The Steel Guitar Forum

Congrats Mike!
It's a beauty and you deserve it.

Roy

Wow! Congratulations, Mike. when a man finds the instrument he was meant to play it's a beautiful thing. I can't wait to hear how it sounds and how you explore all those ideas.

My lifelong problem is that MY perception of the instrument I was meant to play changes on a semi-regular basis. Sigh.

Andy Volk wrote:My lifelong problem is that MY perception of the instrument I was meant to play changes on a semi-regular basis. Sigh.

That is why I made a commitment to play steel and drag along with it everything I've ever known on any instrument at every point in my life. That is why I see things the way I do.

My tunings are, bass strings first:

G A C D E G A C D E (I called it A minor pentatonic)

and

C D F Bb C E G A C E (C13 extended)


If you don't hear from me for a while, send a search party.

That is a beauty Mike! No doubt you are grinning from ear to ear. Todd does such a nice job on those. Nice birdseye like that is getting harder and harder to find. And when you do, its a freaking small fortune.

Looking forward to hearing you bring it to life

Wow..beautiful. No surprise there, all those Clinesmiths are amazing. A modern classic and a future one as well. Todd is a worthy heir to the Bigsby legacy for sure. I know you'll do it justice. Follow your muse in good health...

The deep strings have a piano like quality to them.

That is a quest of mine in guitar & amp. So great.

Real happy for you & your dream axe.

Congratulations Mike. I'm quite sure more incredible music will come from you!

Congratulations Mike,
I can understand how you must feel. When the Rukavina was delivered I took two days off from my day job because I was excited to begin the new adventure.

Bellissima ...

Another beautiful job by Todd Clinesmith. I hope you get many years enjoyment out of finding all the music he's hidden in there.

wow.......real nice......I look forward to hearing what you discover on these 10 string necks......

Of course you could just tune them: root, 5th, root, 5th, etc etc. for the ultimate 20-string power chord!

Congratulations Mike. Can't wait to hear what you do with it.

Enjoy!

All the best,

Bob

A beautiful instrument! I agree with Mike that one neck-it chords, another solo. So it is very convenient at concerts. Just me FACEGACE-chords and GBDEGACE solo.

Todd Clinesmith wrote:I have some ideas going for some 22.5 inch cast lap steels. An Adolph meets PA type guitar. Also a 25 inch scale of this type. Hopefully by fall or winter this will get going.

Any more news on this?

Inquiring minds want to know...

I don't even have my National up and running yet and you've got me jonesing for a Clinesmith. Beautiful guitars! Something to aspire to.

The cast lap steels are going to happen, and getting closer. I had a few set backs . Last year I built a new shop at our home while keeping up on orders . I moved into it last June.
Since then I have been catching up on orders. The "catch up" has about been caught up with, so the project has momentum again.
I have the prototype done and funds are set aside for the project. I should have this to my pattern maker in the next month or two . The pickups are very close to complete .
I do not want to go into too many details at this time tho I can say:

I will be making these cast steels primarily for 8 strings. Tho 6 and 7 string models will be possible.
I will not be making 10 stringers .I offer 10 string models with my console steels and two other lap steel designs.
22.5 inch scale and 24 7/8 scale models will be available.
String thru body design.
Custom string spacings will be an option.

I am really looking forward to getting these guitars going. I appreciate the interest and the emails about these instruments. I have a "contact when ready" list started. If you wish to be on this or wish to be kept informed as progress takes shape please email me . I never email spam,self promotional material or marketing info. So have no fear ...
Todd

Put me on the list, Todd.

Mike, now that you've spent some time with the D-10, how do you like your tuning choises?

If you had only a single neck, what 10-string tuning would you use?

Beautiful guitar! Gongratulations....

Regards,

Lenny

Tom Wolverton wrote:Mike, now that you've spent some time with the D-10, how do you like your tuning choises?

If you had only a single neck, what 10-string tuning would you use?

Tom, I changed my tunings within a short time of posting them here. Both necks are based on C6 (one is C13 and one is a Dmin11). I've been playing them for several months and am very happy. I feel they allow me to represent who I am as a player...for now.

If I only had a single 10 neck, high to low: E C A G E C Bb G E C

Thanks Mike.