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Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 30 Jan 2016 3:15 am |
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| Does anyone out there have any information on the 'Framus Blue Lady' SL800/1 lap steel guitar? I read that it featured a 'major/minor' change...what was involved there? Any details appreciated! |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 30 Jan 2016 9:12 am
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Other than the Framus Vintage website, I have no information on those lap steels. They weren't common in the US.
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 31 Jan 2016 2:40 am
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| Thanks, Brad. I've contacted the Framus help-line. |
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Jan Münther
From:
Germany
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Posted 31 Jan 2016 7:16 am Re: Framus Blue Lady
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| Tony Boadle wrote: |
| Does anyone out there have any information on the 'Framus Blue Lady' SL800/1 lap steel guitar? I read that it featured a 'major/minor' change...what was involved there? Any details appreciated! |
Those pop up on German Ebay every now and then and from what I hear they're really good instruments. The changer supposedly has three positions per string that can be switched with a (per string) lever. I'm not sure how much the changes can be adjusted, from one (German) forum post it sounded as if they're limited to a half step each (half up, normal, half down). |
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Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 31 Jan 2016 7:53 am
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| Thanks, Jan. I'm assuming that the tuning is pre-set prior to playing, and that it isn't variable on a particular string during playing? ( as can be done with the Deusenberg Multibender) |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 31 Jan 2016 10:34 am
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these turn up every few years on the forum. |
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James Kerr
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Scotland, UK
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Posted 31 Jan 2016 3:47 pm
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| Tony Boadle wrote: |
| Thanks, Jan. I'm assuming that the tuning is pre-set prior to playing, and that it isn't variable on a particular string during playing? ( as can be done with the Deusenberg Multibender) |
Tony,
I have seen forum member Kay Das post a video here in the past using one of these guitars and he was operating the changer during the song, its not meant to operate like a palm pedal multibender though.
James. |
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