The Steel Guitar Forum

Anyone ever try making a 12-string/6 course lap steel? Any thought or opinions on whether or not it's a worthy experiment?

I have an adapted 12 string. Sounds sweet. Alan Brookes probably has one too.

AJ Azure wrote:I have an adapted 12 string. Sounds sweet. Alan Brookes probably has one too.

So...why is it so uncommon? I've never seen a production model, only adaptations or one-offs like Alan's real-steel guitar.

tom doughty uses one too, i think possibly kelly joe phelps. uncommonality has to do with the narrow minded pigeon-holing mentality that seems to infest many circles including steel guitar circles.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... 459#880459
Check out the above. I've built several over the years.


I built the following 16-string lap steel for Basil Henriques about two years ago.

Here is a video I shot of him playing it. Unfortunately for some reason the sound and video have gone out of sync by a couple of seconds, but you get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8oFHywB-aU

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ht=lapolin

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ht=lapolin

http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/008934.html

http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/009160.html

Check out these threads.

Also, Sho-Bud produced a double-course pedal steel at one time, and that has also been discussed on the Forum.

Great idea!

Fern

Ferdinand van den Berg wrote:Great idea!

Dank u wel.