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Post new topic Tone of "teardrop" hawaiian?
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Justin Gass

 

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West Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 13 May 2005 9:17 am    
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Has anyone here ever played a teardrop (pear-shaped) hawaiian lap steel? I'm curious about how the sound of these differ from a "normal" shaped Weissenborn-style. Thanks for your input.
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Bill Blacklock

 

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Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Post  Posted 14 May 2005 2:39 pm    
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BUMP, Neil at Celtic Cross said he'd build me a tear drop but I've never heard one. Any one??
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Ben Elder

 

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La Crescenta, California, USA
Post  Posted 15 May 2005 4:20 pm    
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Originals are somewhat (and predictably) treble-yer because of the lack of upper reaches for the sound waves to bounce around in. They are true lap guitars because they rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise around your waist if you try to play standing up without a (hypothetical) upper-bass-bout prosthesis.
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