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Bigsby plank style by Todd Clinesmith
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 9:44 am
by Mark Roeder
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 9:55 am
by Mike Neer
Congratulations, Mark. Looks awesome. I absolutely need one of those!
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 10:06 am
by Mark Roeder
Thanks Mike, it's loads of fun. I'm experimenting with what to do with the extra strings in A6.
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 11:09 am
by chas smith
Very nice!!!
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 11:24 am
by Jerry Gleason
Beautiful. Congratulations, Mark (and great job, Todd)!
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 11:46 am
by Bob Russell
That's a beauty!
Has ANYONE....................ever heard?
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 1:26 pm
by S.M. Johnson
Has ANYONE every heard of what might have happened to Billy Robinsons' original BIGSBY lap steel? Just can't be that many of them floating around.......can there be?
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 2:05 pm
by Kurt Kowalski
Oh Man!!!! Now ya gone and done did it TODD!!!! lol
I am with Mike, NOW I GOTTA GET ONE TOO.... Owwy....
Call me Todd, Kurt
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 3:19 pm
by Stephan Miller
That's about as sweet as it gets!
So...any thoughts on the aluminum/wood difference?
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 4:15 pm
by Keith DeLong
Now THAT guitar would be an easy conversion to lefthanded--not easy with nonpedal steels.
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 5:52 pm
by Geoff Cline
Mark: AMAZINGLY COOL. Congratulations to you. Having just sold my Clinesmith 8 rig (to buy Al Marcus' Sho-Bud), I'm jonesing bad. This guitar is breathtaking.
ENJOY...I know you will.
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 6:07 pm
by Mark Roeder
I'll have to play it awhile to give a full review, but it has a bit more sizzle in the tone....which to my ear is different than saying it has more treble.
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 6:32 pm
by Bob Hoffnar
Todd is the best. Just stunning craftsmanship. I wonder if it comes close to the sound of his console steels ? My Clinesmith console is easily the best sounding steel I have ever played.
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 7:10 pm
by Mark Roeder
So far, Todd would be the only person who could answer that.........
About Todds' tradename.......................
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 7:11 pm
by S.M. Johnson
Todd.........I really like the location of your 'Clinesmith' logo right next to the pickup as is shown in this series of photo's.
To me, that was all you needed to make a perfect instrument even more perfecter!........ Keep up the great work!
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 8:56 pm
by Owen McCrory
That's an eye popper for sure!
Not to make all of you out~of~state folks jealous, but I'm looking forward to hearing this one in person at some point in the near future.
Mark, any chance you'll be drivin' this rig at Orton Park or the Gandy Dancer Festival?
Posted: 8 Aug 2011 10:18 pm
by Tom Pettingill
Nice score Mark! The work Todd puts into carrying on the tradition would make Mr Bigsby proud.
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 2:27 am
by Andy Volk
A beautiful instrument inspires. Superb work, Todd.
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 6:02 am
by Mark Roeder
Owen said:Mark, any chance you'll be drivin' this rig at Orton Park or the Gandy Dancer Festival?
I am still working out a tuning and a way to tell Kristy about why I just had to have this beautiful instrument. Right now I'm just playing it at work.
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 8:34 am
by Todd Clinesmith
Wow, Nice to see all the great comments, and thanks to you Mark for putting up a post about the steel, and for motivating me to build this style instrument.
I have a few new models in the works and a few in the thought process I should be building over the next few years.
Mark stated the tone comparison well between my other lap steel model. This style instrument has a bit more zing but not necissarily more treble. Also the bass end is a bit tighter sounding on the metal necks in general. My other late 40's style lap is a bit more comfortable on the lap , but both are a joy to play.
I have this single 8 strung up with C# min tuning:
Oh yeah .. thank you S.M Johnson for the comment on the logo location, these comments really help solidify my designs.
Also here's a double neck version. This model fits nicely in a Pelican case.
Leo meets P.A:
Todd
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 8:41 am
by Mike Neer
Just lovely, Todd. I really love the sleek look of the D-8!
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 9:11 am
by Twayn Williams
Ok, I wish I'd never seen that D-8 now. That is one of the sexist steels I've ever seen, my Fender Deluxe D-8 is looking daggers at me...
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 10:47 am
by Geoff Cline
Todd Clinesmith wrote:Wow, Nice to see all the great comments, and thanks to you Mark for putting up a post about the steel, and for motivating me to build this style instrument.
I have a few new models in the works and a few in the thought process I should be building over the next few years.
Mark stated the tone comparison well between my other lap steel model. This style instrument has a bit more zing but not necissarily more treble. Also the bass end is a bit tighter sounding on the metal necks in general. My other late 40's style lap is a bit more comfortable on the lap , but both are a joy to play.
I have this single 8 strung up with C# min tuning:
Oh yeah .. thank you S.M Johnson for the comment on the logo location, these comments really help solidify my designs.
Also here's a double neck version. This model fits nicely in a Pelican case.
Leo meets P.A:
Todd
Ding ding...we have a winner. The Clinesmith "plank D-8"!! Lordy....straight to my heart.
Clinesmith
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 12:30 pm
by James Nottage
My D-8 is on order and comes up soon. It drives me crazy everytime somebody posts one of these great guitars. They just keep getting better and better.
James Nottage
Attn; Texas players
Posted: 9 Aug 2011 12:48 pm
by Bob Hoffnar
I have a Clinesmith D10 console and S10 lap steel and if anybody around Austin, Texas wants to come check one out I am more than happy to show off Todd's great work. I also am making the rounds playing dance halls and rodeos all over Texas on the weekends so get in touch if you want to look over a Clinesmith in person. I'm warning you though, Todd's guitars are a hard thing to walk away from !
