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Topic: Select" lap steel? |
Tony Harris
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England
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Posted 16 May 2005 5:36 am |
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| Just spotted a lap steel on eBay UK which looks very much like a Melobar, and is apparently made by "Select". Anyone come across these before? Any good? Thanks. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 16 May 2005 7:23 am
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It's definitely a Melobar, I had one exactly like that for a little while, 'Select' pickup and all.
Didn't impress me much though, sounded one-dimensional to my ears, but other ears may disagree........
Steinar
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 16 May 2005 9:09 am
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The confusion on the seller's end may be the Select pickup, which is the low end (read "crappy") EMG pickup. This is actually a pretty good lap that would be improved noticeably by pickup replacement. What's odd to me is that the seller missed the "melobar guitars" and patent # legend that is clearly visible at the top fret position where it is on all their fingerboards. Perhaps he's nearsighted...
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