One-off lap steel bought on Ebay

Matt Hutchinson · Post by **Matt Hutchinson** » 23 Feb 2006 4:15 am

I bought this oddity off Ebay recently for £4.99 as a bit of a blind gamble:
Auction on eBay.

Just arrived today so I'm keen to get it home, re-string it and see how it goes. I've never played lap steel before so should be interesting!

Matt

[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 23 February 2006 at 08:53 AM.]

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 23 Feb 2006 5:42 am

Nice one Matt. Just about the price of a pack of smokes..
New strings would double its value !!

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Steel players do it without fretting

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Matt Hutchinson · Post by **Matt Hutchinson** » 23 Feb 2006 6:42 am

The lady I bought it from also had a triple neck which sold for £30!! They were both made in the '70s by her boyfriend's uncle apparently. Seems like the intonation etc is sound but kind of hard to tell with ancient strings on it.