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Topic: Skeletal steel guitar from lonestar |
Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2005 6:02 pm |
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| Has anyone ever tried the Skeletal steel guitar from lonestar steels? Like how smooth does it play?, how are the pedals?. |
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David Doggett
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Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 30 Oct 2005 9:15 pm
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It's only meant for Halloween. Now's the time for it. Play it while you can and pack it away for next year.  |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 3:38 am
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| I see now it is not meant to be used as a regular everyday guitar. |
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 4:25 am
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| It's only meant for Halloween. |
I'm not sure that's true. It's in production; I think it's more than a novelty. I'd love one, myself. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 8:46 am
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| Hey Charlie, are you saying it can be played as a regular guitar?, I did contact Jim who builds them he is building single 12's with 7 pedals and 4 knee levers but he said they have to be keyless, a guitar like that would allow me to continue to keep playing but those wood body guitars are messing up my back. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 1:30 pm
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| Poor thing. Somebody put some wood or something on it! |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 1:43 pm
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| I've talked to Jim and it is certainly useable as an everyday guitar. He'll also do cutom string spacing, keyless, and a bunch of other options. For folks with a bad back the weight (15 pounds, I recall) is rather attractive as well. I'm seriously thinking about one - a 10-string E9, but with 3/8" string spacing like my Fenders. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 2:16 pm
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| Yea Jim, my back is bad especially in my lower tail bone area which makes it harder for me to lift anymore, that is why I am considering one of these guitars. |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 2:24 pm
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| Poor thing. Somebody put some wood or something on it! |
Amen! Reminds me of a quip by Gore Vidal about Brooke Shields in her early days of stardom:
"Gee, somebody get the kid a dress!" |
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 4:08 pm
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| It looks like a "Steelus Anorexus" to me !!! |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 9:16 pm
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| Guys, I was joking about it being only for Halloween. I was just guessing, and had no idea what it really looked like. But now I see the photo - wow - it really is a skeleton. How does it sound? If it doesn't sound so different, maybe that will put to rest the question about the effect of body resonance on the tone. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 3:45 am
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| Hey David, you will have to e-mail Jim at Lonestar steel guitars to find out, I am curious myself, just because it looks ugly or naked does not mean it does not play well, it is built for playing. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 3:48 am
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| This guitar was excavated in the desert in texas, the cavemen must of played the steel guitar way back then. |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 4:19 am
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This is merely the skeleton, as excavated from the Texas desert, the wood having rotted away. Notice how the skeleton is bleached by the hot sand.
Originally, it looked like a ShoBud.
A UFO was found nearby. Some people speculate.... |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 8:18 am
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| Earnest Bovine, are you weighing in on this one? Looks like a real collectors item. I'd love to try one ... |
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Kenny Drake
From:
Leesburg, Virginia, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 8:56 am
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| I'll bet it has "tone to the bone".... |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 9:38 am
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I made one like that when I was a kid, out of my A.C.Gilbert Erector Set! Yup! Just another "bare bones" guitar. (Termite-proof, too!)
On a serious note, I think the young 'uns would really dig it. Cool!  |
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John Ummel
From:
Arlington, WA.
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 3:04 pm
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| The "frets" look crooked and unevenly spaced. Is that just perspective thing or what? |
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Harold Dye
From:
Cullman, Alabama, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 3:18 pm
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| Is it a Push Pull...does it come in black |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2005 6:00 pm
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| Hello John, the frets on the guitar are off center and done that way for a reason, the skeleton guitar uses brass frets which Jim describes how and why they are off center, you can also get a regular fret board like a wood pedal steel uses. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 3 Nov 2005 3:35 pm
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| Has anybody actually HEARD one of these things? |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 3 Nov 2005 5:28 pm
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| What Mike said! It looks like fun to me. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 Nov 2005 6:05 pm
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Yes. It has an eerie sound.
But seriously, folks, it reminds me of that other brand, made of black carbon fiber and looking like tinker-toys; I forget its name but someone will remember... |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 11:17 am
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This thing looks like the steel version of the "Gittler" guitar from a few years back.
Was that a Harmos you were thinking of?[This message was edited by Paul Arntson on 07 November 2005 at 11:18 AM.] |
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