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Topic: Message To All Steel Guitar Manufacturers
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Gene H. Brown
Member From: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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posted 26 January 2006 03:53 PM
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Ok, you guys are going to think I'm nuts, and maybe I am, but I think this could be a real winner if a Reputable Steel Guitar maker would look at this in serious manner.
I think it would be great to have a triple neck pedal steel manufactured.
The steel ideally would have 8 pedals and 8 knees, with the outside neck being 10 string
E9th cromatic, middle neck would be 10 string C6th, and the inside neck would be a 6 string neck tuned to a dobro tuning and used with a dobro simulator. Also you could use this inside neck as a slide guitar neck if you were in the mood to play some rock licks.
I just think if this was made in the correct manner, it could be a very kool guitar and cover all the bases.
Now let me see, for that fourth neck, anyone ever play Bass Guitar with a steel bar, LOL?
Gene |
Paddy Long
Member From: Christchurch, New Zealand
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posted 26 January 2006 08:07 PM
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Johnny Cox had a triple neck Zumsteel on display a few days back ...with about 8+8, looked a real stunner, I think he had the front neck tuned to E13th then E9th and the back neck was an 11 string C6th tuning. But you could tune the extra neck to anything you liked !!
Or you could just get a Marrs-Fluger Catcan and sit it on top of the C6th neck !!
Great idea though !! |
Craig A Davidson
Member From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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posted 26 January 2006 08:13 PM
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Gene, Buddy once played bass on his guitar while on tour with Ray Price. Jimmy Day handled the steel work. |
Ken Byng
Member From: Southampton, England
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posted 27 January 2006 04:40 AM
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Try here
http://www.paul-franklin.com/jukebox.htm and enlarge the photos |
MUSICO
Member From: Jeremy Williams in Spain
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posted 27 January 2006 06:28 AM
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John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame) plays bass lap steel slide.Jeremy Williams
Barcelona Spain |
Curt Langston
Member From: ***In the shadows of Tulsa at Bixby, USA***
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posted 27 January 2006 06:35 AM
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Supply and demand. What steel builder would invest all the research and tooling to make a triple neck steel (as a production), only to have the players realize that "it's too heavy". Seems everyone is concerned about weight, so why go through all that work, and sell maybe 5% of the projected sales estimate. It's bad math. ------------------
I'd rather be opinionated, than apathetic!
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Larry Bell
Member From: Englewood, Florida
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posted 27 January 2006 07:05 AM
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I can understand your enthusiasm, but what you are describing is clearly a CUSTOM STEEL GUITAR. I, for one, play a single neck guitar and have no need for two, let alone three, necks. As was mentioned, even among the D-10 players, adding weight to a guitar is bucking the current trend.I doubt anyone would consider building the guitar you describe for less than $5000 but if you are really serious, I would start with Jerry Fessenden. I can vouch for the quality of his guitars and he's not afraid of a challenge, after building a S-13 for Robert Randolph and a D-12 with 10x14 for Buddy Cage. ------------------
Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Marlin Smoot
Member From: Atlanta,Georgia, USA
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posted 27 January 2006 07:12 AM
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Double 12 with 10 and 14!!!! Holy Cow!!! |
David Doggett
Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 27 January 2006 07:49 AM
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A year or so ago there was a manufacturer (Cougar?) who made a 6- or 8-string lap steel that you could attach inside or outside a pedal steel body. This was a good solution, because you could pack the lap steel separate, and not add to the weight of the pedal steel. I think that company went out of business. There are certainly homemade ways to do the same thing, and this would seem to be much preferable to a permanent triple neck. You can also carry along a lap steel and just push back from your pedal steel and put the lap steel in your lap when you need it. |
Marco Schouten
Member From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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posted 27 January 2006 09:53 AM
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I believe that a builder will easily be sponsored by the association of chiropracters  ------------------
Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Bobby Lee
Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA
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posted 27 January 2006 10:41 AM
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quote:
I just think if this was made in the correct manner, it could be a very kool guitar and cover all the bases.
I think that a single 12 actually covers all the bases quite well, if you know how to play it.------------------
 Bobby Lee (a.k.a. b0b) - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Williams D-12 E9, C6add9, Sierra Olympic S-12 (F Diatonic)
Sierra Laptop S-8 (E6add9), Fender Stringmaster D-8 (E13, C6 or A6) My Blog |
Donny Hinson
Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.
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posted 27 January 2006 11:18 AM
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I must be rubbin' off on Bobby!  |
Gene H. Brown
Member From: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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posted 27 January 2006 03:40 PM
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Well.....all I can say is that it looked so good in the dream I had, but then.....so did the two blonds and the redhead I spent most of the night with, that'll make an old man young again, better than Geritol.
Gene------------------
If You Keep Pickin That Thing, It'll Never Heal!
[This message was edited by Gene H. Brown on 27 January 2006 at 04:46 PM.]
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Bobby Lee
Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA
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posted 27 January 2006 05:54 PM
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seen in the personal section of the classified ads: quote:
Canadian musician seeks triple neck (2 blondes, 1 redhead) to cover all bases (1st, 2nd, 3rd) before the long drive home.
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Gene H. Brown
Member From: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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posted 27 January 2006 07:00 PM
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Good One Bobby! |
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