Newbie With An Artisan

Lee Gustafson · Post by **Lee Gustafson** » 22 Nov 2005 1:38 pm

First posting for me.I've had my Artisan for a few months and am enjoying the challenge.I mess around on guitar with our "cool" pastor and a bunch of friends, some skilled some learning.I hope to show some improvement by the end of our long winter in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It's nice to see other Michiganders on the Forum. My inspiration for lap steel comes from a band based out of Lansing, Mi. called Steppin In It. Their site is http://www.steppininit.com/ Thanks for all the useful information on the Forum.

Stephan Miller · Post by **Stephan Miller** » 22 Nov 2005 2:45 pm

Hey Lee, welcome to the forum! Thanks for the link-- that's a very cool versatile band. One of the brothers (Joe?) is really "slidin' in it" too: trombone, dobro, steel. Does a nice job on his Fender Dual Pro on Bob Will's "Nobody's Sweetheart", and singing lead to boot...

Stick around, you'll learn a lot. Just remember to spend at least as much time playing your steel as hanging out here!

--Steve

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 22 Nov 2005 3:28 pm

Lee, welcome to the Forum. This is definitely the place to be.

Donald Ruetenik · Post by **Donald Ruetenik** » 22 Nov 2005 5:41 pm

And now the question everybody wants to ask: Is it a black one?

Lee Gustafson · Post by **Lee Gustafson** » 22 Nov 2005 5:55 pm

It's a blue one. It matches my blue Ibanez acoustic guitar. I don't have a black one to compare it to and I still have the original strings on, but it sounds fine to me. No one has posted anything about the nut on the Artisan though. Has anyone tried to replace the original wood one?

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 22 Nov 2005 8:08 pm

Welcome to the Forum, Lee. I have a good friend that is a former UPer. He moved here from Calumet in the early 1960's.

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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande

Mullen U-12, Evans FET-500, Fender Steel King

Gerald Ross · Post by **Gerald Ross** » 22 Nov 2005 8:12 pm

Hi Lee,

Welcome from another Michigander (eventhough I am a "troll").

I used to play up in the UP a lot in the 1980's, in Marquette, Houghton, Munising and just across the border from Hurley, Wisconsin. It's beautiful up there.

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'

CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
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