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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a

USA
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Posted - 05/09/2009 :  3:57:43 PM  Show Profile
This link goes to a steel made from a barbeque grill. This guy musta been jamming so long that all the food was gone before he got to eat, so he took care it wouldn't happen again!
http://www.resohangout.com/myhangout/videos.asp?m=d&catID=0&id=1083&genreID=0&styleID=0
Paul

"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello

Konabob
`Olu`olu

USA
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Posted - 05/16/2009 :  11:26:56 AM  Show Profile  Visit Konabob's Homepage  Send Konabob an AOL message
Here is a very interesting steel guitar that I was introduced to at Keola Beamers Aloha Music Camp last summer. http://www.harmosmusic.com/models/hawaiian.htm

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slipry1
Ha`aha`a

USA
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Posted - 05/16/2009 :  2:15:34 PM  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Konabob

Here is a very interesting steel guitar that I was introduced to at Keola Beamers Aloha Music Camp last summer. http://www.harmosmusic.com/models/hawaiian.htm


Yeah. Very interesting, indeed. I recall some talk about it here sometime back. Definitely space age. A truss can either amplify or damp vibrations, so ... oh, hell, I don't know. With a pickup, maybe you don't need a body on a steel.

keaka
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a

USA
1055 Posts

Posted - 05/17/2009 :  06:09:17 AM  Show Profile
That's a radical design. But like Les Paul's original "Log", it doesn't need a body to amplify the sound, only the parts necesary to hold the pickups, strings and tuners.
Here's a site on making your own steel.
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lapsteel/index.htm There's something special about making music on your own homemade instrument.
Paul

"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello
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thumbstruck
Ahonui

USA
2171 Posts

Posted - 05/17/2009 :  08:28:26 AM  Show Profile
Many possiblities for "hot licks". I'm surprized that I was the 1st one to say that!
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Retro
Ahonui

USA
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Posted - 05/17/2009 :  4:24:01 PM  Show Profile  Visit Retro's Homepage
I'm steamed that I didn't think of it first, thumbs - clearly, you are smokin' today.
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