Heavy G

Gaylon Mathews · Post by **Gaylon Mathews** » 20 May 2015 1:30 pm

Dennis Brown from 2Ds Guitars has built me a new lap steel and here it is! It's a 24" scale with two P90 pickups. It's mountable to an SD-10 body in place of the pad or can be used as a true lap steel. This thing sounds awesome!

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 20 May 2015 1:55 pm

Thanks for posting this Gaylon.
With a "LOT OF HELP" from Gaylon, this turned into a great new product for the 2dsguitar family. Gaylon choose the 24" scale and P90 pickups. Hopefully sound samples or a video will be coming soon. The "Heavy G" name is from Gaylon's nick name heavy G. It just seems to fit. There is no way I could thank Gaylon enough for his support and kindness. www.2dsguitars.com
Dennis

Rick Barnhart · Post by **Rick Barnhart** » 20 May 2015 3:09 pm

That's a pretty cool rig. How does it attach to the SD10? We'd love to see a few more photos.

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 20 May 2015 3:23 pm

Hello Rick.
It attaches with 4 round head screws. Two through the bridge and two at the end of the head stock. You can see the two at the bridge. It can also be hardwired to your pedal steel to eliminate the 2- 1/4" jacks on the end. I'll post more photos soon.
Also has a A/B switch, (steel to simulator) and a pickup selection switch. ( neck pickup, bridge pickup or both)
Dennis

Doug Earnest · Post by **Doug Earnest** » 20 May 2015 7:28 pm

Good job Dennis & Gaylon!

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 21 May 2015 8:57 am

Thank you Doug.

Ron Landis · Post by **Ron Landis** » 21 May 2015 9:17 am

This is great! I've been thinking about this very thing myself since I go back and forth between pedal and lap steel. I'm currently using my C6 neck without pedals and switch over to lap steel for blues and rock stuff. But what I really want is all three on one guitar so I can have a six string G tuning, an eight string neck in the middle with A6 and for the front neck a standard E9 pedal neck.

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 21 May 2015 9:40 am

Ron, could build a double neck 8 and 6 stand alone on legs. Then you have it all. E9,C6,A6 8 string, G 6 string.

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 21 May 2015 10:02 am

Looks perfect! I want one. .. except all my single neck steels are single bodies.

How much effect did adding the second neck have on the resonance of the E9 neck?

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 21 May 2015 10:27 am

Hello Tom. No notice of change by anyone. E9 sounds great. Should be less than adding a C6 I would think.

Len Amaral · Post by **Len Amaral** » 21 May 2015 12:18 pm

Great concept and as I don't like a pad this would be very useful.

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 22 May 2015 8:24 am

Thank you Len.
Check out our updated web site. www.2dsguitars.com

Kevin Maki · Post by **Kevin Maki** » 18 Apr 2016 5:11 am

This is great ! I was just thinking of this design yesterday,and wondering if anyone has this type of setup.I play a Peavey Powerslide on a few songs,and it's a little difficult to fit it on my lap while sitting at my steel.I do play it standing up also,so I don't want to buy a different lap steel.Anyway,this is the perfect solution for my situation.So glad you posted this ! Awesome !

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 18 Apr 2016 7:48 am

Thank you Kevin. Glad you lIke it.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 18 Apr 2016 9:49 am

i've seen this concept over the years.
it makes more sense to me to learn a little on the normal c6 neck on a d10.
there is so much more potential there....as well as what this offers.

Tom Campbell · Post by **Tom Campbell** » 18 Apr 2016 4:07 pm

Scotty had an "Excel" for sale a couple of years ago that had a 8 string non-pedal and a 10 string pedal on a D-10 body (blue). I almost bought it (waited too long)!

Kevin Maki · Post by **Kevin Maki** » 18 Apr 2016 6:27 pm

Dennis Brown wrote:Thank you Kevin. Glad you lIke it.

I can't get on your website. Are you still building these lapsteels ?

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 19 Apr 2016 5:29 am

Yes Kevin, we're making them. The Web site is back. I'll send you a email.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 19 Apr 2016 8:23 am

if you have a c6 neck and don't use the pedals.
it's a non-pedal steel. you can set it up in any tuning with as many strings as 10 to your liking.
much cheaper and smarter than butchering/building some hybrid strange thing that has less potential.
much cheaper and easier than the alternative here which seems to me to be to cover up someone's insecurity on learning the c6 neck.
why not just use your c6 neck a little at a time,
gradually working your way up to becoming a double neck player?

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 19 Apr 2016 2:22 pm

Chris, the purpose of our guitars give another choice rather than C6.
It's a different feel, flavor and tone.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 19 Apr 2016 4:38 pm

you don't have to tune the back neck to c6.

it's a buncha strings to be tuned however you want.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 19 Apr 2016 6:51 pm

I'm sure that the pickups sound very different from a C6 pedal pickup, Chris. Listened to any top 40 country in the past 20 years? The 6-string slide guitar sound is all over the place. It's good to be able to get that sound from the steel chair when you need it.

Dustin Rigsby · Post by **Dustin Rigsby** » 19 Apr 2016 7:11 pm

Lots of possibilities with that . Open G with a dobro sim, open E blues, lap C6... I hope it helps him to differentiate himself from the pack and make some dough ! To quote a movie "rules....there are no rules" !

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 19 Apr 2016 7:43 pm

So...what (or who) exactly is "Heavy G"?

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 19 Apr 2016 8:02 pm

i know what you're implying , b0b....but seriously, with all the available effects, pickups and amps, it can be done fairly easily. i feel you all aren't giving the standard d10 pedal steel the credit it deserves. it is more versatile than you are allowing. maybe that is what's holding it back.

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