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Topic: New Lap King black beauty Rodeo |
Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 18 Jun 2010 2:14 am |
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With a Lollar Supro-style pickup and a Lollar Imperial humbucker - Jason DuMont has done it again! 
Just look at that lush ebony headstock overlay - class!  (The wood looks so beautiful in person - hard to convey in a photo.)
It arrived yesterday and I have only played it for about two hours so far but I can already say that this is an amazing instrument! It is so cool to have the smooth and full and warm neck humbucker sound in the same guitar that also can go into Supro string-through howl! I will have to play it more before I can offer more detailed impressions but this guitar kicks *ss! The sustain with the Supro pickup is something else with a bit of overdrive! I came up with a little Balkan-esque tune while playing it and with such sustain on the top string I can hear clarinet-like lines coming out of this lap steel.
Will be back after the weekend with more impressions and will make a demo video as soon as possible - just wanted to share these pictures of yet another stunning creation from Lap King! Will gig with it on Saturday.
Cheers,
Fred
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 18 Jun 2010 3:03 am
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Man, that's a beauty!
And having both style pickups on there - what a concept!
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Mark Mansueto
From:
Michigan, USA
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 18 Jun 2010 6:16 am
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| Beautiful guitar Fred. Enjoy!! Having complementary but dissimilar pups is a great advantage in any guitar because it gives you an incredible palette of sounds to get into. |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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J. Wilson
From:
Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 18 Jun 2010 3:33 pm
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That's a babe. I have that supro pup too. It's sonic sex.
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If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On. -Shakespeare
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1941 Ric B6 / 1948 National Dynamic / 1951 Bronson Supro / Custom teak wood Allen Melbert / Tut Taylor Dobro / Gold Tone Dojo / Martin D15S / Eastman P10 |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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