Slide It On Over

..I've just fallen in love

feeds@yuku.com (EddieDelFuego) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:08:06 GMT

Played my first resophonic guitar...and I'm knocked out! 1937 National Duolian . Set up for perfect fret play...it's chrome
or nickel plated with a slight gold or yellow tint to the finish. Slot head, ebony board with snowflakes. Stamped on the peg
head, serial # on top. Condition looks ex. and original What is the ballpark high to low price range? Hope I can afford it!!!
It's a 12 fretter, thanks, Eddie del Fuego...

Where do I get kit parts Double 8 lap?

feeds@yuku.com (om45dlx) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:15:05 GMT

I want to build a double 8 lap steel. Any idea where to get (new or old) parts?

Tips for the New Pedal Steel Player

feeds@yuku.com (SteveE9C6) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:27:05 GMT

Tips For The New Player
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First of all, the best advice I can offer is to find a mentor of some type who will help guide you.

The pedal steel guitar is a vastly complicated instrument which can be quite intimidating to the new player. Let's look at some ideas for the player who is just starting out.

The Guitar
There are a ton of opinions here but I think all will agree that it...

Waxing your metal body?

feeds@yuku.com (Herringboned) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:08:22 GMT

I've heard folks wax their Nationals and alike, to stop corrosion and tarnishing. National sell a product called Nickel-Aide they advertise as doing the same thing.

What do folks here use?

Acquired a Hawaiian "junker"...

feeds@yuku.com (PrairieSchooner) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:05:45 GMT

I've got a cheapo hollow neck guitar, probably from the 20's or 30's: painted finish, movable bridge with a tailpiece, wood nut and saddle. I'm going to try to get it playing again and I've got a couple questions:

1) It has a metal disk slightly smaller than the sound hole, mounted in the hole on a dowel glued to the back. I'm thinking it's some kind of "sound enhancer" or maybe a mute? Anyone have an idea?
2) It probably had a paper...

Getting Tall?

feeds@yuku.com (sepulchre) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:36:19 GMT

I've got an old Epiphone acoustic that was left behind the seat of a pickup truck for the summer down on the coast of Texas. Now, not surprisingly, the top is badly warped - the bridge tipped up and I've been told, no repair possible. So it has become my lap slide guitar. However, the strings are still pretty low towards the nut. Is there something I can do to raise them? Maybe some sort of tall nut or something?

Pro photos of maple and koa resonator and more

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Marsh) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:54:14 GMT

Hi Again,

The rush is slowly ending for my boss and he had a chance to have some good photos of the nearly complete maple and koa resonator he is building for Healdsburg - Also attached are some photos of a resonator named "Bob" ( I don't know why - it's the name the owner gave it long ago) This may appeal to the traditional squareneck lovers - This was built by Bob Rigaud 28 years ago soon after graduation from Roberto-Venn in Arizona and it sounds as nice as it...

Sample National style O

feeds@yuku.com (bertrandtexas) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:06:24 GMT

Hi everyone,

I put some samples of my National stylo O; purpose is mainly to give people an idea of how it sounds...It's here:

http://www.soundclick.com...efault.cfm?bandID=954528

Natioanl can be heard on Rollin and Trumblin, Me and the Devil, and Walking blues.

Enjoy!

Maple and Koa Rigaud Resonator

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Marsh) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:24:06 GMT

With Healsburg (Spelling?) fast approaching my boss has been going non-stop to finish the five guitars he will display at the festival in August. Among them is this rather unique resonator built around the National resonator system. He decided he wanted to go "Art Deco" in theme to acknowledge the time period when a lot of the Nationals and Dobros were produced. I had the pleasure of executing the inlay work that appears on this instrument - when finished it will feature brass...

What kind of slide do you use?

feeds@yuku.com (D28grasser) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:27:35 GMT

I play bluegrass style squareneck dobro (using a bar of course), but I also enjoy playing "guitar" style slide. With either my round neck dobro or a guitar.

