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Topic: Another stand up steel guitarist (Jeff Plankenhorn) |
Tony Palmer
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St Augustine,FL
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Posted 17 Jan 2016 7:50 pm |
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I have no idea who this player is but he performs with a contemporary folk/roots singer Jimmy LaFave.
These are stills from his YouTube video. At first I thought he was playing a lapsteel on a strap but closer look it's a full bodied guitar with knobs but no resonator.
Any ideas?
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Jim Sallis
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2016 10:30 am
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| That's Jeff Plankenhorn, a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who is, I believe, Austin based, and the guitar is one he designed. Details at his website. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 18 Jan 2016 2:11 pm
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| plankenhorn....plinkin' his horn! |
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Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 19 Jan 2016 5:37 am
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Thank you!
The structure seems unusual: no resonator, no round hole, pickups with knobs built inside the body. Of course there's no overhead shot but I guess it just piques my curiosity of what are the merits of a raised string guitar like this?
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Jan 2016 8:29 am
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| Tony Palmer wrote: |
Thank you!
The structure seems unusual: no resonator, no round hole, pickups with knobs built inside the body. Of course there's no overhead shot but I guess it just piques my curiosity of what are the merits of a raised string guitar like this? |
Without knowing all the details, their description of it being a neck through design tells me there is one solid piece of wood from headstock to tail. My best guess is that the sides are hollow to conserve weight and that they used a reso body style / shape simply for ease of stand up playing without a standoff. Or to say, its simply a narrow body lap steel core with reso shaped wings attached.
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 19 Jan 2016 10:57 am
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| I met Plank (as he calls himself) at the Edmonton Folk Festival a couple of years ago. He showed me his axe and explained some things about it, the details of which I can't reliably recall. I then heard him play with Joe Ely and his sound was great as was everything about his playing. Nice guy and a terrific musician. |
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