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by Dave Weir
6 May 2008 6:33 pm
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: Fanned scale lap steel, what are your thoughts?
Replies: 50
Views: 33969

There are some guitars with standard frets, and the pickups are angled. Like a Mosrite or a Telecaster. I've wondered if it was to get the strings over the poles, or just a design thing, or if there is some aledged advantage to having the pickup closer to the bridge on the treble string. Like better...
by Dave Weir
5 May 2008 8:49 pm
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: Fanned scale lap steel, what are your thoughts?
Replies: 50
Views: 33969

You could do it by figuring out the two outside strings. The program on Fret Find 2D http://www.fretfind.ekips.org/2d/nonparallel.php is even easier. You just enter The scales you want on those two strings, and the string spacing, and the fret board edges if you want. It figures out eaxtly where eac...
by Dave Weir
2 May 2008 10:45 pm
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: Fanned scale lap steel, what are your thoughts?
Replies: 50
Views: 33969

I have always played right handed guitars left handed, but still strung right handed, so the bass string is on the bottom. When I decided to try playing lap style, I just continued in the same direction, buying an old right handed Epiphone Electar and playing it left handed, with the base string awa...