Members NinjaModder Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Well... I was looking for something different. So I posted a CL ad about anything old and then another for a resonator or lap steel. Well... I got the best of both!!!! An old lap steel. Guy emailed me and showed me pictures and I fell in love, mother of toilet seat and all. I was still a bit on the edge of whether or not I wanted one but I went and played it and fell in love. So much fun to play. Better than I imagined. Don't know how I will be able to fit it into my band but now I'm thinking of covering When the Levee Breaks using this. Sounds wonderful!!! The case is also beautiful! I don't think it is original but it is from the era. The guitar moves around a bit in the case but it has kept it well protected. This thing is still like new. But for the important part! PICS! Now for that cowbell.... VIDEO [video=youtube;TzLTDuRVMP4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzLTDuRVMP4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Very cool! Saw an 8 string pedal steel at a pawnshop and was kinda tempted to put it on layaway, but I don't have room for it. Still kinda want it just for fun...Happy NLS Day!! Now run it through that SD-1 ya got in the background and a wah pedal and get all Robert Randolph on that bitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted December 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Very cool! Saw an 8 string pedal steel at a pawnshop and was kinda tempted to put it on layaway, but I don't have room for it. Still kinda want it just for fun...Happy NLS Day!!Now run it through that SD-1 ya got in the background and a wah pedal and get all Robert Randolph on that bitch! Way ahead of ya! Pretty nice tone. Takes distortion very well. Still have yet to run it through my fuzz.... Now that will be fun. I'll post a video soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Way ahead of ya! Pretty nice tone. Takes distortion very well. Still have yet to run it through my fuzz.... Now that will be fun. I'll post a video soon! Cool!Can't wait to hear what it sounds like!Have you tried any other effects with it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted December 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Cool!Can't wait to hear what it sounds like!Have you tried any other effects with it yet? Sadly I have not... Hopefully I get around to it tomorrow. You should get that pedal steel! Though I have no idea how to work one, it must be fun though. Have you played it at the shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Looks great! Glad you ended up going for it. I've wanted one since seeing Gilmour play high hopes on the Pulse vid. (Still don't have one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 dude, thats hot. i was looking at a Gretsch lap steel recently for about 400 and it was so tempting. thanks to you, i may have to jump at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted December 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 dude, thats hot. i was looking at a Gretsch lap steel recently for about 400 and it was so tempting. thanks to you, i may have to jump at it. Go vintage! Much cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulFetish Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 I would be so lost on that thing Well.... Not much more than I am on a regular guitar. Anyway, HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Thats nice! HNGD! EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Congrats! (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Very sweet. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EllenGtrGrl Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Cool! Lap steels can really scream when you crank things up. If you're looking for song ideas, don't forget "Lunatic Fringe", by Red Rider. [video=youtube;sTFVMMCwsss] Also, many people don't know this, but the revving motorcycle/guitar stuff on Montrose's "Bad Motor Scooter" was done live on a lap steel, by Sammy Hagar. Here's Sammy doing the lap steel intro to the song with Chickenfoot: [video=youtube;9BxZ3Ud4o_E] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 HNLSGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 That one looks to be in great shape, nice score ... You will have some fun for sure. Dickerson steels came first and were later bought out and became the Magnatone line. The pickup in those is a cool sounding kind of oddball. It has no traditional bobbin and is basically an "air" coil set into the body around a old school horseshoe magnet. They used some kind of goop / tar type substance to set / pot the assembly then covered the top with MOTS. Over time, some have had problems with moisture getting into the goop and swelling causing the pickup to start to bulge up out of the cavity and make a bump in the MOTS. Below is a diagram from DennysGuitars.com that shows how its all put together. One other thing to be aware of is its very common on old steels to have the tuner buttons eventually crumble. If it happens, its an easy fix to put new buttons on, StewMac sells replacements for a couple bucks each. Anyways, have some fun and let her rip, steel is a blast and is more versitile than you may think. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted December 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 That one looks to be in great shape, nice score ... You will have some fun for sure. Dickerson steels came first and were later bought out and became the Magnatone line. The pickup in those is a cool sounding kind of oddball. It has no traditional bobbin and is basically an "air" coil set into the body around a old school horseshoe magnet. They used some kind of goop / tar type substance to set / pot the assembly then covered the top with MOTS. Over time, some have had problems with moisture getting into the goop and swelling causing the pickup to start to bulge up out of the cavity and make a bump in the MOTS. Below is a diagram from DennysGuitars.com that shows how its all put together. One other thing to be aware of is its very common on old steels to have the tuner buttons eventually crumble. If it happens, its an easy fix to put new buttons on, StewMac sells replacements for a couple bucks each. Anyways, have some fun and let her rip, steel is a blast and is more versitile than you may think. . Thanks for the advice!!! This thing is in perfect condition though. There is not one ding or anything wrong with it. The only thing that I guess is wrong is that when the guy who had it before me restrung it, one of the bushing thingies (metal rings) fell out on the bottom where the strings come through and it kind of dug into it a bit. But he saved it and I think it has done all the damage it could do. And most of it will be covered up when I restring it and put it back. Thanks for describing the pickup. I was confused. I looked under the pickup cover arch thing and there was nothing there. It sounds so nice and clear though. That just blows me away how that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExiledCrow Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 I would be so lost on that thing Well.... Not much more than I am on a regular guitar. Anyway, HNGD Ditto. But seriously cool anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted December 31, 2010 Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 Sadly I have not... Hopefully I get around to it tomorrow.You should get that pedal steel! Though I have no idea how to work one, it must be fun though. Have you played it at the shop? Probably won't get a pedal steel, but a lap steel is definitely in my future! I think a little phaser or maybe a little flanger would sound cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted December 31, 2010 Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 ... Thanks for describing the pickup. I was confused. I looked under the pickup cover arch thing and there was nothing there. It sounds so nice and clear though. That just blows me away how that works. Yea, I remember the first time I saw one and I was like WTF?? A couple handy links for you John Ely has a great page that covers strings and has a nice gauge chart http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/learning/gauges.php The Steel Guitar Forum's Steel Without Pedals section is a good read and well worth the $5 to join if you want And Brads Page Of Steel has a lot of good info including lots of good tunings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted December 31, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 BUMP! Thanks for the links!!!Also a video is up of it in action! Not the best player but its all I know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted December 31, 2010 Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 BUMP!Thanks for the links!!!Also a video is up of it in action! Not the best player but its all I know! Like the vid!I'd go with a little more subtle setting on the flanger, but I do like the way it sounds with one.Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalrulez Posted December 31, 2010 Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 HNGD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EllenGtrGrl Posted January 1, 2011 Members Share Posted January 1, 2011 it sounds cool in your video! Nice and raw!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted January 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 1, 2011 Like the vid!I'd go with a little more subtle setting on the flanger, but I do like the way it sounds with one.Nice work! Haha... Yeah I know... I had my flanger setup on too heavy of a setting. I didn't realize it until I recorded it. Was too lazy to go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeftyTom Posted January 1, 2011 Members Share Posted January 1, 2011 Lappy New Guitar Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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