Steel Guitars

patman · May 15, 2018, 08:12:26 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.

Dave W · May 15, 2018, 09:34:19 AM

I'd love to learn. Unfortunately I don't have the discipline to do it.

patman · May 15, 2018, 11:34:31 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...

Dave W · May 15, 2018, 12:46:55 PM

Pedal steel guys around here always seem to have all the work they can handle.

Highlander · May 15, 2018, 02:27:42 PM

I use my old SG as a "lap" guitar... works well for me...

patman · October 17, 2018, 02:18:48 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.

Highlander · October 17, 2018, 04:09:48 PM

Pumped... the new name for GAS...?

Rob · October 17, 2018, 04:50:29 PM

Quote from: patman on October 17, 2018, 02:18:48 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.

Rob · October 17, 2018, 04:50:56 PM

Quote from: Highlander on October 17, 2018, 04:09:48 PM
Pumped... the new name for GAS...?

PICTURES PLEASE

amptech · October 17, 2018, 11:10:13 PM

Quote from: Highlander on October 17, 2018, 04:09:48 PM
Pumped... the new name for GAS...?

Pumped is good. Means he's got a good vacuum now

Dave W · October 17, 2018, 11:33:38 PM

Quote from: patman on October 17, 2018, 02:18:48 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?

patman · October 19, 2018, 10:53:26 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...

Dave W · October 19, 2018, 09:04:43 PM

Quote from: patman on October 19, 2018, 10:53:26 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.

Highlander · October 20, 2018, 07:19:55 AM

Quote from: amptech on October 17, 2018, 11:10:13 PM
Pumped is good. Means he's got a good vacuum now

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

(pics... pics... pics...!)

amptech · October 21, 2018, 12:31:55 AM

Quote from: Highlander on October 20, 2018, 07:19:55 AM
I thought things concerning vacuums "sucked"...?

(pics... pics... pics...!)

Depends on if you are sending or recieving the vacuum