Lap steels, resonators, multi-neck consoles and acoustic steel guitars
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Doug Beaumier
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by Doug Beaumier » 8 Jun 2021 5:46 pm
Spotted on Facebook. Photo by Abe Levy. It appears to be an acoustic steel guitar. Either that or a medieval torture device!
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Mike Christensen
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by Mike Christensen » 8 Jun 2021 7:08 pm
Looks like something my wife might have mixed up in a bunch of her spinning wheels and fibre processing machines. Thanks Doug.
Nic Neufeld
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by Nic Neufeld » 9 Jun 2021 5:54 am
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Now, Cardinal -- the six string rack!
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Larry Carlson
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by Larry Carlson » 9 Jun 2021 6:19 am
I may be weird but I'd like to play that thing.
If it doesn't try to bite me that is.......
I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
But I keep on trying.
Peter Harris
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by Peter Harris » 9 Jun 2021 6:55 am
Careful guys...we're one step away from a caption contest here....
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Jim Cohen
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by Jim Cohen » 9 Jun 2021 8:07 am
Doug Beaumier wrote: must... not... caption...!
... because that would be humor and, well, y'know what happens to humor...
Jim Cohen
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by Jim Cohen » 9 Jun 2021 8:09 am
Doug Beaumier wrote: Spotted on Facebook. Photo by Abe Levy. It appears to be an acoustic steel guitar. Either that or a medieval torture device!
Just to be clear, would the torture be for the person who has to play it, or the person who has to listen to it being played? Just askin'...
Jack Hanson
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by Jack Hanson » 9 Jun 2021 8:13 am
Mount a didgeridoo on that sucker and then you might have something...
Jeff Garden
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by Jeff Garden » 9 Jun 2021 8:34 am
According to "Yelp!", if you straddle it with your shorts on, the Fender Steer-Maker has quite a plaintive sound.
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by Jim Cohen » 9 Jun 2021 8:35 am
Jeff Garden wrote: According to "Yelp!", if you straddle it with your shorts on, the Fender Steer-Maker has quite a plaintive sound.
... as does he who straddles...
David Ball
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by David Ball » 9 Jun 2021 2:22 pm
Really does look like a combination of a concert harp, a lap steel, and some kind of RoyCrofters contraption. A lot of big time guitar makers have gone towards the more "harp like" vertical load on the soundboard, which this one certainly has. Could be quite great.
Dave
Rob DiStefano
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by Rob DiStefano » 9 Jun 2021 3:50 pm
Unless that contraption can fold up in some sane manner, it's not particularly gig friendly.
Marty Broussard
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by Marty Broussard » 9 Jun 2021 7:17 pm
I’d buy it IF it comes with a case….😂😂
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Peter Harris
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by Peter Harris » 9 Jun 2021 8:42 pm
...we
ARE all really missing that section, aren't we ?
If my wife is reading this, I don't have much stuff....really!
Marty Broussard
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by Marty Broussard » 10 Jun 2021 5:54 am
I miss it a little….😂😂
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Stephen Abruzzo
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by Stephen Abruzzo » 10 Jun 2021 2:48 pm
Looks like it could double as an avant-garde version of a crossbow!
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Mike Ritchie
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by Mike Ritchie » 10 Jun 2021 6:29 pm
NordicTrack's first attempt to "steel" some market shares.
Kirk Francis
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by Kirk Francis » 10 Jun 2021 7:14 pm
clearly, this instrument was designed by the downtown businessmen’s association.
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Jim Pitman
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by Jim Pitman » 18 Jun 2021 2:10 am
Kidding aside, wonder what it sounds like. Note it has a harp like sound chamber.
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by Jim Pitman » 18 Jun 2021 2:13 am
It looks like it has a wrist lever!
Peter Harris
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by Peter Harris » 18 Jun 2021 2:19 am
Jim Pitman wrote: It looks like it has a wrist lever!
Let's all hope that's not what they strap your wrist to....
If my wife is reading this, I don't have much stuff....really!