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Topic: Check these custom lap steels out!!! |
Olli Haavisto
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Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 4:48 am |
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Check these two guitars out!! I designed them with the young luthier Ville Tyyster and he did a knock-out job with building them,don`t you think. Both of them have since been fitted with Lollar Chicago Steel pick ups,which, like some of you know are fantastic.The gtrs are constructed like a cross between a Les Paul and a 335,semi-hollow mahogany body with a maple or flamed birch (the red one) top. The red one has a 25" scale,tuned to standard G dobro tuning,the natural is a 27" same tuning tuned down to C.Both guitars have piezo under saddle P/us with separate outputs.
There are also other goodies on Ville`s web site.
http://www.tyyster.com/baritonilapsteel_1.html
http://www.tyyster.com/lapsteel_red_3.html
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Olli Haavisto
Polar steeler
Finland
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James Quackenbush
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Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 6:31 am
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Olli,
This looks like some really nice work !
I hope he does well with his company ..Jim |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 6:40 am
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Nice looking guitars. They look very similar to the Bill Asher's guitars that were originally designed for and with guitarist Ben Harper, now known as the "Electro Hawaiian"
http://www.guitartraditions.com/
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 7:18 am
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Bill,
I have an Asher and I have to admit that it did influence the design... 
There are differences: the bodies are smaller and they are not carved from a solid block,they have a bent frame with separate top and back and a center block like a 335. Also the tone we went for is in the Cooder/Lindley area and I think we succeeded very well.I like to think of them as lap slide guitars as opposed to descendants of the hawaiian guitar.[This message was edited by Olli Haavisto on 03 February 2004 at 09:16 AM.] |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 9:13 am
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Beautiful job, Olli! Congratulations.
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Brad's Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 9:23 am
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Steinar, looks like a good reason for a visit to Finland!
Olli, check your email!
Bill |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 10:12 am
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A barytone? Hmmmmm..... Very nice lap steels Olli. And that Firebird was very nice too......
A bit hard to navigate the site since my Finnish isn't the best,- how are these priced?
Steinar
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www.gregertsen.com
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 12:31 pm
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 1:54 pm
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indeed  |
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Travis Bernhardt
From:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 2:08 pm
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Beautiful guitars, and well done photographs, too.
-Travis |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 4:18 pm
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| Beautiful work. Isn't a 27" scale a bit on the long side? |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 4:44 pm
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| Depends, Howard. Ry Cooder has a slide instrument that's as long as his basement. He plays it with a wine bottle. |
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Terry Farmer
From:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 5:51 pm
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| Beautiful craftsmanship and design! |
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 6:03 pm
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Gosh those are pretty !
Clean work, nice lines - I like! |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 10:18 pm
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| I saw one of these just last week in Juha Lottonen's ( another phenomenal Finnish luthier ) showroom. Very fine work indeed!! |
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 4 Feb 2004 12:22 pm
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A few of you have e-mailed me about the guitars;pricing etc. Anyone interested can e-mail Ville Tyyster, the guy who built them directly at ville.tyyster@tyyster.com Thanks for your interest and nice comments!!!
Olli[This message was edited by Olli Haavisto on 04 February 2004 at 12:24 PM.] |
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