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Topic: Blown Glass Lap Steel Bullets? |
Adam Ollendorff
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 8:04 am |
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I saw Greg Leisz play this weekend, and from time to time he'd use a bullet made of glass. It was about the size of a ten-string bar, and there was an American Flag blown into the glass.
It sounded incredible. Does anybody have any idea who makes these and how to get them?
Thanks!
Adam
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Adrienne Clasky
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 8:11 am
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Why did you get to see him play?! You're from Boston!!! It's not fair.
I have no info on the bar, but now I want one, too. LOL. How do you think it affected his tone? Did he use it on the pedal or the lap? Thanks! |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 8:20 am
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| Loni Specter of Lapdancer guitars sells beautiful glass bars called SlipperySlides. Here's a link to his site and probably the bar you saw. http://www.lapdancerguitars.com/Lap_Gallery.htm [This message was edited by Jerry Overstreet on 04 June 2006 at 12:10 PM.] |
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Ron Bednar
From:
Rancho Cordova, California, USA
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Adam Ollendorff
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 8:37 am
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Thanks, Jerry. That's the one I saw. Gotta get one. It gave him this very lovely, almost sitar-like tone.
Adam |
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 10:15 am
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Greg does play one of my "Old Glory" limited edition solid glass bars. (sold out)
All the "SlipperySlides" have a ground edge that gives a Sitar-like effect when held properly. Glass in general has a more organic, sweeter tone. Of course sustain can be lessened due to lower mass and density.
Steinar Gregertsen also uses one on his great new CD. You can hear it on the track "God Only Knows"
You can see a pic of the "Old Glory" here http://lapdancerguitars.com/Lap_Gallery.htm
There will be no more of these made.
Regular bars are back ordered as well. I expect a new batch in a few weeks. Hand made in the USA of course. |
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Ed Altrichter
From:
Schroeder, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 12:18 pm
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| . . . now if they only made one with grooves . . . |
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Adam Ollendorff
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 6 Jun 2006 5:02 pm
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| By the way, Adrienne, he used it on lap steel. |
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