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Topic: I bet Rick doesn't have this either
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HowardR
Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.
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posted 26 April 2005 08:20 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2385&item=7318608354&rd=1 |
Keith Cordell
Member From: Atlanta
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posted 26 April 2005 08:33 PM
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Extreme weirdness. I wish I had the wherewithall to afford to collect this stiff for a Bizarre Steel Guitar museum. |
Jim Phelps
Member From: Mexico City
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posted 26 April 2005 08:38 PM
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You gotta admit the seller has a pretty good sense of humor about it: "Slap some new strings on, and a pickup if you so desire, and you’ve got an instrument that will have the kids running in your direction, possibly with water balloons." Hey, it hasn't even got a fretboard.And don't let this slip by you: "On a far different note, please keep an eye out for an original 1920's teardrop Weissenborn (the model favored by Ben Harper and others) I'll likely be listing in the weeks ahead." [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 26 April 2005 at 08:41 PM.] |
HowardR
Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.
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posted 26 April 2005 08:39 PM
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It kinda looks like a wood chipper.It also seems to me that people do the wierdest things to steels, or fabricate the most unusual, comical transmutations in the name of the steel guitar. Is it just our instrument that attracts the Dr. Frankensteins of the world?
And yes, I liked the water balloon scenerio. You could be on either side of the fence and be politcally correct. If you were the kid, you'd be doing a service by lobbing a balloon. If you were playing this thing, you'd deserve to get blasted. 
[This message was edited by HowardR on 26 April 2005 at 08:43 PM.]
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Rick Alexander
Member From: Florida, USA
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posted 26 April 2005 09:10 PM
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Man, you got me again - I don't have one of those either! All you'd have to do to it is draw frets using a pencil and ruler and you'd be good to go.
At 99 cents, it's a good buy - or should I say it's a good-bye . . |
Dan Tyack
Member From: Seattle, WA USA
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posted 26 April 2005 10:20 PM
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If it were up here in Seattle I'd buy it just to use as a door bell.Kinda looks like those homemade Kipsch stereo speakers from the 50s (made from a kit). |
Jay Fagerlie
Member From: Lotus, California, USA
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posted 27 April 2005 06:11 AM
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For some unknown reason, I am drawn to this thing.
I want it, but I don't know why........ |
Bob Stone
Member From: Gainesville, FL, USA
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posted 27 April 2005 06:42 AM
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I love it! Now there's something worth collecting.Because you don't have to finger the fretboard of a steel guitar the shape of the instrument has very few limitations. Basically, just about any form that will hold still could work. On second thought, remember Jimmy Bryant's Voxmobile. How about a mobile steelmobile? Extra long scale, of course. And several necks. How about a multi-neck coffee table steel? Several friends--or just two, for more intimate moments--could sit around it and have a musical conversation. [This message was edited by Bob Stone on 27 April 2005 at 06:50 AM.]
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