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HELP!!! Lap steel guitar in piano case
Posted: 18 Jun 2017 6:38 pm
by Del Ray Grace
This custom lap steel was designed by Sacred Steel master, Lorenzo Harrison in the late 1970's.
Family members don't recall who built the guitar other than the fact that Lorenzo did a lot of business with people in the Nashville area in those days. Just wondering if the engineering work looks familiar to anyone on the forum.
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 4:31 am
by Dan Beller-McKenna
Wow! Just, wow!
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 5:17 am
by Lane Gray
I can tell you three things about this rig:
The lap steel used to be a Sho-Bud Permanent;
That's a cool rehoming of a Twin Reverb;
I'm glad I'm not the roadie.
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 5:22 am
by Terry Barnett
File this under...now I've seen everything. Yeah, probably not meant to be moved. Wow!
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 5:59 am
by Peter Harris
Reminds me of all those "Worst-things-that-could-happen-when-using-a-tailgate-unloader" Videos on YouTube........
lap steel?
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:19 am
by Bobby Bonds Sr.
Why not just mount the whole thing in the bed of your truck, then you can just drive it on stage!
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:55 pm
by Josh Braun
That's pretty awesome!
I'm guessing it makes sense as a permanent/fixed instrument in a church (like a piano or always-set-up-drum-kit). Of course, there are those guys who haul upright piano's to gigs in LA (I think Ben Folds used to do this!).
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 3:54 pm
by David Gertschen
That appears to be an old Hammond M3 organ that was gutted out:
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 5:30 pm
by James Phillips
I bet some people in the congregation very curious as to what he was actually playing
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 6:23 pm
by Del Ray Grace
Thanks to all that responded, you guys are very funny. David Gertschen, thanks for that photo, very close resemblance. Wish I could find the person or company that built it just to get more background information.
Posted: 20 Jun 2017 10:52 pm
by James Flaherty
How many horsepower is that thing?
Posted: 21 Jun 2017 4:50 pm
by Tony Oresteen
Dang! Now I'm on the hunt for an old Hammond M3 organ
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 7:11 pm
by Del Ray Grace
This is a museum piece for sure.
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 7:28 pm
by Jerry Van Hoose
Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Posted: 25 Jun 2017 9:57 am
by Del Ray Grace
Jerry Van Hoose, I was thinking more on the level of the Smithsonian museums or some other credible places that respect skillful, creative and innovative pieces work.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.