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Colin Alder
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Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 24 May 2006 2:31 pm |
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Yeah, it's me tootin' my own horn again. I just wanted to share the results of my weekend photo shoot. Enjoy
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Colin Alder
http://www.cruztonesteel.com
Act Dorky, Live Forever
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 24 May 2006 6:04 pm
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| That babe in blue is singin' a siren song... |
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Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 24 May 2006 6:10 pm
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| Yeeooowzer!!! very nice indeed!! |
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Jon Kostal
From:
Westmont, Illinois, USA
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Posted 24 May 2006 6:11 pm
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How much are those 8-stringers with the good legs?
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Jon
Uncle Jons Music
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Greg Pettit
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 24 May 2006 7:16 pm
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VERY nice! I like its break from tradition, yet with a very cool retro vibe.
Yowza those are sweet! |
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Colin Alder
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 24 May 2006 10:29 pm
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6 string starts at $1300
8 string with case and legs--$1700. The blue finish was a special order for Mike Ruffin and it added about $100. The anodizing is being done for me by Peter Kellet at PK Selective,
http://pkselective.com Peter is also doing a silkscreen/anodize hula dancer on a guitar for local steel ace, Patti Maxine. It should be done in the next week or so. I'll be posting a shot of that when I get it.[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 25 May 2006 at 07:25 AM.] |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 4:36 am
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| Just beautiful! Great design. |
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 4:42 am
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cool guitars.
question?
do those volume and tone knobs get in the way/
they look to be placed o the main strumming highway. |
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Colin Alder
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 6:02 am
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Re; control placement.
My hand sits right in the spot in front of the pickup opposite the rear control. These placements are custom, and I am getting feedback from respected players. The placement is different on the two guitars shown. One customer asked to have them in the rear. The other asked to have the tone control up front for Boo-Wah. The control cavity wraps around the the pickup so I have space for switching options on a two pickup model coming soon. Turner 'Farrier's' pickup and Lollar Chicago Steel with series parallel and a white MOTS pickguard. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 25 May 2006 7:41 am
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Those are beautiful guitars, Colin. Thanks for sharing!
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Brad's Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Mike Ruffin
From:
El Paso, Texas, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 2:19 pm
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I received my blue (actually turquoise) Cruztone yesterday and it is visually and sonically stunning! Colin does really nice work. I love the retro style and the finish on the fret board. If you will notice the headstock on the two guitars, mine is different. The two tone look really looks cool with the black body!
I had the controls set back further and I am glad I did. They don't get in the way at all. |
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 26 May 2006 12:55 pm
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| I played these, very clean work, lotsa sustain, the liberal use of metal gives them that aluminum tone. Nice. |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 27 May 2006 7:57 am
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| Aluminum tone???? |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 27 May 2006 9:38 am
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| Yep that's a good way to describe it. They have some of that Frypan/Silver Hawaiian honk except a real hi-fi version of it. These guitars have a LOT of character. -MJ- |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 28 May 2006 2:56 pm
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ever hear a strat with an aluminum pickguard? you hear the metal,IMO
BTW, Rick your pickup is very impressive,I have difficulties with my muting with horseshoes over the strings (so i dont own one) BUT the tone is very good and sure quiet too. |
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David Siegler
From:
Mill Valley, CA USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 12:37 am
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| Colin, I believe I saw one of your guitars on stage tonight with Greg Leisz who was playing with Bill Frisell. It was a six string model. Real nice looking! I don't believe Greg used it but it's possible he played it in the first set when I was sitting in front of Bill. I moved for the second set and sat in front of Greg and know that he didn't play it during that set. |
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Steve Pierce
From:
San Rafael, California, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 8:18 am
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Hey David,
I was there too. I didn't catch the first set, but I was sitting near Greg for the 10:00 set. He definitely didn't play the Cruz-Tone, but I was hoping he would so I could hear it.
Great show! Leisz is quite the gear junkie. 4 lap steels (2 Ashers, National Dynamic and the Cruz-Tone) and his pedal steel. It looked like he had one signal path for the laps that went through a Tube Screamer, a Full-Tone OCD and some sort of delay/echo pedal. Then his pedal steel went though a loaded pedal board with one of those green Line 6 delay units, a Full-Tone Full-Drive, some sort of Rotary, or phaser, a Pro-co Rat, and other pedals I couldn't recognize. Then he had two amps which I believe were a Fender Deluxe Reverb Re-Issue and a Fender Blues Deluxe. He probably takes a few minutes to get set up!
If anyone in the Bay Area can get over to Yoshi's for any of the remaining shows this weekend, I HIGHLY recommend it.
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David Siegler
From:
Mill Valley, CA USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 11:59 am
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| Colin, now that I think about it I know he played your guitar once in the first set. From where I was sitting I was only able to see the front edge of his lap guitars as his pedal steel was blocking them. I remember on one of them there was writing on the front which I see from your picture said "CruzTone". |
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Colin Alder
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 12:05 pm
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My lovely wife, Paula, and daughter, Jess went with me to Yoshi's last night. I brought the CruzTone (red 6 string w/Turner pickup) to Greg and handed it to him just after they finished the sound check. He played it on the second and third song of the set, and again for the encore.
Greg is a great guy and a truly awesome player. He gave the guitar a real test in the first set, and we agreed he would keep it for the remaining 7 shows of the weekend engagement. We're going to get together again on Monday where he'll give me his thoughts. He told me he's possibly interested in an 8. I'm working on selecting an appropriate replacement for the Lollar/Aiello h-shoe pickup. I should have that figured out soon.
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Colin Alder
www.cruztonesteel.com
Act Dorky, Live Forever
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Colin Alder
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 12:12 pm
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Oh yeah, I forgot to say. See this show!!! Bill Frisell is a great guitarist. And the way Greg blends steel is quite beautiful, and a real eye opener. He's definitely broadening the horizon of steel guitar in modern music.
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Colin Alder
www.cruztonesteel.com
Act Dorky, Live Forever
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 3 Jun 2006 5:14 am
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| He told me he's possibly interested in an 8. I'm working on selecting an appropriate replacement for the Lollar/Aiello h-shoe pickup. I should have that figured out soon. |
Colin, those are frickin' beautiful. Bet they sound amazing, too.
So, are you thinking of one of Rick's MRI's for a replacement for the Lollar/Aiello h-shoe pickup, due to the R-backer's "cease and desist" B.S.?
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Regal resonator (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); assorted ukuleles; upright bass
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Colin Alder
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2006 7:17 am
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Rick Aiello and I have been working on a design that has performance equal to the h-shoes, but with a different look and construction. Stay tuned.
It won't be the MRI.
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Colin Alder
www.cruztonesteel.com
Act Dorky, Live Forever
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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