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Topic: Most beautiful lap steel ever? |
Joseph Lazo
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 10:20 am |
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I think so.
This just came across my Faecebook feed. From Scott Walker Custom Guitars. Looked at his web site and his dealer site (Wilcut Guitars) but didn't see it listed.
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 10:55 am
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Cool! Looks like my all-time favorite has a new rival...
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 11:19 am
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https://scottwalkerguitars.com/lapsteel/ has more photos and information. I agree - it's a beautiful instrument! No prices listed, but based on the other instruments Mr. Walker builds, I expect it will be expensive.
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A fully chambered, electric lap steel with unique features really make this instrument stand out. The 2 pickup configuration allows for a nice blend and mix of tones. Whether its creamy overdrive or sparkling clean, the sustain and clarity is what this instrument is about. Looking for a little hollow body feed back on your lap steel? Need a little more “air” in your tone? These are points well made with this new instrument. By running the instrument in its stereo setting, the player can adjust the amount of overdrive and clean tones, blending them together and making truly unique combinations of sounds. Each pickup can be routed to its own amplifier, via a stereo “Y” cable. Each pickup has its own dedicated volume and tone controls. The mini toggle switch selects between stereo and mono capabilities. The bridge is 1/2″ thick and inlaid into the top, and bolted on through the back.
24 3/8″ scale length
Maple body
Lollar Gold Foil “neck” position
Lollar String Through “bridge” pickup
Stereo/mono switch
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Steve Lipsey
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 11:19 am
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Nice!! I actually think that my Bonham Redwood/Maple/Ebony Parlor Twins come close...one deep Reso with Weissenborn neck and Fishman bridge pickup, and one electric thin line stereo archtop with string-through and Fishman bridge pickup...
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 12:49 pm
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Those are very nice!
My personal favorites are still probably Chuck Moore's work...imagine blending the aesthetics of a particularly lovely weissenborn (curly koa and rope binding) but with a frypan or panda format. His ukes have unbelievable inlay work.
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Bill Sinclair
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Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 1:31 pm
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Here's my submission for most beautiful. I purchased it from a fellow on ebay that had highly customized his Rickenbacker model 100 with Art Nuevo carving and inlays. I generally don't gig with it but I do take it off the wall and play it occasionally.
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 2:40 pm
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
Cool! Looks like my all-time favorite has a new rival...
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Just joshin'! If I've ever seen a more garish Gibson than the one pictured above, I can't remember it. The Scott Walker Custom is awesome. |
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Joseph Lazo
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 10:11 pm
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| Bill Sinclair wrote: |
Here's my submission for most beautiful. I purchased it from a fellow on ebay that had highly customized his Rickenbacker model 100 with Art Nuevo carving and inlays. I generally don't gig with it but I do take it off the wall and play it occasionally.
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That's a cool art guitar, and the first lap steel art guitar I've seen! Did the guy you got it from do others? Are you aware of any from other builders/artists?
Jack's gaudy Gibson qualifies as an art guitar, but it's more of the homegrown primitive art type. |
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Joseph Lazo
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2024 10:19 pm
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
Cool! Looks like my all-time favorite has a new rival...
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Just joshin'! If I've ever seen a more garish Gibson than the one pictured above, I can't remember it. The Scott Walker Custom is awesome. |
Those plastic sequins make great fret markers, too.
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