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patman

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Steel Guitars
« on: May 15, 2018, 07:12:26 AM »
Alrighty,

Since around Christmas, I have a new obsession...lap style guitars...bought a brass bodied resonator guitar in December, bought a dobro in April, and just purchased an electric lap steel.

Need to stop the guitar buying habit.

They are absolutely addictive...and can be very soulful. Not that I need another addiction.
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2018, 08:34:19 AM »
I'd love to learn. Unfortunately I don't have the discipline to do it.
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2018, 10:34:31 AM »
It's been fun.

I imagine pedals, where the tuning is constantly shifting, would require serious discipline...I have always enjoyed watching the pedal steel guy in a good band...
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2018, 11:46:55 AM »
Pedal steel guys around here always seem to have all the work they can handle.
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2018, 01:27:42 PM »
I use my old SG as a "lap" guitar... works well for me... :mrgreen:
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2018, 01:18:48 PM »
Ok...the obsession continues...Monday I saw a Fender double-neck stringmaster from 1960 on Elderly's website...

Looked like about the cleanest I have ever seen, including original tweed case ...and price was ok...

Called my bro who looked at it, and I decided I would go for it...

Will arrive tomorrow...now I will have both a pedal steel and a non-pedal steel in the living room...I am pumped.
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2018, 03:09:48 PM »
Pumped... the new name for GAS...? :mrgreen:
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2018, 03:50:29 PM »
Quote from: patman on October 17, 2018, 01:18:48 PM
Ok...the obsession continues...Monday I saw a Fender double-neck stringmaster from 1960 on Elderly's website...

Looked like about the cleanest I have ever seen, including original tweed case ...and price was ok...

Called my bro who looked at it, and I decided I would go for it...

Will arrive tomorrow...now I will have both a pedal steel and a non-pedal steel in the living room...I am pumped.
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2018, 03:50:56 PM »
Quote from: Highlander on October 17, 2018, 03:09:48 PM
Pumped... the new name for GAS...? :mrgreen:

PICTURES PLEASE
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2018, 10:10:13 PM »
Quote from: Highlander on October 17, 2018, 03:09:48 PM
Pumped... the new name for GAS...? :mrgreen:

Pumped is good. Means he's got a good vacuum now :)
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2018, 10:33:38 PM »
Quote from: patman on October 17, 2018, 01:18:48 PM
Ok...the obsession continues...Monday I saw a Fender double-neck stringmaster from 1960 on Elderly's website...

Looked like about the cleanest I have ever seen, including original tweed case ...and price was ok...

Called my bro who looked at it, and I decided I would go for it...

Will arrive tomorrow...now I will have both a pedal steel and a non-pedal steel in the living room...I am pumped.

Congrats but did I miss something? I thought the Stringmasters were console non-pedal steels. Did they come in a pedal version, or have you bought a pedal steel since your earlier posts?
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2018, 09:53:26 AM »
The Stringmaster is a console non-pedal...

Like Ms. Cashdollar...

I have a friend's old Dekley 3 pedal one knee lever, also...he said I could use it as long as I was advancing...
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2018, 08:04:43 PM »
Quote from: patman on October 19, 2018, 09:53:26 AM
The Stringmaster is a console non-pedal...

Like Ms. Cashdollar...

I have a friend's old Dekley 3 pedal one knee lever, also...he said I could use it as long as I was advancing...

You've got your work cut out for you.
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2018, 06:19:55 AM »
Quote from: amptech on October 17, 2018, 10:10:13 PM
Pumped is good. Means he's got a good vacuum now :)

I thought things concerning vacuums "sucked"...? :mrgreen:

(pics... pics... pics...!)  :mrgreen:
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Re: Steel Guitars
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2018, 11:31:55 PM »
Quote from: Highlander on October 20, 2018, 06:19:55 AM
I thought things concerning vacuums "sucked"...? :mrgreen:

(pics... pics... pics...!)  :mrgreen:

Depends on if you are sending or recieving the vacuum :-X
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