bassetman Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I just inherited this. Time to learn about lap steel. They sent me just one pic. I think late 40s. Cant wait to see it. Couple days to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 That's going to be a very fun instrument! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassetman Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Hope so. May not have been played since 65 Or so. Only had one owner. I’ll plaster the page with pics when it arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 This is all you need to know about lap steel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzbA79ptJP8 Cool, by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Congrats on the new LSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Forrest Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Congrats! It looks pretty cool and should be fun. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darling67 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Sweet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Thats a classic looking lap steel. I bets its built well too. Never had one. Always fancied playing one right from before I ever play guitar. Have fun & enjoy! PS It looks like its just been woken up ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Very nice lap steel, I'd love to get one. I'm currently on the last chapter of A.R Duchossoir's 'Gibson Electric Steel Guitars 1935 - 1967' book. Fascinating read which I would recommend to anyone even remotely interested in lap steels, consoles and pedal steels. Seems like a lost world these days, but some of the players mentioned in the book are definitely worth checking out - like Don Helms, Jerry Byrd and Roy Wiggins (though 2 of these guys tended to play consoles and pedal steels). Funny someone posted John Paul Jones. Whilst I've always been a big Led Zeppelin fan, I think both he a Page only dipped into the world of steels (like on the Levee video you posted and studio tracks such as Tangerine). I wouldn't say they are masters of the instruments having heard some of the older generation play from back when the Hawaiian craze hit the USA and also some of the later incredible pedal steel players. (Still a great video of JPJ though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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