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Topic: Modifying a steel string guitar for slide playing |
Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Randy Reeves
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LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2007 1:16 pm |
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thanks for the post Brad. I am always on the lookout for an inexpensive or beater acoutic to turn into a lap slide.
the picture of the bridge breaking is frightening. especially so , as I am making a semi hollow body lap steel and am making an ebnony bridge with bone saddle. (almost as pictured). |
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2007 4:54 pm
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Didn't Lew Childre play a Martin with a nut extension on it?
Also, Oswald played a round neck Dobreo with an extension nut.
If you watch the gauges of strings and don't try to string an acoustic up like a dobro style guitar with heavy strings, I don't see why there is a problem.
When I taught steel guitar many years ago, I would use the Stella guitars and put an extension nut on them until the player got advanced enough for an electric.
Thanx,
Jim |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2007 9:02 pm
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| I picked up a '60's Harmony acoustic that needed a neck reset, so I put an extension nut on it and use it for C6 things. I'm still working out the pickup situation. I have a Lace Acoustic pickup that's too far away from the strings, but I think I have a solution. It's fun. |
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