The Steel Guitar Forum

Just saw the new Peavey lap steel over the weekend. That is one ugly guitar.

I should harness my opinion.....on your opinion.

There have been no shortage of threads here on the Forum about the guitar, and yes, a fair number of folks don't care for its appearance.

But for whatever reason, I like it. And I am pretty conventional as to my taste in guitars.

For example, when it comes to electric guitars, I would never own a Gibson Explorer or a Flying V.

To me, they're just butt ugly. The key words in the previous sentence are "to me." Because I know there are thousands of guitar players that think they're the coolest thing since sliced bread.

But I like the look of the Peavey Power Slide.

Go figure.

If you are going to try and get some young players interested in Steel Guitar you had better be making something they like.
Most production lap Steels have a rather uninteresting look. Akin to a 2 x 6 with strings.
The young guns out there need something they can wrap their heads and hands around.
Peavey nailed it. I hope they sell a b##tload of em.

Time will tell. Hope they sell a bunch. Still one ugly guitar (to me)...

Safe to say it's the best 199.00 steel on the market..

I DO like that they put the effort into making a decent, affordable and flexible (i.e., play standing, sitting, or "Spanish" style) guitar for the masses. We need to get more young'uns interested in steel.

I just wish they'd make one in solid black or white, with a solid color fretboard. I don't dig the Nike-ish swish stuff, but that's just me.

If I did order one, probably the first thing I'd do is take all the hardware off, and repaint it.



TJW

I'm not really fond of the "Metal" look. I don't think it's a necessary look to pull in the youngun's either, but I do see the ergonomic reasons.

I fiddled around a tiny bit with one a few months ago and was seriously suprised by the very light weight. The sustain seemed questionable to me, but I frankly didn't spend enough time with it to really put it through it's paces. Personally, I have no interest in playing standing up with a strap, so it's just not my cup 'o tea.

The crescent shape on the "belly" side was dictated by the desire to make it a "stand up" instrument. I suppose the front side and headstock could have been shaped more conventionally? I don't mind the space age style...

The light weight makes it good for this also. But The sustain is lacking...

See these other threads: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=162678
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... highlight=


Dom Franco

My bandmates say that it's something I stole from the group "KISS". If the looks don't get their attention try the volume knob!