Lap Steel or hand pedal steel?

[Kjell Helde]

Hi guys.
Found this on the youtube, this is fantastic.
I`m starting to build my own 8 strings lapsteel.
No, I got some new ideas. Great guitar and sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TdapBSJ-fI


Kjell.

[Joel Johnston]

It is amazing that someone had not thought of putting a Bigsby Bar type of string bending arrangement like that on a Lap Steel much sooner, considering how long the lap steel has been around! Thanks for posting that interesting video Kjell and good luck with your own ideas.

[Ben Cartwright]

This is amazing. I would imagine my feet would be trying to hit the ghost pedals every time I used the bar bender. This also makes me really appreciate steel players that have mastered slants where they can slant so well in tune it sounds just like a pedal.

The capo is a great idea too. Cool instrument. Probably costs as much as a nice S10 pedal steel though eh?

[Matthew Warman]

it is a nice idea, but at around $2000 most of us would think twice about purchasing the Pomona 6. Hope the lap steels you plan to make are going to be more affordable and keep us posted
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1412845

[David Hartley]

I like the idea of the capo.

You probably won't want that old Franklin when you buy or make one of these pedal laps.

I will pick it up in August and get it out of your way for you.

[Fred Glave]

That is real cool. Do you think that's a lap/Dobro tuning, or something else?

[Fred Glave]

Which makes me think. Does Bigsby make a bar that just drops certain strings? Most Whammy's drop all 6 on yer strat, or whatever. If so, why not just install a Bigsby on a lap steel?

[b0b]

It is amazing that someone had not thought of putting a Bigsby Bar type of string bending arrangement like that on a Lap Steel much sooner, considering how long the lap steel has been around! Thanks for posting that interesting video Kjell and good luck with your own ideas.

People have been retrofitting lap steels with HipShot string benders for a long time. I first played one that a friend of mine made about 25 years ago. Production lap steels with benders are pretty rare, though. There isn't a huge market for them.

Notice how, while the bends sound like A+B pedals, the tone of the Duesenberg lap steel doesn't have the richness and sustain of a real pedal steel. It would be okay for playing in an Americana or country-rock band, but it's not the right tone for most country music.

[James Kerr]

Some variations.







I had more but can't find them today.

James.