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I was more impressed by this demonstration Mike. Click Here

Hi Andy. I attended the NAMM show, and tried out the lap steel myself. Needless to say I was pretty impressed.

I asked wither the same technology could be used in a pedal steel guitar. The guy told me that since their system is based on the use of magnetism, all the metal used in building a pedal steel would interfere with it, and the only way it could be done would be if all the metal parts in the PSG were made out of a non-magnetic material like copper or aluminum.

As soon as I win the lottery, the first thing I'm going to do is have such a guitar built for me.

good for all the music we love...techno, electronica, disco...program some beats and what else would you need?

Mike Perlowin wrote:I attended the NAMM show, I was pretty impressed.

As soon as I win the lottery, the first thing I'm going to do is have such a guitar built for me.

Should have been you demo'ing it.

Platinum is non-magnetic...

Ron Whitfield wrote:

Mike Perlowin wrote:I attended the NAMM show, I was pretty impressed.

Should have been you demo'ing it.

I might be able to do it if they gave me one and let me woodshed on it for a month or 2, (they did not offer to do that,) but it's not like playing a regular lap steel. You have to spend some time to learn how to use this thing. It's a whole new concept in how instruments work. Not something you can just immediately play.

Same thing with their 6 strings. You have to learn how to use them. I tried, but was hopelessly confused.

Am I the only one who thought it sounded awful?

Ray Shakeshaft wrote:Am I the only one who thought it sounded awful?

It did sound horrible in the demonstrator's hands, but he's not a steel player nor did he seem to have it's effects down enuf to tap into it's musical possibilities. Like most effects, they tend to sound lame or amaturish unless in the hands of someone prone to quickly seeing/hearing what most can't, and for most steelers they'd be useless. That's why I mentioned Mike, we have FMs that can make good use of quirky/awful sounds.

I just learned of this guitar yesterday...from Billy Cardine, the player in the first video. I'm not a big fan of the ladder filter, and that video was embedded with a start point well past the best stuff IMO.

I also think this is a better demonstration of what the guitar is capbable of, and why I'd like to have one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYvPwOitnpc Billy has studied with Debashish Bhattacharya, and the Eastern influence is apparent.

No, it's not traditional, but it's not supposed to be. I think it would be a great guitar for the folk/rock group I'm in...and the mute mode is close enough to a dobro for a lot of the stuff we do.

You are not the only one Ray ! To me it was more of a demo of effects than a guitar, but it's all a matter of taste etc.
There are folks who make recordings with too many effects, and if they have to play live, they can't cut it. Just an observation........