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Topic: An Unusual Steel Guitar |
Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 8 Jun 2021 6:28 pm |
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| Somebody been in Roy Underhill's shop? |
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Mike Christensen
From:
Cook Minnesota
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Posted 8 Jun 2021 7:08 pm
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| Looks like something my wife might have mixed up in a bunch of her spinning wheels and fibre processing machines. Thanks Doug. |
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Nic Neufeld
From:
Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 5:54 am
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NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Now, Cardinal -- the six string rack!
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 6:19 am
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I may be weird but I'd like to play that thing.
If it doesn't try to bite me that is.......
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Peter Harris
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South Australia, Australia
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 6:55 am
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Careful guys...we're one step away from a caption contest here.... 
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 8:09 am Re: An Unusual Steel Guitar
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
Spotted on Facebook. Photo by Abe Levy. It appears to be an acoustic steel guitar. Either that or a medieval torture device!
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Just to be clear, would the torture be for the person who has to play it, or the person who has to listen to it being played? Just askin'...
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 8:13 am
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| Mount a didgeridoo on that sucker and then you might have something... |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 8:34 am
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| According to "Yelp!", if you straddle it with your shorts on, the Fender Steer-Maker has quite a plaintive sound. |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 2:22 pm
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Really does look like a combination of a concert harp, a lap steel, and some kind of RoyCrofters contraption. A lot of big time guitar makers have gone towards the more "harp like" vertical load on the soundboard, which this one certainly has. Could be quite great.
Dave |
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Rob DiStefano
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 3:50 pm
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Unless that contraption can fold up in some sane manner, it's not particularly gig friendly.
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 7:17 pm
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I’d buy it IF it comes with a case….😂😂
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Peter Harris
From:
South Australia, Australia
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Posted 9 Jun 2021 8:42 pm
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...we ARE all really missing that section, aren't we ? 
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Marty Broussard
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Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2021 5:54 am
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I miss it a little….😂😂
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"Technique is really the elimination of the unnecessary..it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to achieve the smooth flow of energy and intent" Yehudi Menuhin |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 10 Jun 2021 2:48 pm
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Looks like it could double as an avant-garde version of a crossbow!
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Mike Ritchie
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2021 6:29 pm
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| NordicTrack's first attempt to "steel" some market shares. |
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Kirk Francis
From:
Laupahoehoe
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Posted 10 Jun 2021 7:14 pm unusual steel guitar.
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clearly, this instrument was designed by the downtown businessmen’s association.
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2021 2:10 am
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| Kidding aside, wonder what it sounds like. Note it has a harp like sound chamber. |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2021 2:13 am
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| It looks like it has a wrist lever! |
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Peter Harris
From:
South Australia, Australia
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Posted 18 Jun 2021 2:19 am
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| Jim Pitman wrote: |
| It looks like it has a wrist lever! |
Let's all hope that's not what they strap your wrist to.... 
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