Radical lap steel designs from Italy

Fred Kinbom · From: Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.

I just received an e-mail from an Italian guitar builder/designer named Leonardo Aurelio, with some photos of his lap steels.

Hold on to your hats!

Shocked

And this one, with what seems to be a tremolo:

I wonder how practical they are to take to gigs, but he has some pretty wild ideas! And I like the "surrealist/1920s industrialism" feel to his designs.

Here are the web addresses of Aurelio guitars:

www.aurelioguitars.com
http://it.youtube.com/user/aurelioguitars
http://profile.myspace.com/leonardo_aurelio

He has some radical guitar designs too!

What are your thoughts?

Fred
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Fred Kinbom · From: Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.

I found a youtube demo of a third model:

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=nqvyAY94Tds

The sound quality is not the best (it seems to be digital distortion on the recording on the loud bits, not amp overdrive - or?), but it seems to have a unique sound. I like the clean sound - it sounds almost acoustic.

Fred
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Jim Cohen · From: Philadelphia, PA

Too cool for skool!
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Fred Kinbom · From: Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.

Having listened to the youtube clip a few times I am VERY intrigued by that third model! It sounds sort of like an acoustic/Sunrise/Weissenborn sound and an electric at the same time. Could it be an aluminum construction?

I have e-mailed the builder asking for pics/specs/info on this model, and the price, which I am afraid to discover, because I think I may want one. Oh Well

Fred
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Gary Stevenson · From: Northern New York,USA

these are very kool designs.It just seems there is no end to the possiblility(sp) one can come up with. the u shaped steel is just out of sight.

Peter Jacobs · From: Northern Virginia

I am so digging these. Thanks for the tip, Fred.

Peter
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Bill Creller · From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)

They appear to be easy to hold on the lap. Sure some interesting ideas there.

Darrell Urbien · From: Echo Park, California

Kind of Steampunk, eh?

Tom Pettingill · From: California, USA (deceased)

Cool stuff, kind of dig that Rube Goldberg like implementation on the second one.
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Jon Light (deceased) · From: Saugerties, NY

I laughed out loud when I saw that fold-back neck guitar. Very fine. I've tried but I just can't come up with a mechanical sense of what's going on with #2. Looks like it does something cool.
I love his stuff.

Kirk Francis · From: Laupahoehoe

leonardo aurelio must be related to leonardo da vinci -- che arte fantastico!

kirk francis.

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