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Topic: Anyone ever see one of these? Kowabunga!! |
Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 5:25 pm |
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This is a bit wider than I'd like, but I like the concept. Maybe one designed on a scale that made it on par with the width of, say, one of those old Supro "paddle" style steels? Maybe 8 inches wide or so, and short scale. -TJW
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 5:43 pm
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| I'd get C6th on that for sure (lol:')[/code] |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 5:47 pm
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| You could play it while surfing with it. |
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 6:44 pm
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| Does anybody know who made this? Looks like it is homemade.At least it would stay on your lap while you were playing! |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 8:46 pm
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I hope Ron Whitfield doesn't see this....he'll be out in the surf playing away in no time!  |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 9:40 pm
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Those are some pretty crude rails; won't hold in anything over 2 feet. And with a rocker like that, good luck making the drop.  |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 10:00 pm
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The guy is thinking about money. It would double his cost to buy a surf board and steel guitar, so he combines the two and saves money.   
Aloha, 
Don |
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Michael Winslow
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 10:17 pm
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"I'd get C6th on that for sure"
For this axe you definitely need to use "Sea" sixth! |
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2007 5:30 am
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| and you can do your ironing between string changes. |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 10 Jan 2007 8:01 am
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| Very cool! And I LOVE that Jazz Bass bridge cover - why hasn't anybody thought about that before...? |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2007 2:02 pm
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That looks like one of Hank Mann's creations. If you put 8 or 10 strings on there and a triple reverse speed skeg, you'd really have something. You could also rig a King Kong Kord and sling it over your shoulder while you're hitching a ride down PCH. Back in the early 80s, Drew Steele from the Surf Punks had a functional skateboard with a Strat neck and DiMarzio humbuckers on it and even had a cutaway.He went wireless and with his bleached blonde dreadlocks,would ride it out onstage in a pink and black wetsuit with it feeding back and kickflip it up,catch it and start playing (completely out of tune of course). Ya had to be there.
But this one looks like it would float and that's always handy. |
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Michael Aspinwall
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2007 3:45 pm
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| Michael Winslow wrote: |
"I'd get C6th on that for sure"
For this axe you definitely need to use "Sea" sixth! |
Oh GAWD. |
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Craig Stenseth
From:
Naperville, Illinois, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2007 5:34 pm
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| I think I'd use an ice skate on the left foot for the steel, and try to get some toe picks special ordered for the right foot. |
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