An Unusual Steel Guitar

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An Unusual Steel Guitar

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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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Somebody been in Roy Underhill's shop?
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Looks like something my wife might have mixed up in a bunch of her spinning wheels and fibre processing machines. Thanks Doug.
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NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!
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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.
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Careful guys...we're one step away from a caption contest here.... :lol:
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must... not... caption...! :o
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Doug Beaumier wrote:must... not... caption...! :o
... because that would be humor and, well, y'know what happens to humor... :\
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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'...
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Mount a didgeridoo on that sucker and then you might have something...
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According to "Yelp!", if you straddle it with your shorts on, the Fender Steer-Maker has quite a plaintive sound.
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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... :whoa:
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You’d have to be nuts to do that.
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Post by David Ball »

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.

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Unless that contraption can fold up in some sane manner, it's not particularly gig friendly.
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I’d buy it IF it comes with a case….😂😂
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...we ARE all really missing that section, aren't we ? :roll:
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I miss it a little….😂😂


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Looks like it could double as an avant-garde version of a crossbow!
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NordicTrack's first attempt to "steel" some market shares.
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unusual steel guitar.

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clearly, this instrument was designed by the downtown businessmen’s association.
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Kidding aside, wonder what it sounds like. Note it has a harp like sound chamber.
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It looks like it has a wrist lever!
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Post by Peter Harris »

Jim Pitman wrote:It looks like it has a wrist lever!
Let's all hope that's not what they strap your wrist to.... :whoa:
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