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Bill Bassett

 

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Papamoa New Zealand
Post  Posted 29 Oct 2014 12:40 pm    
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Since I started playing steel many years ago, I have imagined a device like this. Anyone else? Well someone has done it for acoustic and electric guitars. Why not? I think it would be a cool effect. Comments?

http://www.guitarworld.com/hammer-jammer-key-hammering-device-guitars-available-preorder-through-new-kickstarter-program-video
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Rusty Smith

 

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Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, USA
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2014 3:19 pm     Re: Interesting device, hammer Jammer
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Bill Bassett wrote:
Since I started playing steel many years ago, I have imagined a device like this. Anyone else? Well someone has done it for acoustic and electric guitars. Why not? I think it would be a cool effect. Comments?

http://www.guitarworld.com/hammer-jammer-key-hammering-device-guitars-available-preorder-through-new-kickstarter-program-video


They had a Kickstarter in June/July to get funding for production. They got 14k of the 50k goal. No idea of the status of the company today, I didn't search any more
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Harry Dove

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2014 7:46 pm    
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After listening to the demo I can see why it didn't catch on.
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Kenny Davis


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Great State of Oklahoma
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2014 8:40 pm    
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That's an improved version of the KeyTar. I had one in the late 1960's. It had a black plastic body with white keys that looked like piano keys. It used a couple of rubber bands to attach.
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Kenny Davis


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Great State of Oklahoma
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2014 10:11 pm    
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OK, after posting on this, I decided to Google the device I mentioned...Nothing - It must be a very rare piece of equipment. Or, I don't remember how to spell it. I remember it was named partly for the keys and partly for guitar. Looking up KeyTar or keytar, all it shows is the synth instrument. That is not what I was referring to. I used all the keywords I could think of, and got nothing. Wish I still had it! I bought it at Bob Wood's Del City Music in the late 60's, a few years before I started playing Pedal Steel. Anyone else ever see it???
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Donny Hinson

 

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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 31 Oct 2014 1:04 pm    
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I wonder if the inventor/developer/player has ever seen Tommy Emmanuel play? (I think Tommy could do most all of this stuff without a dingus stuck on the guitar.) Cool
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