Just got a new Artisan lap steel from MF. It was sitting by my door when i got home from work this morning. It blue and the finish is nice. sounds good but needs thicker strings i think.A real bargin for $60 U.S. I tuned it to open G and played some "in my time of dying" and cranked up the amp. sounds pretty cool!
then i tuned it to a modified C6 tuning ( a lot higher tuning than a regular guitar neck could handle) some pretty cool sounds!! a real Nashville high!I can see geting another one or a double lap steel 8) 8) I have to admit, i always have loved that nashville steel guitar sound!! I just might build a double steel! I do have some basic wood working skills after all. Any way, I think I'm hooked :lol: --the dog
Nice!!!! Sounds like you're building up a formidable arsenal of WMD there...
errr...I may have been thinking along the wrong lines all his time...is a "lap steel" just a guitar specifically designed for playing slide holding the guitar on your lap facing upwards? Sort of like a portable pedal steel? Or is it something else entirely?
Pics...or links to pics...would help...
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
You've got it, Vic!
Here's MusiciansFriend's link to the Artisan:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/518800/
I sure do enjoy mine! It does need heavier strings. I've got Martin Bluegrass Resonator strings on mine. (They're nickel wound and work fine with electric pickups.) The gauges are .016-.056". I've had them tuned to Open E on this short scale instrument, but right now it's in Open G and sounds great. The treble strings were pretty tight in E, and I actually like the feel better when they're not quite so tight.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Could I ask the exact price incl shipping? They don't seem to want to ship to Canada. I may have to beg a big favour from someone.
"Things may get a whole lot worse/ Before suddenly falling apart"
Steely Dan
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Shipping to my address was something close to $8.50 US.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
You will need to get a Guitar cable with a flat angle plug at one end due to the placement of the jack ( its right where the hand rest should be) The nice thing about geting this from MF is NO SALES TAX .
My wife just walked in to my music room and started counting my guitars, ( 8 and counting) and just shook her head , I didn't have the heart to tell her about the double steel i plan to build :lol: :lol: :lol: -the dog ( from the dog house)
Yeah, it's playable with a straight ended cable, but one with a right angle plug makes a big difference. The jack's right where a right handed player wants to rest the heel of his/her hand.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
You got the blue one. Cool! Mine's the metalflake red. Really looks like copper. Just like my father-in-law's old Ranger bass boat.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
It's a lot cheaper than a bass boat ( thats what I always tell my wife when I buy a new axe) :lol: :lol:
I've always thought it a good idea when you want something like a guitar, amp, rifle, whatever, to start looking at boat catalogs. Then when you say, "Naw, I think I just want a new guitar instead," your lovely spouse will quickly agree.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Great minds think alike :lol: :lol:
congrads on your lap steel.
like you. I bought one lap and soon realized I wanted more than one open tuning. so now I have three laps. one I made.
I play in open G, D, C6/A7mainly.
DADGAD was interesting.
Hmm....you have got me wanting one of these lap steels now....but after what I've spent on guitars and amps since February, I think I'd better sneak one into the house.....else it'll be me who's in the doghouse...
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
congrads on your lap steel.
like you. I bought one lap and soon realized I wanted more than one open tuning. so now I have three laps. one I made.I would love to see a picture of the one you made :D
Vic, I have been known to do just that, my wife will come in to my room and count guitars and amps ounce in a while just to make shure i havent snuck one in. :lol: :lol:
