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Al Salmon
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Kallangur, Australia
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Posted 23 Jul 2010 1:09 pm |
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Hi Y'all!
I've just taken possession of a new Cole Clark LD1 lap steel. It's the one with the horseshoe pickup and bakelite nut. Fabulous tone and sustain. I'm the world's worst photographer, but have included a picture of it.
Anyone else play one of these?
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John Ed Kelly
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted 23 Jul 2010 5:51 pm
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Hi there Al, from one Aussie to another.
I looked at those beaut Aussie Cole Clark axes when I considered my first purchase - only 18 months ago actually - but decided against it as it does not have a tone pot. Heck, I'm far from knowing all that much really, but it did spoil it a bit for me.
Do you find you need to lean over your amp a lot to toggle the tone knobs to compensate?
If I could get around the tone control thing, I guess I'd reconsider.
cheers,
JK |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 23 Jul 2010 11:31 pm
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| I've never touched the tone controls on my lap steels - the best tone controls are the fingers on my right hand, and where I'm picking. Close to the bridge, bright, halfway between the bar and the bridge, nice, warm, "tubular." |
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Al Salmon
From:
Kallangur, Australia
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 5:35 pm
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Guys,
If the volume knob's moved minutely from full volume the treble roll off serves as a great 'tone control'. I am very happy with this unit. 
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Eugene Cole
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near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 6:48 pm
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| John Ed Kelly wrote: |
...but decided against it as it does not have a tone pot. Heck, I'm far from knowing all that much really, but it did spoil it a bit for me.
If I could get around the tone control thing, I guess I'd reconsider.
JK |
I installed a stacked pot (they have coaxial shafts) and added a treble roll-off in a lap steel once. This left the body of the instrument unchanged and served its purpose.
If a treble roll-off is something you want it is (for most instruments) very little work to do what I did. I will admit that choosing the knobs to use was something I agonized over for far too long.
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