Members FingerBone Bill Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Check this little baby out... Different huh? Lap slide custom built for me by Tasmanian Luthier Danile Brauchli. Just got it yesterday - sustains forever and sounds just awesome!!!
Members gnugear Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Cool! It kind of looks like a dulcimer.
Members riffmeister Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 SCHWEEEEEET! what are the woods?
Members riknofx Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Looks like fun.....and she's gotta purdy mouth!
Members Freeman Keller Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 FBB - that is totally cool. Looks like koa, but I've never seen flame like that. I love Weissenborn style guitars and that one is beautiful
Members Tony Burns Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 congratulations she is one beautiful baby !
Members dadgad7 Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Weissenborn type guitars are incredibly rich sounding. and that's a beauty! Koa top...? what are the back and sides..? have fun with that. I'm more than a bit jealous:D
Members Fireproof Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Dang, that's nice looking!! Almost as nice as DADGAD7's avatar. Heh.
Members Cldplytkmn Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 wow very nice bill... i need one of them there guits...
Members FingerBone Bill Posted November 7, 2006 Author Members Posted November 7, 2006 Originally posted by Fireproof Dang, that's nice looking!! Almost as nice as DADGAD7's avatar. Heh. Yeah, almost The wood is Tasmanian Blackwood with Fiddleback Tasmanian Blackwood top. A close relative of Koa. I'm going to have a lot of fun with this.
Members Fireproof Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Man, I can't stop coming back to this thread to see that guitar. Very very nice!! I love it. Congrats again.
Members AK47 Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Originally posted by Fireproof Man, I can't stop coming back to this thread to see that guitar. Very very nice!! I love it. Congrats again. +1
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Damn, now I got one heckova case of HGAS (Hawaiian Guitar Aquisition Syndrome! What tuning will you be using for it?
Members Freeman Keller Posted November 7, 2006 Members Posted November 7, 2006 Bill, we just gotta hear it....
Members FingerBone Bill Posted November 7, 2006 Author Members Posted November 7, 2006 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall Damn, now I got one heckova case of HGAS (Hawaiian Guitar Aquisition Syndrome! What tuning will you be using for it? Hey Terry, I'm getting myself grounded in DADF#AD at present - but I just love fooling around with alternate tunings. DADF#AC# sounds pretty cool too.
Members JasmineTea Posted November 8, 2006 Members Posted November 8, 2006 Snappy git, Bill. What kind of wood(s) on the fretboard? Is it hollow all the way through, lengthwise to the head?
Members FingerBone Bill Posted November 8, 2006 Author Members Posted November 8, 2006 Originally posted by Freeman Keller Bill, we just gotta hear it.... We play instruments and all we ever seem to post is pictures - a pet peeve of mine too FK! The best I can do so far is this recording made by the luthier himself. (He's also a pretty fair player too!) Click here for Audio
Members FingerBone Bill Posted November 8, 2006 Author Members Posted November 8, 2006 Originally posted by JasmineTea Snappy git, Bill. What kind of wood(s) on the fretboard?Is it hollow all the way through, lengthwise to the head? Don't know exactly what he constructs the fretboard from JT - not a huge issue as it's only there for reference, you never actually touch it. Yep - hollow neck.
Members Freeman Keller Posted November 8, 2006 Members Posted November 8, 2006 Originally posted by FingerBone Bill We play instruments and all we ever seem to post is pictures - a pet peeve of mine too FK! The best I can do so far is this recording made by the luthier himself. (He's also a pretty fair player too!) Click here for Audio Bill, thanks for posting that - lovely to hear as well as look at. I can see you sittin' there playing a little Steel Guitar Rag or Poor Boy... I've always loved Kelly Joe Phelps' lap slide playing (in fact I have his dvd to try to learn some of his stuff) - that would sound good on your new baby too.
Members FingerBone Bill Posted November 8, 2006 Author Members Posted November 8, 2006 Originally posted by Freeman Keller ... I've always loved Kelly Joe Phelps' lap slide playing (in fact I have his dvd to try to learn some of his stuff) - that would sound good on your new baby too. Yeah, I have that same DVD - he almost drives me crazy the way he mumbles and waffles throughout - it's not long before I'm screaming at the TV "Get to the point God damn it!!!"....but a fine player nonetheless. Being Australian my chief lap slide influence is (of course) Jeff Lang.
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