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Topic: Slant-O-Matic... is this a joke? |
basilh
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United Kingdom
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 2:48 am |
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Do they also sell the hand with it?
I like that one line in the ad: "If you already play fast like a speeding bullett, the Slant-O-Matic will even make you faster!"
Maybe you will trun into a helicopter and leave the stage!
I think I'll stick to the old fashioned way!
Walter
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 3:19 am
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The seller says "... I'm pretty much guitar and fiddle, and by no means a player on lap steel".
Gee, what a surprise. Maybe I can sell him my fiddle bow that attaches to a blender leaving the hands free to read a newspaper? |
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nick allen
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France
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 4:26 am
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"capped with a 9mm shell casing for that festive touch of brass."
Apart from the obvious ironic aspects of this  - maybe it helps when playing Christmas tunes Herb Alpert-style ...?
Nick |
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 4:53 am
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Last edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 17 Jan 2018 1:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 5:21 am
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I also found this remark to be quite entertaining..
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My own tips on sliding with the Slant-o-matic:
If you place the handle directly over one string, then that string will not change in pitch when you slant the bar. This makes sliding through a series of straights and slants easier.
If you place the handle over the space between the two strings to be played, and twirl the handle back and forth between your thumb and fingers, you get an interesting detuning effect, where the notes rapidly get a little further apart, then a little closer together.
I am sure there are a few other tricks that a seasoned steel guitar player can apply with this steel.
Bbaz
BTW. beter not mention the 9mm luger casing..eh Jeff |
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nick allen
From:
France
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 6:14 am
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Jeff -
just the combination of "festive" - as in "season" - and the 9mm shell casing...
I KNEW I was onto something with that "interesting detuning effect"... Those Philistines around me just didn't understand...
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 6:53 am
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I can get an interesting detuning effect without one of those things !!!
Baz |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 7:59 am
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There's been several, uh, 'creative' versions of steelbars on eBay lately, like the one with the two thumbscrews that clamped down on your first and second fingers.. Looked more like an instrument of torture to me.
Basil,- did you get my email regarding the tabs?
Steinar
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 8:44 am
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WEll you can't blame the guy(s) for being inventive...ha....>but that is funny and impractical....  
Ricky |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Dwight Mark
From:
Denver, Colorado, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 9:26 am
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I'd like to see some innovations on this, like a few buttons that automatically slant the bar - maybe a 1/4, 1/3, forward slant vs. back slant. Maybe they should just put a whole panel on top of the neck with chord buttons like those old ukuleles - and then you can have additional buttons with how much wiggle on the chord you want and at what speed.
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 9:33 am
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When I see these never ending forays into what has become an evolved standard, I am reminded over and over again what Jerry Byrd said,
"they are a piece of junk".
I agree totally. Buy, learn to play and use an appropriate sized round steel bar with a bullet nose; and a recess in the back for one's thumb when slanting.
I believe these silly contraptions fall in the same vein as,
"build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door".
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 10:49 am
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The only thing remotely similar to that contraption I have ever seen had a swivel ring attached to the "upper" part of the bar. Those with arthritis probably found this contraption of use. Like most of these 'inventions', they become passing fancies and fall into the catagory of "JUNK"
[This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 17 December 2003 at 10:49 AM.] |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 12:12 pm
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| HANKEY??????????????? |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 2:28 pm
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Last edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 17 Jan 2018 1:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 2:58 pm
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i find "Slant-  -Matic" to be a great name
Thanx fer postin' these oddities
they reassure me
and so do you... guys
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 17 Dec 2003 8:13 pm
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| Let's see who buys this..... |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 18 Dec 2003 2:07 am
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I would only buy it if it comes with a remote control!
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 18 Dec 2003 4:47 am
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There is one born ever minute.
And two already around to take advantage of them.
I would have thought a firing pin from a small howitzer mounted crosswise on the shell casing,
would have addeed festivity
and acuracy when holding this unwieldy contraption.
But that's just me LOL.
I like how the guy with tired fingers andthe odd, odd, odd bars, can't even get his picture in focus. Must have tired eyes too. [This message was edited by David L. Donald on 18 December 2003 at 04:50 AM.] |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Dec 2003 5:46 am
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It' amazing what people will try to use for a short-cut to play the steel. The word CRUTCH comes to mind. We all would like to have the PERFECT guitar with the PERFECT amp, but there seems to be no short-cut to play the thing. All the bars, picks, guitars and amps will not do a thing us if we don't have the guts to stick with the practice and work on the techniques required to play the thing.
Doug Smith used an ironing board from his room at Joliet one year,for a stand, and used the iron for the bar. It brought the house down, and sounded pretty good. That was because he could have used anything to play it and get away with it, and it sure wasn't a short-cut. He was playing an acoustic Dobro (brand) which was probably harder than a lap-type steel, with the "big iron"
Cheers BILL.[This message was edited by Bill Creller on 18 December 2003 at 05:51 AM.] |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2003 8:44 pm
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Frankly, I think that the Uni-flex is a better invention:
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 19 Dec 2003 12:54 am
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"Merely slip impressive diamond ring on and enter the SteelGuitar Hall of Fame !"
B0b, is this an article you have in stock from Tom B's donation ?
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2003 4:29 am
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Didn't Batman carry one of these in his utility belt? It bears a strong resemblance to the Bat-o-rang ...
"Holy vibrato, Batman!" |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 19 Dec 2003 5:27 am
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Shazam, Ima gittin me on o dem
and ima gonna be a star, I jes knowd it!
Best dog'on steeler in da trailerpark! |
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