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Topic: No Tonebar Needed... |
Alan Brookes
From: Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 8 Mar 2009 11:37 am
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I designed this instrument back in 1963 and then built a better one (seen here) in 1999.
I wanted to combine the features of a fiddle and a lap steel in one. The instrument has an ebony fingerboard, like a fiddle, but otherwise it's a lap steel. You play it by sliding your fingers directly on the strings, rather than using a tone bar. You don't need any slants: you can play chords you could never play with a bar. You can play the instrument with a bar, but you have to be careful not to rattle, as there's no riser nut.
I designed the instrument mainly for playing the blues on. |
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Gary Stevenson
From: Northern New York,USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2009 6:03 pm
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Looks pretty kool Alan!So its like a non-fretted instrument? |
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Chris Scruggs
From: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2009 8:06 pm
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Could you post a sound clip? I'd love to here this!
CS |
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Tom Pettingill
From: California, USA (deceased)
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John Subik
From: Sun City, California, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2009 8:49 am
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Ditto on the sound clip request, what an interesting looking instrument!
It looks like some of the stuff in my instrument closet got out of their cases for a night of revelry |
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Mark Mansueto
From: Michigan, USA
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