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Topic: Not Your Average 8 String |
Allan Revich
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Victoria, BC
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Posted 26 Mar 2021 4:46 pm |
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For no particular reason, I thought it would be fun to have one of these around. The new Eastwood Mandosteel. Restrung and retuned immediately to an open G, gG BB GG DD
I had to file the nut slots a bit, and one of the saddle notches too, in order to use the heavier low strings. Part of the reason I used a light, reentrant string for string 8.
It takes some getting used to with the odd string spacing, but it has potential as a nifty blues and rock strummer.
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 26 Mar 2021 6:06 pm Re: Not Your Average 8 String
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| Allan Revich wrote: |
For no particular reason, I thought it would be fun to have one of these around. The new Eastwood Mandosteel. Restrung and retuned immediately to an open G, gG BB GG DD
It takes some getting used to with the odd string spacing, but it has potential as a nifty blues and rock strummer. |
Played it a bit this afternoon. As expected, it is pretty good for big, fat, open chords for blues rhythm playing. It’s also tons of fun for playing droney, spacey stuff, with a big delay. Having 4 of 8 strings tuned to the same note is great for that. |
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Nic Neufeld
From:
Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 27 Mar 2021 6:21 am
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Yeah, one of my first experiences playing "slide" guitar (bottleneck) was on my Danelectro 12-string electric...the two course thing works really well IMO for that...you get more string resistance so you aren't bottoming out on the fretboard, and the sound has that thicker, fuller sound that takes overdrive really well. Sounds like fun!
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 27 Mar 2021 11:13 pm
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| Allan - I showed your post to my wife, who thought it looked cool, so we looked at the Eastwood site. - it looks and sounds so good, she said, “Happy birthday.†Got one on the way thanks to you! |
LOL,
Well played sir. |
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Jeremy King
From:
Rochelle, GA, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2021 6:29 am
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| Hey! Thanks for checking out the Mando Steel! I actually came up with the idea and pitched it to Eastwood. They were kind enough to try it out and it is a great instrument to get creative on. |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 13 Apr 2021 8:12 am
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| Jeremy King wrote: |
| Hey! Thanks for checking out the Mando Steel! I actually came up with the idea and pitched it to Eastwood. They were kind enough to try it out and it is a great instrument to get creative on. |
That’s pretty neat! Can we assume that you also own one?
I’m hoping that they start offering the instrument that I’ve pitched them. It seems like a “no-brainer†for them.... A 5 string electric tenor guitar set up for Keith Richards Open G. For the life of me, I can’t understand why they chose a long scale for the 5 string tenor they now sell!
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Jeremy King
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Rochelle, GA, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2021 8:15 am
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Yeah I have a one from Eastwood and a few prototypes. Here is a video of John Neff and me doing a demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn60wwCIm2E
I hope that they can get your idea into production! I'm a sucker for anything Rolling Stones related! |
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