The Steel Guitar Forum

I believe that projection toward the player is critical to the performance - projection to the aft of the instrument is key to knowing what the listeners are hearing from the front. And even for less of a technical reason than that, if the overall resonance thrumming inside the chest of the artist m...

David - I agree that the tops and backs can be made to resonate and then incorporated into the overall sound, or conversely made to simply reflect the sound back out for further projection. It seems most folks feel that the third option, absorbing the sound, is not cool, at least in an acoustic inst...

That ghettoborne is so cool! It looks like a Nate Daniels design! Very cool, pulling together the Weissenborne influence, the Danelectro thing, and a sweet paint job!

Kurt

Hi Frank - Well, just because I am selling them doesn't mean I can't share! I took into consideration the Weissenborn design, which was what drove the long hollow body concept. The Weissenborns are so light, yet relatively robust with the monococque shell. And they fit so nicely on the lap. So I spe...

Here are a couple pics - These of Ben Bonham with his 8-string Turbo Steel with a Lollar Chicago pickup. More are available on the Turbo Steel page of the website www.schoenguitars.com http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix/6870_P1040122_1.jpg http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix/6870_P1040128_1.j...

This is a picture of the Turbo Steel I refered to in th e prior post.

Kurt

Frank - I am just a new guy here, so take it with a grain of salt, but yes I think the acoustic instrument shape is very important. The profiles of acoustic instruments, in all dimensions, affect the development of sound waves emanating from the instrument. The traditional dual-bout instruments, wit...

Hi - I am brand new to this forum, though I have read the info here off and on for a few years in its various iterations. I make resonator guitars of my own design, and have developed a good following for them. I have now developed a lap steel version, which I present formally here for the first tim...