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Topic: Unbox Slideshow of Allison 8 String Steel |
Peggy Green
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San Jose, California USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2013 12:39 pm |
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Hi, Trying to get with the internet swing of things, I took pictures while I unboxed my new lap steel, an 8 string made by John Allison. And I've turned it into a slide show that I've put up on Youtube.
No music in the slideshow. Got to put new strings on the beast first. Then let the axe speak for itself.
Love the string width. Wider like Sho-Bud. Tone is tight all the way to the bottom. Singing out wanting to go into overdrive on the tippy top. I'd been thinking of steeler Terry Sutton. He had this incredible Atkins-like finger picking style on Sho-Bud. In my minds eye I see Terry right at home on this guitar.
The axe sat in a very fine music store, Hill Country Guitars. The pictures are straight out of the box. I see I should have wiped the guitar down first. Regardless it is a beauty. And I refrained from plugging in only long enough to record the arrival first.
http://youtu.be/rxw_VfCMJ-c large screen
http://youtu.be/YYPb6KKTNjM medium screen
Just a tease. Made of Mesquite.
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ebb
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nj
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Posted 10 Jan 2013 5:12 pm
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 10 Jan 2013 5:17 pm
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You can tell just by the left hand--that comping rhythm.
Nice guitar! Good luck with it.
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 10 Jan 2013 6:18 pm
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| Cool Peggy. Looks like a fine axe. Great to have you back! |
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Tony Lombardo
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2013 6:52 pm
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| "Hey Now" -- That's such beautiful playing, and your new steel is beautiful too. |
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Peggy Green
From:
San Jose, California USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2013 8:59 pm
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Hi Bob Blair. Thank you. It must be long cold nights for you. 
Just about done changing strings.
For some reason the guitar reminds me of an MSA lap steel I sat at in the 70's. The feel is very comfortable for me being a pedalist primarily.
The tight compact tone top to bottom also reminded me of MSA.
I did a sustain test. I picked the low A of the C6th tuning on my long scale West Coast Koa 8 string and the short scale Mesquite. The Mesquite won. I couldn't believe it. |
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