Your Favorite Lap Steel Is..................

David Matzenik · Post by **David Matzenik** » 10 Apr 2013 6:49 pm

Brad Bechtel wrote:David, if you've never seen one of these Teisco steels before, why would you consider it your favorite?

I'm going purely on visual the style of it. It seems at once modernistic yet traditionally Japanese. If that is possible.

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 10 Apr 2013 11:08 pm

DENNIS...Jeff Ah Hoy has mentioned many who play the CANOPUS in Hawai'i....and there are many ! It has a very strong solid tone, expensive....yes, but you only get what you pay for....right ? As for the tuning pan fitting into an old Fender, it would be worth a try to contact Yasu. He might be willing to supply one for you. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Thiel Hatt · Post by **Thiel Hatt** » 14 Apr 2013 6:58 pm

This one is my favorite, for two reasons. First I wanted one that sounds good, which this one does, with the ZumSteel pickup Bruce made to accomodate a 9 string guitar. Secondly, I wanted an instrument with the same string spacing as the standard pedal steel guitar. I got both things I wanted and therefore my favorite.

seldomfed · Post by **seldomfed** » 15 Apr 2013 8:16 am

My 6 string frypan. Why? Just has such a rich tone.

Rockne Riddlebarger · Post by **Rockne Riddlebarger** » 15 Apr 2013 11:08 am

My 1952 Supro Twin outfitted with 60's Gibson P-90's.

Kurt Kowalski · Post by **Kurt Kowalski** » 15 Apr 2013 12:09 pm

Oh that is an easy answer.

Simple...

My Clinesmith 10 string lap steel.

Awesome all the way around.

Kurt

Jack Aldrich · Post by **Jack Aldrich** » 15 Apr 2013 1:37 pm

My D8 Stringmaster. It's my workhorse. But I love the tone of my Rick B6, - Jack

Michael Milton · Post by **Michael Milton** » 17 Apr 2013 4:14 am

I can't pick one but these are my current faves from those I own.

The Harmos

The Moog

I'm getting a National brass hollowneck next week which might take centre stage from these

Stephen Abruzzo · Post by **Stephen Abruzzo** » 29 Apr 2013 12:31 pm

Geez, I guess my Pettingill Frying Pan Special because it has 2 wildly disparate pups in there that covers a lot of tonal landscape......and the steel is in Open E or E7 and it just rocks.

I can't say enough about how great it is to have 2 different pups in a steel, so long as they "get along".

C. E. Jackson · Post by **C. E. Jackson** » 29 Apr 2013 1:38 pm

My favorite for regular playing and recording is a Gibson EH 185 (v.1a) 7 string C.C. PU c. 1939 tuned to A6. It has excellent tone, palm and finger harmonics, and sustain.

Stephen Dorocke · Post by **Stephen Dorocke** » 7 May 2013 11:44 am

this one.. not the original pickup.. which was very strange and cool, but sonically kind of a dud...

Great sounding guitar! C#-E-G-A-C-Eb (E)

Stefan Robertson · Post by **Stefan Robertson** » 5 May 2015 11:35 am

If you don't already know my absolute favourite is the MSA Superslide 12 string. I just wish I could convince wife to let me make that purchase but every tin I save the money something always comes up.

Maybe one day.

Hopefully soon.

I would gladly be a walking endorsement for them just for one. The sound and playability and materials used and shape. Man Reece got it so right. RIP the legend in my opinion.

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Terry VunCannon · Post by **Terry VunCannon** » 5 May 2015 2:54 pm

I seem to keep going back to my '51 National Dynamic...

Roger Palmer · Post by **Roger Palmer** » 6 May 2015 6:05 am

One of my homemades is my day to day steel, best sound and playability. Ive put a coil tapped humbucker in it so I could get the single coil sound but it sounds better as a humbucker. I have a few others but this is my C6th one which is my go to tuning

Larry Lenhart · Post by **Larry Lenhart** » 6 May 2015 7:03 am

It says "lap steel" and for this I would go with my Melbert 8 string..great sound and looks. If you mean "non-pedal", then my Fender T8 stringmaster...it is the best sounding non-pedal I have owned and it looks so cool...has lots of character !

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 6 May 2015 7:27 am

Just about any lap steel Beaumier plays

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 6 May 2015 2:30 pm

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 6 May 2015 2:37 pm

Favorite build built with two an three quater inch round stick of hard rock maple .Wings milled into round maple stock, three color wood fret markers milled in to neck . Zkinglapsteel@gmail.com

Barbara Berg · Post by **Barbara Berg** » 8 May 2015 2:38 pm

Well, first I was in love with my 1956 Fender, that lasted a year until I saved up enough money to buy my 1946 B6, The tone is like a bell inside a metal room. How's that for a description Jack?

Jack Aldrich · Post by **Jack Aldrich** » 8 May 2015 6:34 pm

My recent favorite is my Bill Asher Alan Akaka Special 8. It has tone and sustain to die for! Other than that, it's my Canopus D8 I got from Greg Sardinha. The Asher travels a lot easier than a D8, and, because I use a high G C13 (from top G E C A G E Bb G), I can do a lot of B11 tunes (in C rather than A), especially if I tune the middle G to F#.

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 9 May 2015 7:05 am

Man ... hard for me to pick one, but I'd have to go with this one. Its the second steel I ever made and one I still own and play regularly. I definitely should get some better updated pics taken as it has aged nicely and has a different pickup than in the pic.

Deirdre Higgins · Post by **Deirdre Higgins** » 9 May 2015 9:44 am

I love my new Melbert 8 string.
Handcrafted quality, and beauty, with rich lovely tone.

Jack Aldrich · Post by **Jack Aldrich** » 9 May 2015 12:57 pm

Barbara Berg wrote:Well, first I was in love with my 1956 Fender, that lasted a year until I saved up enough money to buy my 1946 B6, The tone is like a bell inside a metal room. How's that for a description Jack?

Correct! My 1946 B6 has great tone. Keep plying, Barb!

Don Crowl · Post by **Don Crowl** » 10 May 2015 10:33 am

Recovering from health setback I'm appreciating my light, little Carvin S-8. Can pick it up with a couple of fingers, sits lightly on my lap for home practice & sounds pretty good through a Roland 80 XL. Great thread. There are a lot of beauties out there.

Alan Barley · Post by **Alan Barley** » 17 May 2015 5:53 am

Any of these.

Thanks!

Alan

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