All Things Lap Steel!

[qersty]

http://cn.51bidlive.com/Item/990879#prettyPhoto
Or this lute shaped one "same" puppers pretty wild lookin

not sure if the site its from is safe lol

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

After a spell, finally getting some time with the lap steel. Hoping to wrap up an album of lappie pieces.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTc35G5wpAE

[qersty]

i like this what tuning do you play in?

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

i like this what tuning do you play in?

Just trusty ol' C6 (Western Swing tuning), I ain't fancy.

[qersty]

oh? it doesnt sound like it

[Chankgeez]

This may be a good place to post this:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaC2unj2VXU

[Dandolin]

[qersty]

This may be a good place to post this:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaC2unj2VXU

that harmony is a beaut. i didnt know those conversion thimbles were a thing

[Chankgeez]

Yep, they're both pretty nice lookin'.

I've been playin' this in ADF#ADF#:



(His name is Melbert.)

[Dandolin]

adgadg it

def prefer grape melbert to peach melba

[Velcro Bottom]

I love you, Melbert.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Melbert is cute!

[coupleonapkins]

Oh, Melbert......

Meanwhile in thee 1940's....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuCytxTCvE

[Chankgeez]

Oh, you had to mention Miss Lily Banquette?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73PfcJ7aqZQ

I probably would've bought a 1940s lap steel, but there aren't too many that come up for sale in purple.

So, the Melbert is what I got.

Here's another Melbert that recently got listed:



https://reverb.com/item/70560080-melber ... teel-2010s

I think that one's more typical of the Melbert style (more pedal steel-inspired).

It's got the same slightly awkward control plate though. (Vintage lap steel controls aren't any better placed. So, that's a draw in that department.)

My Melbert isn't too bad though. I bought a Gemini Suprocaster pickup to replace the (stock?) Select by EMG. Eventually I'll probably replace the jack and the nut. (They both seem a little flimsy.) Otherwise, no complaints.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Anyone got experience of using benders on a lap steel. I can see from a while ago Zork had the Certano ones. Anyone else? Planning a project to make my own and use a Certano or Duesenberg (TBC). I really crave those classic pedal steel sounds that are pretty much my favourite sound ever, and what I try to learn to emulate. The worry is losing the ability to mute effectively since the bars are in the way. I know it's never going to be as fluid as a pedal steel because it's a compromise but living in the UK a pedal steel is a pipe dream!!! (one day though...)