Anyone else who plays guitar style...what kind of slide do you use?

I prefer the Duane Allman style coriciden bottle. I've tried the craftsman 3/4 socket wrench like Merle Watson used to play, but its just much too heavy. I like the tone, but man...its just too heavy!

The coricidin bottle is...

Can you identify this old Resonator

feeds@yuku.com (jazzkids) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:36:46 GMT

My father bought this old wooden resonator guitar at a pawn shop back in the mid 1930's. The headstock repair was done over sixty years ago and remains stable to this day. I have been told it is a Double Cyclops Dobro that was made for Montgomery Ward and it has the Poinsettia metal resonator. Here are some pictures of where the headstock decal used to be. Any ideas on what this resonator guitar might be. Thanks for your help.

New Arrival -- Dobro Hound Dog Roundneck

feeds@yuku.com (riley stokes) — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:12:05 GMT

Sometime today a large delivery truck of the familiar swamp-bottom-brown hue will arrive at my house (well, according to UPS tracking on their website, anyway), and I'll trot down to the driveway and help carefully offload my new Gibson/Dobro Hound Dog roundneck. Ever since hearing Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops play one of these (actually he played two), I've had the hots for one. My choice was the least expensive of the three Dobro-brand guitars bearing that same...

New to Lap Steel - Advice Needed

feeds@yuku.com (Archbacker) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:14:35 GMT

Well, I've just bought a National New Yorker lap steel online. Now I need some serious help. Not only have I never had a lap steel, I've never had an electric instrument of any type, so I need an amp. What should I look for? I plan to play in my own home for my own pleasure. The New Yorker is a vintage instrument (1938), so should I get a vintage tube amp? Or would a new amp be better? I don't really even know all the questions I should be asking, so help he out here....

Shady Grove Done In A Very Different Way

feeds@yuku.com (tobywalker) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:34:24 GMT

Doesn't this Bronson seem like a good buy?

feeds@yuku.com (om45dlx) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:49:11 GMT

Seems like it to me - no affiliation...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-...15%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Model 27 Deluxe on Ebay $1350

feeds@yuku.com (kydave) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:11:46 GMT

No connection, but I thought I'd point this out. Really good deal on a 1991 Model 27 Deluxe. This instrument listed for about $4500 when they discontinued it around 2005 or so.

Model 27 Deluxe

Goldtone SM Wiessenborn....

feeds@yuku.com (aleatoric12) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:36:19 GMT

Is it any good? I am reading really mixed reviews. I am considering picking up a Wiessenborn and am trying to keep it around $750 or less. Anyone have any expierence with the Goldtone SM or LM? Any other recommations in the sub 1k range, I would consider used as well? Thanks.

How about a MOP covered Fender Lap Steel?

feeds@yuku.com (Howard M Emerson) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:00:40 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/wa...-E7yk&feature=related

Actually make that a MOTS covered Fender lap steel...........

One of many that I owned over the years................Just give me back my hair and you can have all the guitars...........

Shobud volume pedal, by the way.

HE

$99 Weissenborn copies on Ebay

feeds@yuku.com (Uke Richard) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:26:06 GMT

I was looking for a Weissenborg to learn lap steel on and I found these new Weissenborn copies at $99 on eBay. I ordered one and I am really looking forward to receive and try it.

I found a thread about them on the Steel Guitar Forum. Some of the guys have received theirs and they are quite positive about them.

Has anybody ordered one too?

How many on the forum play Weissenborns?

If I like it and if my playing deserves a better instrument, I think I...

Sollpphonic guitars??

feeds@yuku.com (nickysplendid) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:35:41 GMT

Just spotted this on a folk and roots website http://www.sollophonicgui...lery.php?cid=1&pid=56
I like his suggestion of converting a cheapo tele (squier etc) into an unusual reso-tele.

food for thought eh!!