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Topic: Respect to Fouke industrial! |
Ryan Lunenfeld
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2022 2:23 pm |
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Just got my purple menace in the mail today:
And all I've got to say is the tone is amazing, and sustain for days. The tone is more aggressive than my other lap steels, I think because of the pickup on it. But I can also see it getting gentle tones quite easy. The unit feels like I can bring it out and not worry about tuning.
The build is amazingly solid, has some heft to it for sure!
Just had to give a shot out to Chris Fouke at Fouke Industrial doing a great job!
I'm curious if all the Fouke Industrials sound similar or if this is a bit different due to being a one off. Hmm.
Anyone else have some good experiences with Fouke? I'm especially curious about the biscuit rez.
https://industrialguitar.com/ for the site.
Ok, back to playing it, and testing it out through some reverbs for some ethereal sounds! 
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-Gibson EH185-Rickenbacker Silver Hawaiian-Melobar Powerslide 88-Fender deluxe 6 - Bronson Melody King -Fouke Industrial Purple Menace-Hudson Resonator lap thing-Vega something or other- |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 11 Feb 2022 8:48 pm
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I have a custom 7 string that Chris built for me. Looks great. Plays great. Sounds great. And might come in handy at rough bar gigs too!
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 21 Feb 2022 9:49 am
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 21 Feb 2022 1:14 pm
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Fouke makes some of the coolest stuff. Definitely dont see too many for sale. I also dont run across a ton of demos or examples to listen to (especially on a clean setting) so fouke owners if you have recordings of you playing one, Id encourage you to post it somewhere. I think if more people realized how good these guitars are they'd be even more popular.
I like your name for it "the Purple Menace" I bet the only thing menacing thing about it is not wanting to stop playing it. |
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Ryan Lunenfeld
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2022 3:45 pm
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Fouke makes some of the coolest stuff. Definitely dont see too many for sale. I also dont run across a ton of demos or examples to listen to (especially on a clean setting) so fouke owners if you have recordings of you playing one, Id encourage you to post it somewhere. I think if more people realized how good these guitars are they'd be even more popular.
I like your name for it "the Purple Menace" I bet the only thing menacing thing about it is not wanting to stop playing it. |
Ha, that's what Chris Fouke named it. I like calling it Purple Rain instead.
I think Chris posts a lot of the videos up, and he likes the non clean pedals it seems! 
Its a bit heavy I've got to admit, I think I played it 8 or so hours straight due to the holiday.
I'd post some audio clips, but I don't want to embarrass myself 
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Cliff Swanson
From:
Raleigh, NC
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Posted 22 Feb 2022 6:15 pm
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I have two of Chris' guitars, one a standard scale and the other a baritone, both with Certano benders. I've posted a few videos of tunes I played with each of them. I think the fact that the instruments are hollow is a key feature in their tone, which is rich whether clean or with a touch of overdrive. I really love those guitars.
Congrats on taking delivery of yours!
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 23 Feb 2022 9:15 am
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Wow.......that is a purple guitar.
I like it. Unusual color, unusual design and very distinctive.
I bet it sounds great. You will enjoy the heck out of it.
Chris made a baritone guitar for me last year.
He is one of the nicest guys I have ever dealt with.
Lots of emails going back and forth to make sure he understood what I wanted.
..........and he nailed it.
This thing is an absolute tone monster. Every time I plug it in my ears just go Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh............
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Tom Watterson
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2022 10:28 pm
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I bought my Indy 8 in 2004, and have never wanted another; the tone and sustain are awesome. I've got it in A6 these days, and I smile every time I play it!
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