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 Topic: Jason Lollar Pick ups |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 5 Views: 2339 |
 Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 May 2013 10:56 am Subject: Jason Lollar Pick ups |
| Michael, I agree with you completely. I have a pair on a Harmos Lap Steel and they sound fantastic. | |
| Topic: Your Favorite Lap Steel Is.................. |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 75 Views: 39557 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Apr 2013 4:14 am Subject: Your Favorite Lap Steel Is.................. |
| I can't pick one but these are my current faves from those I own.
The Harmos http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1205/10964_5957867708_bd98b1a0db_1.jpg The Moog http://bb.steelguitarforu ... |
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| Topic: Billy Cardine, Please tell us about your Moog lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 16 Views: 8323 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jul 2012 1:42 am Subject: Billy Cardine, Please tell us about your Moog lap steel |
| Actually, this isn't about "modifying the tone after it is created". It is about driving the strings to create the tone in the first place. As one example by, shifting the drive between two ... | |
| Topic: Billy Cardine, Please tell us about your Moog lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 16 Views: 8323 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Jul 2012 1:52 pm Subject: Billy Cardine, Please tell us about your Moog lap steel |
| Thanks for the background - most interesting | |
| Topic: Billy Cardine, Please tell us about your Moog lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 16 Views: 8323 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:16 pm Subject: Billy Cardine, Please tell us about your Moog lap steel |
| I have the first Moog Lap Steel sold. It is an interesting instrument. I don't see any particular reason why one could not build a pedal version.
There was quite a bit of tweaking done to move it t ... |
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| Topic: Moog Lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 10 Views: 3599 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Apr 2012 3:39 am Subject: Moog Lap steel |
| @Denny
Well, the MSL came into being because Billy Cardine wanted one, so..... OTOH, although I really like mine, I've switched mostly to the Eigenharp which has 5 courses of keys, each sensitiv ... |
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| Topic: Moog Lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 10 Views: 3599 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2012 3:42 pm Subject: Moog Lap steel |
| I have none up but
I particularly like: http://youtu.be/tgNQNmbCmLg Billy Cardine has a few as well - Google is your friend m |
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| Topic: Moog Lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 10 Views: 3599 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2012 1:27 pm Subject: Moog Lap steel |
| Gary... You are most welcome.
You probably won't find any in a dealership (unless you are visiting Moog). They are custom built individually. The up side is you can have whatever you want done. ... |
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| Topic: Moog Lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 10 Views: 3599 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2012 3:51 am Subject: Moog Lap steel |
| The way it works is that each pickup also has powerful elecrtomagnets that can drive the string. So, if you could just feed them a signal, they would vibrate the string by themselves.
What is actua ... |
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| Topic: Moog Lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 10 Views: 3599 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2012 1:31 am Subject: Moog Lap steel |
| I have one. They are beautifully made by Wes Lambe then fitted with electronics at Moog.
Was there any particular aspect you wanted to know about? m |
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| Topic: "Nighttime" on frying pan and Moog lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 10 Views: 5715 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jan 2012 3:27 am Subject: "Nighttime" on frying pan and Moog lap steel |
| In fact, Moog shipped mine with George L.’s Stainless Steel Dobro strings G tuning: Gauges: Stainless Steel, G tuning - 16, 18, 28w, 36, 46, 56
http://www.georgelsstore.com/strings.html They ... |
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| Topic: "Nighttime" on frying pan and Moog lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 10 Views: 5715 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Jan 2012 1:21 pm Subject: "Nighttime" on frying pan and Moog lap steel |
| Congrats on your Moog - they are a great instrument. That is the first black (sparkle?) one I've seen. How do you like the finish.
Also... - do you find the mag pickups noisy? - have you been ab ... |
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| Topic: Robert Randolph meets the Moog lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 16 Views: 4219 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Sep 2011 9:16 am Subject: Robert Randolph meets the Moog lap steel |
| Ron... My others are a Harmos and a couple of reso's (and I had an SX that I gifted to a friend)
With all the stuff turned off and the filter wide open it is mostly as one would expect. Mine is mah ... |
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| Topic: Robert Randolph meets the Moog lap steel |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 16 Views: 4219 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Sep 2011 7:45 am Subject: Robert Randolph meets the Moog lap steel |
| So, I happen to own one....
The sound is simple the strings and body (through a moog ladder filter) They are reinforced (or damped) by electromagnets in the pickups. This can be turned off or se ... |
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| Topic: Moog Lap Steel looping |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 1 Views: 1010 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Aug 2011 12:12 pm Subject: Moog Lap Steel looping |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_elhONDpak
Bill Walker playing the moog lap steel, this is a looping improv cheers, m |
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| Topic: Harmos Model One in action... |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 5 Views: 3349 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jul 2011 4:33 am Subject: Harmos Model One in action... |
| @Terry VunCannon - great video, great playing.
@Bill Leff - I just missed out on that sale but *did* find another which just arrived this week. An Americana 6 string model |
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| Topic: String Gagues |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 2 Views: 1205 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Jul 2011 4:56 am Subject: String Gagues |
| Thanks for that! I use Andy Volk's great book "Slide Rules" as my tuning bible but it didn't have that one.
I'll give that a try before I do any restringing. m |
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| Topic: String Gagues |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 2 Views: 1205 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jul 2011 4:00 am Subject: String Gagues |
| I recently got lucky and found a Harmos Americana for sale.
According to the included docs it was originally supplied with: 036,030,024,020,017,014 and tuned to C6 As delivered it was strung wit ... |
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| Topic: Cajun *Capo* |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 21 Views: 6608 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 May 2011 4:12 am Subject: Re: A review of two capos |
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http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1029/5608_AFBMM_c_2.jpg Michael: are you my long-lost brother ? Your avatar looks more like me than I do. 
Ok, that IS spooky.... given my heritage, ... |
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| Topic: Cajun *Capo* |
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| Michael Milton Replies: 21 Views: 6608 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 May 2011 5:29 am Subject: A review of two capos |
| http://m2smusic.blogspot.com/2011/05/tale-of-two-capos.html | |
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