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Topic: Travel steel guitar |
Ralph Czitrom
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Ringwood, New Jersey
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 1:05 pm |
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| I travel to the west coast (from NJ) for work several times a year, usually for several days, and often find myself thinking about practicing on the road. With the development of guitar interface adapters (such as iRig) which can be used with an iPad, the possibility of taking a guitar on the road is not as crazy as it might seem. I take my headphones for the plane anyway. Trouble is, I've got some heavy guitars, like my Sierra and Ricky B6. I'd be curious to learn what guitars others may have used for practice purposes when traveling. Thanks! |
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Marvin Born
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 4:52 pm
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Check out the Lone Star E'Lite. Weighs about 26 pounds in the case, 23 pounds set up.
I flew mine home in the overhead bin of an MD80 from Dallas.
There is a web site. Send me your e-mail and I will send a couple of pictures.
Marvin |
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Ralph Czitrom
From:
Ringwood, New Jersey
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 5:44 pm
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| Marvin - Thanks for your reply. I guess I wasn't clear: six string lap steel is what I play, so that's my search. I'm thinking of taking my Magnatone Varsity on a trip to L.A. in a couple of weeks. It's light and has a hard shell case, and a pickup rewound by Jason Lollar. Maybe I've answered my own question... |
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Dennis Smith
From:
Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 7:01 pm
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| I think you did. I was going to say get a Magnatone. |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 10:40 pm
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| That guitar will be perfect, Ralph. A Roland Micro Cube would be a good little travel amp to go with it, too... |
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John Botofte
From:
Denmark
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 11:02 pm
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I have a DL travel lap steel which I take everywhere:
http://dllapsteel.com/
John
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Ralph Czitrom
From:
Ringwood, New Jersey
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 6:49 am
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| Thanks guys. What got me started on this was my purchase and use of the iRig ($35 or so), which, after downloading a $14.99 app, allows you to turn your iPad into a reasonable facsimile of a Fender Twin Reverb (or other Fender amp), with an interface cord that weighs a few ounces. So all you need is a guitar, cord, iPad (mini works too), the interface and headphones or a small computer powered speaker. For the past week, I've been playing the Magnatone through this system as a test, and I think it just may be worth whatever hassle might be involved... |
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Steve Lipsey
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 11:13 am
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How about a Washburn Rover, comes with a high bridge insert (need a nut extender) and a great travel case and has pretty good tone, use it for travel, beach, wherever....no need for any electric doodads...about $160
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Williams S10s, Milkman Pedal Steel Mini & "The Amp"
Ben Bonham Resos, 1954 Oahu Diana, 1936 Oahu Parlor |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 11:54 am
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Steve,
That's what I got and I put a pickup on it so I could run it through an amp. |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 1:00 pm
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Believe it or not, I usually travel with my D8 Stringmaster. It fits in an overhead on Boeing and Airbus aircraft. I usually have to haggle with the gate attendants, but it works out in the end. I have a Roland mini amp I stick in my suitcase. I check the suitcase and carry on my backpack and steel. That way, I have the C13 and B11 tunings that I use. I've also travelled with my short scale Fender Deluxe 8, which is even smaller. When I travel with a resonator guitar, I'll put it into a hard shell case, check it, and carry on my suitcase. - Jack
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Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 17 Apr 2013 2:54 pm Travel guitar
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I take my 1937 Nat'l New Yorker 7string with a Signal Flex unit...Larry 
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