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Topic: anyone ever build a D-6 lap? |
Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2006 6:11 pm |
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I am strongly considering building myself a six stringer. Is it possible to do a D-6? Would it be too cumberson on the lap?
Plan B
Okay, the D-6 idea is out. I like the teardrop shape. I've seen it a few times on ebay. Was it the Little Roy wiggins model? Can somebody post a picture of the teardrop, whoever made it?
Thanks, Ron
[This message was edited by Ron Victoria on 14 November 2006 at 05:22 PM.] |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2006 6:15 pm
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| My old Carvin D6 is small enuf to fit on my lap, but you gotta have long legs to sit it out far enuf to have easy access to the inner neck. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 13 Nov 2006 6:28 pm
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| If you're going to build from scratch, wouldn't it make more sense to build an 8 string or 9 or 10 string ? You can play every 6 string number on an 8 string but not vice-versa. Don't let the availability of an 8 string pickup hold you back. If you overlap two 6-string pickups you can get any combination from 6 to 12 strings. |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2006 11:49 pm
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| I had a double six once. A Supro if memory serves. It had legs. |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 4:03 am
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You could build a 12 string and just do two courses of six strings.
Every double neck I have had was not playable on the lap. The inner neck is too close and bar control was very limited.
How about two six strings and one stand???
my 2 cents.
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HSGA & RMSGC member
Play it with "Glass"
Boyett's Glass Bars
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Larry Phleger
From:
DuBois, PA
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 12:08 pm
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| I recently built a 10 string lap steel using an old Carvin 10 string pickup. It allowed me to use a 3/8" string spacing. I currently have a B6 tuning on it because I play a U12 pedal steel. I can get almost everything I want on that setup. |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 4:06 pm
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I built a D-6 once. Still have it & it works good. |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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