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Rickey Mitchell
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Posted 2 Feb 2010 5:25 pm |
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Hey Steinar. I notice on your webpage you have a strat converted to lapsteel style using one of the Redneck necks. How does that work for you?
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 1:32 am
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ooops, i thought he meant DYK Bama Charlie
sorry my bad....  |
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 2:37 am
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Hi Rickey,- I don't have it anymore but I was very happy with it. Great tone(s) and sustain, my only minor 'complaint' would be that I had a tendency to bump into the upper horn of the Strat body with my forearm when playing above the 12th fret. So if I should get another one I would probably use a Tele body, but that's also because I prefer 2-pickup guitars in general.
The neck was well made and Loni is a great guy to deal with, so I'd say go for it if you're considering one. It's definitely a different sonic 'lap steel experience'. 
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D Schubert
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 4:35 am
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I am not Steiner, but I do own two Rednecks. One is a strat that I bought from a forum brother. The other is a Tele that I assembled myself. The massive neck is very good for sustain and balances well on the lap. String spacing is wide like a Dobro. If you mount on a Tele, I'd strongly recommend the large-diameter replacement bridge saddle that Loni can provide.
To me, the big "bonus" is the availability of aftermarket electronics that you can use to customize your sound. I've changed up my Tele several times -- current setup is a Fralin steel-pole (P-90 type) in the bridge position and a GFS Mean 90 in the neck position, with a 4-way (parallel/series) switch and a mini-toggle for phase reversal. Strings are 0.016" electric Dobro gage, tuning is usually lo-bass G. Very versatile axe. |
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Rickey Mitchell
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Fresno the center of California
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 6:16 am
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Thank you Steinar and D. That’s the kind of info I needed.
I’m going to order one of the Strat necks and put it on my American made strat till I can find one of those used Mexican Strats with a humbucking pick up in the bridge position. From this brain child I hope to acquire a sit up due "to the availability of aftermarket electronics that you can use to customize your sound". as D wrote, with a number of tone options. At the very least I’ll have the Gibson and the Fender tones I’ve always loved.
By the way Steinar, I have the same Fretless Jazz Bass model you have, My has the S1 switch.
Thanks again for the info guys.
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 7:03 am
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| ...till I can find one of those used Mexican Strats with a humbucking pick up in the bridge position. |
Don't know what a Mexican Strat sell for used these days, but The Stratosphere offers a brand new American Strat body, fully loaded with humbucker and two singlecoils, for $449 - Click Here
Yeah, the fretless Jazz Bass is nice.. 
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Rickey Mitchell
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Fresno the center of California
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 8:01 am
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Morning Steinar, Believe it or not I was just checking out Ebay and round up on the Stratosphere. The Lonestar Strat is the actual body I'm after. The Stratosphere
has that body on sale on eBay as we speak. They usually want around $400 for just the body. The ones on sale are $197. If one is patience they they can pick up one of the longstar strats for around $300. They're a bit high but I like the Stratosphere. If you can't find it anywhere else they got it.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 8:34 am
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Here is the guitar I put together, complete with Hipshot Trilogy and roller nut:
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 11:06 am
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Ancient Barden in bridge, + 2 Hotrails. Pulled the unfinished body out of a garbage can. Believe it's red oak. Weighs almost twice as much as a heavy Les Paul. Great lapsteel. Very versatile sound-wise. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 11:23 am
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James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 12:09 pm
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I've thought about doing this. Take a look at the Agile brand guitars on the Rondo website. They offer a wide range of bodies, colors, etc that are probably built in the same factories as the Fenders. From what I've read, their Tele clones are considered to be a great bang for the buck.
I know you can get a Agile Les Paul knockoff with chambered mahogony and a maple top for about 1/4 the price of a Gibson. |
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Rickey Mitchell
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Fresno the center of California
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Posted 4 Feb 2010 8:17 am
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Well guy’s I’ve learned far more than I hoped for.
Beautiful guitars, Erv and John B.
As far as using a strat, I love the sound I get, till say the switch is in the middle position. I never use it past there.
The Lonestar Stratocaster with a humbucker for the bridge pick up, is actually the guitar I’m after.
The Guitar center here in Fresno let me raise the action on one so I could try it out lap steel style, (something I’ve already done to the strat I have.) It has the tone’s I’m looking for and then some.
I do brush my forearm against the horn when I play below the twelfth fret it hasn’t bothered me yet, if it was just a bit higher it could be extremely annoying. It makes me wonder if that might happen when I put the Redneck on.
I’ve bid on a lonestar strat body on ebay
. If I get it I’ll just start building it from there. I have a few pick ups I’d like to try out.
By the way I saw Steinars Strat on link below.
http://www.lapdancerguitars.com/news.html
Thanks again for all the input.
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Posted 4 Feb 2010 8:54 am
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The fretboard on the Redneck is flush with the pickguard (roughly speaking) so it's closer to the body than on a regular Strat/Tele.
It's not that big a deal though, you'll get used to it.
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Erv Niehaus
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Posted 4 Feb 2010 9:12 am
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I also reworked a "Lapmaster" guitar from Loni a while back:
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Rickey Mitchell
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Fresno the center of California
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Posted 6 Feb 2010 5:56 pm
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Well I was able to get a lonestar body and pick gard off eBay for it for $160.
I'm going to send loni a deposit next week.
I'm on my way to creating my own Stratatein !!!!!
Thanks guys you've been a great help.
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