The Steel Guitar Forum

Bob Blair wrote:He built me one that looks very similar Eric - it is Myrtle Wood. I never get tired of looking at it.

Bob, Yummm, myrtle is one of my favorite woods; I bet it's a beauty. How does it sound? Are the Benoit's in the modern or trad sounding camp?

Man, I love the look of the one with the matching wood coverplate and screens.

Fred,

I really enjoyed that. Keep up the good work.

KJP's lapstyle ablums are definitely my favorites so I'll have to check out his new one. Thanks for the heads up.

The real deciding factor in any of these is the type of cone(s) and the spider vs biscuit bridge. I'd sure love to have a Weissenator type wood tricone.

Hans, That's a great looking guitar. Congratulations!

Terry, Thanks for posting the picture of Rance; it's good to have a face to put with the voice on the phone.

Chris,

Well done! I really enjoyed the site and the fact that it was easy to navigate and even seems optimized for Safari.

Keep up the good work.

Eric

Todd, I sanded about 3/32" off the bottom of my bridge with no problems. It sure makes string changes and bridge adjustments easier and I'm still 3/8" above the last fret. There was no effect on tone.

I'll have to give those flattops a try.

Kyle, I started (not so long ago) on a converted Blueridge dred, but for me I found that my Lazy River is easier to play and sounds better to my ear. The LR doesn't have the super wide spacing of your Superior, so that could be a factor. I find the Weissenborn style guitar easier to play mainly beca...

Todd, Mine was also too high. I pulled out the bridge insert and sanded about 1/16 off of the bottom; just mark a line parallel with the bottom at whatever amount you want to remove and carefully sand using sandpaper lying on a hard flat surface. Make sure to keep the insert at 90 degrees to the san...

I just got off the phone with Frank at Republic guitars. He tells me that in response to the talk about removing the middle mushrooms, his new guitars don't have one. He also corrected my understanding about the Hard shell case. It is a heavily padded foam case. The way he explained it is that it w...

Howard,

Those are both beauties!

I have a Republic squareneck. I bought it because #1 I could afford it and #2 I wanted the tricone experience before committing myself to save for a National. I'm very happy with it and I love the tricone sound, so I guess I'll start saving. My experience in dealing with Frank at Republic was a good...

Todd,

I have the course and it's jam packed with great ideas. I'd certainly buy it again.

Mark,

Thanks, for the pictures. I think that would work great for me. I'll give it a try.

Eric

Mark,

I have a GS that I'd like to round also. Could you post a picture of yours? I don't have a round nose bar to use as a model and would like to see what you did.

Thanks

Steinar,

I believe those are the Fred Kelly Freedom picks.

http://www.fredkellypicks.com/index.php ... t&Itemid=1

Eric

Nice playing, Fred. My Lazy River should arrive in a couple of days and I hope I can make it sound half as good as you do.

Steinar, I loved it!