The Steel Guitar Forum

Posted: **10 Nov 2001 5:54 pm**

What kind of lap steel was Martina McBrides steel player playing on the Opry tonight? Sounded like it was tuned to an "E" open.

Posted: **10 Nov 2001 9:24 pm**

That's Wayne Dahl, great guy, great player on a Melobar lap steel in a holder(guitar-shaped) designed by Ted Smith. The bad news is, all but just a couple of performances on the show were played to track, so it wasn't live. Only the vocals are live. It looked like a Tele-Rat(lap steel w/telecaster pickup setup). I use one of these, you saw Paul Franklin use one on 'The Players', and they just sound great.
Oops, sorry, I just actually read the post....I thought you meant the CMA's. I watched the fights, and missed the Opry show. My bad.
But, if he played a lap steel, it was a Melobar built by Ted Smith.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jeff Peterson on 10 November 2001 at 09:28 PM.]</p></FONT>

Posted: **11 Nov 2001 9:54 pm**

Kenny,
The tele rat is tuned to open "D"
Starting from low to high, the notes are:
D,A,D,F#,A,D
I really like the sound of this guitar-tone with alot of sustain. Ted also makes killer sounding dobro's.
Wayne.

Posted: **12 Nov 2001 7:42 am**

Hi Wayne, thanks for the info,great sounding lap steel you have there.I noticed how great the sustain was. Thank you.