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Topic: Any lapsteels made to sit on top of a pedal steel? |
Tony Palmer
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St Augustine,FL
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Posted 29 Sep 2009 12:27 pm |
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I think Morrell steels were made that way?
Does anyone else do this?
Either as a mod to existing or made specificially to do this.
Or, has anyone made brackets to attach one to the legs of a pedal steel?
Since I play pedal steel and would like to use my lapsteel for just a couple of songs, I could...duh, just play it on my lap..but it looks a bit odd when the pedal steel is blocking the view of what you're doing.
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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D Schubert
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Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2009 7:37 pm
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| It's not very elegant, but I've done it with a folded beach towel on top of the PSG strings, and laid the lap steel on top of that. Used the same cord & volume pedal. |
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Steve Hotra
From:
Camas, Washington
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Posted 29 Sep 2009 7:43 pm Bob Littleton makes them
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http://westcoaststeelguitar.com/products.html
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Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 30 Sep 2009 5:25 pm
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Steve, are they listed on their website? I couldn't find them.
I'm thinking maybe four little skinny legs with rubber feet might work to sit on top of the ten string neck, but also a couple of brackets to make a single necked PSG look like a double neck might be cool too.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 30 Sep 2009 5:35 pm
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I don't have much room. I'm always laying lap steels on top of a pedal steel. On one occasion I laid a Guyatone D10 on top of my Sho-Bud; there was an earthquake and the Guyatone fell onto the concrete floor. It took me three weekends to fix it and refinish it. I don't do that any more.  |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 1 Oct 2009 8:51 am I could be wrong......................heaven forbid!
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Didn't someone a few years back make a DOBRO affects unit, in the shape of a FryPan or what have you, that simply fit over the first neck and gave a great pedal sounding DOBRO SOUND?
Never saw it but that's the way it was explained to me. |
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Steve Norman
From:
Seattle Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2009 9:34 am
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Marrs RGS was built to sit ontop of a pedal steel and sound like a dobro
http://www.flugerguitars.com/RGS.html
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Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 1 Oct 2009 1:20 pm
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Thanks, Steve, that's just what I was looking for.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2009 2:13 pm
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Jerry Brightman has one that I believe he got from Jerry Fessenden. I think????
Just sits on top of the tuners and the changer. |
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Kekoa Blanchet
From:
Kaua'i
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Posted 1 Oct 2009 3:17 pm
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| In another discussion a month or so ago, forum member William Steward mentioned the Cougar Guitar "Add-A Neck" lapsteel, designed to hook on to the back of a single neck pedal steel. It attached to the main neck with two brackets. Unfortunately, the manufacturer, Freeman Cowgar, died a few years ago. William has Cougar's demo photos as well as the unassembled pieces from the the guitar that Mr. Cowgar was building for him. |
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 2 Oct 2009 3:58 am
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| Noel Anstead...maker of the Anapeg pedal steels...a few years ago built a Lap Steel for Kenny Kitching....attached a couple of slide out rails to his Pedal Steel....when the Lap is sitting on the rails......it looks for all the world like a Triple Neck Pedal Steel Guitar !!! |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 2 Oct 2009 6:18 am
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| Steve Norman wrote: |
Marrs RGS was built to sit ontop of a pedal steel and sound like a dobro
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| Tony Palmer wrote: |
| Thanks, Steve, that's just what I was looking for. |
Try it out first. I have one of those and it sounds nothing like my Dobro. 
Last edited by Alan Brookes on 2 Oct 2009 6:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Steve Norman
From:
Seattle Washington, USA
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2009 12:22 pm
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Just saw a video of Martina McBride with PF. Paul has an MSA Super Slide siting on the C neck of a D10. Simple setup.
The back of the Superslide has a soft felt pad and the neck is slightly relieved so as to not touch the C neck strings.
Bobbe Seymour's demo looks good too. |
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