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Topic: Back to playing Lap Steel while standing |
Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2016 10:14 am |
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I have reworked my lap steel tray to hold my Harmos lap steel. It is the lightest lap I have, so it just made sense. The entire rig with lap is around 6 lbs, and a pleasure to play. Gives me all the freedom that I normally have when playing a guitar.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2016 10:16 am
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Are you related to b0b?  |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2016 10:20 am
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| LOL...no. |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2016 7:18 pm
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Those things look like a Science Fair or Engineering School project to me and kind of creep me out for some reason. Weird, I know.
If it works for you, I'm happy. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2016 4:54 pm
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I'm glad you said that!  Traditional, down-home Americana... FROM THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY!
Zeep! Zeep! Bzzzt...
It sounds great, the boy can play, but.... snif! Snif! Hmmph! I've got a few spiky, salad-fork guitars I've taken in trade on lessons that are bad enough, fun to show up with around here - beyond Les Paul, SG, 335, Telecaster and Strat everything else is weird, furrin, potentially Commie.... and like, active pickups are only good for two things - baby-roasting, bone-crunching howling death metal, and sensitive fingerpicky jazz. And the same exact thing is true with seven-string guitars. (?) But I'm so old I remember when you DIDN'T need a Gretch to play rockabilly.
This is actually a pretty neat guitar. Until you run out of commie babies to roast....  |
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Frank James Pracher
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2016 6:40 pm
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I've actually always wanted to try a Harmos... With the carbon fiber frame, I bet it's really resonant.
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2016 5:53 am
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| It is one of the best sounding laps I have, and does have the most sustain of all. And, yes it is strange looking...does not matter if it's in my lap, on a stand, or in the Laptray...I get comments about the looks of it. |
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Bruce Cech
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2016 12:50 pm
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I don't play standing up but the finish on my
Rogue lap steel is so slick the thing won't stay on my lap. So today I installed strap buttons on it. I've shortened the strap and it holds the lap steel in place on my lap. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2016 12:27 pm
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While the Harmos lap steel in the Laptray may look a little strange, it was an absolute pleasure to play at my blues festival that I put on this past weekend.
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Peter Harris
From:
South Australia, Australia
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Posted 20 Jun 2016 1:01 am
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Looks cool Terry!
...now you've just got to figure out a way to add a holder for that water bottle and you've got it.. 
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Jun 2016 6:59 am
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| Terry VunCannon wrote: |
| While the Harmos lap steel in the Laptray may look a little strange, it was an absolute pleasure to play at my blues festival that I put on this past weekend. ... |
Cool pics Terry! Your laptray experiment turned out great.
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 20 Jun 2016 7:17 am
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| I love how your Harmos gives the effect of a railroad trestle. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2016 5:18 pm
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| Yeah Stephen, it does. The builder refers to the Buckminster Fuller influence of the design. The perfect strength of the triangle shape is supposed to be the key to the Harmos sound and sustain. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Don Crowl
From:
Medford, Oregon, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2016 1:00 pm
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| Creative design. Looking at the offered 8 string on another web site led me wonder of the possibility of those rods ever coming loose from where they attach to the balls. Wondering also of other possible weaknesses. Sure would like to inspect the 8 string Americana model closely. Was thinking of buying it if still offered. Your thoughts? |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2016 7:16 pm
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Don, no weakness in the Harmos. Strong & solid, stays in tune great. I have had mine over a decade and it is as solid as the day I bought it.
I have heard some complaints about the keyless tuner models, but mine has standard tuners and I could not be happier. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Don Crowl
From:
Medford, Oregon, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2016 1:52 pm
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| Thank you so much for sharing your valued experience. I've been wavering on a decision. Reading about & observing the tuner's design on the 8 string models is creative but appears to be cumbersome. I sure understand your satisfaction. I wonder how many of those were built. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2016 2:05 pm
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| I have heard estimates of around 100, or a few more ever made. I know that Robert Randolph, Calvin Cooke, and Joe Perry all owned one. I think mine was number 75. |
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