Scarrowtone lap steel

Brandon Housewright · Post by **Brandon Housewright** » 2 May 2005 9:13 am

Anyone played one of these? I'm wanting to start lap steel and saw this brand on Ebay for sale at a real reasonable price. Thanks!

Brandon Housewright · Post by **Brandon Housewright** » 4 May 2005 6:58 am

Has no one played one of these?

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 4 May 2005 8:05 am

I had never heard of them prior to your posting. The Model 6 and Model 10 steels on the maker's web site looks pretty basic, but should be very functional.
I'm afraid I can't offer anything other than opinions based on the photos. The eBay price seems reasonable.

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Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 4 May 2005 8:28 am

I haven't actually played one, but they look pretty good. Curtis uses swamp ash, so that's a huge point in his favor. And you can't beat those prices!
I'm thinking about having him build me a triple neck with a trilogy . . .

Rick Alexander
Big Steel

Curtis Scarrow · Post by **Curtis Scarrow** » 4 May 2005 6:07 pm

Hey there,
I've got a few guitars out there now,
So I'm hoping some player reviews will pop up here soon...
Also I'm gonna have some sound samples and new pictures available soon I'm just really busy right now with work, playing, and building...
In regards to Ricks comments...
I've had plenty of amazing sounding guitars in my time, and my favorites, always had one thing in common, Ash...There's nothing more resonant then a old swamp ash strat...Strum a chord and it rings forever...That's why I prefer swamp ash, and it's fairly pretty too...It's also way lighter then maple and gets lighter with age.
Rick is quite right about the swamp ash thing, and he's owned a few ash strats and steels, I'm Sure...!

I've got a music page where I have some really old 6 string slide recordings I've done (So far Only what I had on cds as it was easy to computerize!), but nothing as yet with a scarrowtone guitar or lap steel... www.1962cadillac.com/cls.htm
My favorite slide player is Muddy Waters, but I'm sure you'll notice if you check it out...
Atlanta Moan, and Nineteen years old are my favorites, for anyone having a listen!
Curtis [This message was edited by Curtis Scarrow on 04 May 2005 at 07:16 PM.]