Jerry douglas strat lap steel

Nick Anderson · Post by **Nick Anderson** » 1 Sep 2018 3:41 pm

Back, long ago, when there was TNN and a show called American music shop, Jerry Douglas would play a small bodied strat lap steel. It may have even been built by Joe Glaser. I remember it having figured maple.

Does anyone have a pic? I've searched for one, but no luck. Even scoured youtube.

A pic and any history on it would be cool.

Thanks for the help!

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 1 Sep 2018 5:03 pm

Don't know about the strat. He used to play a Lap King http://www.lapking.com/rodeo.html

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 2 Sep 2018 5:56 am

Yes, Jerry used to play a Strat-style electric lap steel. He used it on this song. JD comes in at 03:23 ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RZFStL ... PcDr5HJ4pq

Jouni Karvonen · Post by **Jouni Karvonen** » 2 Sep 2018 10:04 am

Here's Jerry with a lap tele, starting at 6:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV2zv6sVD_o

Nick Anderson · Post by **Nick Anderson** » 3 Sep 2018 7:17 am

Thanks Andy! Thought I was going nuts. Always thought it was cool, and want to build one. Just can't find pic on the interwebs.

Adam Tracksler · Post by **Adam Tracksler** » 4 Sep 2018 3:37 am

You can always buy one of these and youâ€™ll be there

http://www.lapdancerguitars.com/news.html

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 4 Sep 2018 7:07 am

No picture, but here is a link to Jerry's long out-of-print album from the MCA Master Series, Changing Channels. The first track is Ankara to Izmir which he later recorded all acoustic on the Skip, Hop & Wobble album.

The Joe Glaser Lap Strat enters at 3:58.

As for Lap King guitars, those have been his go-to when playing electric for going on a decade.

Aside from these Joe Glaser creations, and we had a thread about this awhile back, he has had a couple lap Teles or Strats made for him by the Fender Custom Shop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQAR_jM5z0w

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 4 Sep 2018 7:11 am

Jouni Karvonen wrote:Here's Jerry with a lap tele, starting at 6:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV2zv6sVD_o

This guitar is from the Fender Custom Shop made for Jerry by Fred Stuart.

Quoting from an article in Vintage Guitar from several years back, Jerry used the lap Tele on his 2012 album, Traveler, and he had this to say:

On Traveler, Douglas played a similar square-neck Telecaster made by Fred Stuart and ran it through a Marshall stack. â€œIt was like going to the amusement park!â€ he says.

I've been using Jerry's analogy for years when people ask me what the difference is between playing the dobro vs. lap steel: The dobro is like a handsaw whereas lap steel is more like a chainsaw.