of Bill's lapsteels and guitars, and was lucky enough to be able to order the first production Ben Harper Series II #001 of 100. The instrument sounds killer and is truly impeccably made. Bill is a wonderful luthier to work with and is a great guy! I got to meet him in person...

Greetings everyone! It's been a while since I have posted so I thought I would put up some pics of my Frypan that I took a few weeks ago. Before I got this one I had only seen photos of one so I am pretty happy that I actually own one of these. Now I am working on getting a long scale one. The picku...

Rick, Bill Asher also does a great rewind on Rickenbacker pickups. He rebuilt a horseshoe pickup he put on a prototype lap steel I bought from him. Bill used the original magnets but built a new bobbin to accomodate the wider string spacing of his design. He found a coil of older copper wire to use ...

Jay, check out www.guitartraditions.com. Guitar Traditions is Bill Asher's company in California. He has alot of info on the Ben Harper model. I have two of his. The first one is the standard Ben Harper model made out of koa wood with hollow chambers in the body. It has two stacked single coil picku...

Rick, I just acquired one of these today that had been sitting at one of the local guitar shop for many months, gathering dust. It is #042 and it does not have the decal but does have the rose on the fretboard at the 12th fret.

Alan

Sage, to answer your questions on production figures I talked to Randy with Guitar Traditions, Bill Asher's company, and he said the first prototype was made for Ben Harper in early 1998. It had a Sunrise pickup mounted on it. By mid 1998 they started production runs in batches of five with the stan...

The serial number on my Asher is #052. It is dated 1/01 inked in on the rear of the peghead.

Olli, when Leisz was here with Frisell they did selections from Good Dog Happy Man, Gone Like a Train, and Ghost Town, if I remember correctly. I think they did do "Greg Leisz" too. For all the overdriven sounds (which was the majority of the set) Leisz was using a National Dynamic and a R...

Olli, I have the third Asher. I purchased mine after hearing Greg Leisz play one here in Austin. Danny, at Guitar Traditions, mentioned someone from Finland wanted one too. You may have even seen a picture of it. It has a highly figured koa top with grain running in two directions. It has a big, rou...

The Bill Frisell Quartet will be playing at the Continental Club Sunday evening with shows at 8 pm and 10 pm. The lineup includes Greg Leisz, Brian Blade, and David Pilch. For more info go to www.continentalclub.com or call 512 441-2444. Tickets are $20.00.