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Bohemian Rhapsody 14 String Lapsteel Guitar

(Quote by 32251)
I Recorded A Version Of This On A Lapsteel Guitar I Made. 14 Strings. Tuning For This Song Is From Low To High E A C# E G A B C D E F G G# A. I Use A SP1 Shubb Pearse Bar & A Piece Of Brass On My Thumb For Some Extra Notes When I Need Them. I Hope You Enjoy The Effort!!! Sorry About Only Two Pics Over & Over, But I Just Downloaded Win Movie Maker & Did The Best I Could.
Mr. 32251

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXphQ0wrdPU

TUNING HI TO LO
A G# G F E D C B A G E C#
A E

Roger

INCREDIBLE! You do the song complete justice, on 14 strings, with TWO slides. I only wish there was some video of you playing, I would love to see how you achieve some of this. Best thing I have heard all day.

Roger , That was amazing !! How do you ever keep on the correct string , so many and so close !! And the thumb bar !!! That was perfect playing with so many notes and chords !!! Do you have a computer chip plugged into your brain ??? Simply amazing !!! olde 7 string geezer - AKA Eddie "C"

Very Impressive Roger!!!
The guitar sounds great and your playing is excellent. Both right and left hand execution performed very well indeed.
You have been keeping secrets from us.
I hope you do some more.

Roy

Wow. Really nice.

Where did you get the thumb bar?

Sorry Folks I'm Not The Steel Guitar Player Here
That is Why I put (Quote 32251). This Is The ID Of The Poster & I Assume The Player As Well.
For Now His Identity Is A Mystery.

Roger

That might be forum member Bill Hatcher.

I listen to Bill Hatcher's 14-string Bach piece at least every third day, mostly when I'm feeling overly-adequate or something. Yikes! Guy's nuts.

A
G#
G
F
E
D
on top, PLUS an extra slide for the notes that don't fit. I am so-oo inadequate....

There is only one person I know of capable of that: Bill Hatcher. I do believe Bill posted this here about a year ago. Absolutely masterful.

This is wonderful! Only Bill Hatcher could do this. I don't think there could be another Bill Hatcher!

What an excellent performance!
That is the most exciting new 'sound' I've heard in a long, long time.
The full bodied, RICH tones you're getting are truly wonderful to hear.
How about telling us what units you use to get this fabulous 'sound'........... The guitar doesn't look like it should be able to deliver such a great sound all by itself.
The thumb thingie is quite unique and really does the trick.

One observation is that it appears he is using a McIntosh MC250 (hard to tell but that's what it looks like to me, because I have one).
This era of McIntosh amps are known to be tone monsters.

if you liked what you heard then i am indeed 32251. if you didnt like it, i am not....

HI BILL,

I Thoroughly Enjoyed Your Playing On This Tune.

Who Is The Author Of This Beautiful Tune:?:


Roger

The author of this Bohemian Rhapsody was none other than Freddy Mercury of the band Queen.

What a great idea to add another small bar w1th the thumb! I need to make something and try this out with my tuning to see if there are any cool licks or extended chords possible...
Dom

Awesome!

awesome. Loved it

Had a feeling that was Bill first time I heard it a while ago.

Keith Glendinning wrote:The author of this Bohemian Rhapsody was none other than Freddy Mercury of the band Queen.

Great playing. Is Freddy a Pedal or non-Pedal player?

Eugene Cole wrote:

Keith Glendinning wrote:The author of this Bohemian Rhapsody was none other than Freddy Mercury of the band Queen.

Is Freddy a Pedal or non-Pedal player?

Never mind; I looked him up here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury