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Topic: lap steel tone vs spanish guitar tone |
James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 1 Feb 2007 12:18 pm |
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Listen to this, track "Eighty-One".
http://www.purevolume.com/modernruins
I wrote this guy and asked him what lap steel he was using. He's using a Parker Fly Deluxe, it's not a lap steel but an electric guitar played like a lap steel. That tone is incredible. It was recorded entirely with a Pod XT using the HiWatt amp model.
This is making me consider checking out electric guitars as lap steel options. I figure the addition of a neck pickup would add some versatility. |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2007 8:33 pm
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Paul Franklin has and maybe still uses strats and tele's for lap steel and so has Jerry Douglas. I remember seeing Franklin laying a tele on top of his steel and just flat wore it out. I've got a Johnson strat that I use for lap steel and I've got a Fernandes tele that I'm thinking about using for lap steel. I like the pickup choices you get from guitars.
Tony |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 2 Feb 2007 3:08 am
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James,
check out this site:
http://www.lapdancerguitars.com/news.html
BTW, the 8-string lap steel I'm currently assembling parts for will definitely have a neck pickup - probably a Stringmaster type from Pete Biltoft at VintageVibeGuitars (bridge pickup is a Lollar Chicago). Neck pickups are great for warmer, bluesier sounds... |
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2007 4:42 am
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at a jam one night I threw an old Harmony Rocket on my lap, two P90's. it was tuned open D , of all things.
I had at it and it as great fun. keep an eye out for those beaters. they can be sleepers. |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2007 7:41 am
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| I was at a jam a few months ago and only had my Tele. They played a song that cried out for slide, so I looked around the garage and saw a tool box, took out a Craftsman long 7/8th socket and laid the Tele on my lap. I had a little fret buzz, but if I was careful it sounded pretty good. It's not something I'd normally do, but it worked. |
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