Re: Slide and lap steel.

Tony Done wrote:
A few of us in this group play lap steel, and I'm wondering why we
bother. If it is 6-string, what advantage is there over Spanish-position
slide on a conventional guitar? Two things you can do more easily in the
lap position are hammers and pulls, and slants, but you can't fret
behind the slide. I have four lap steels, three of which were bought for
their unusual pickups and a great chunk of mojo, and an 8-string that
was given me. I've also made and sold three others. I also play electric
lap steel on a conventional guitar, it hammers the frets a bit, but I
have learned to minimise that, and in any event I only use the specific
advantages to a small extent. Do any of you play lap steel because of
their specific advantages or, like me, because it seemed like a good
idea at the time?

Another blog while drinking my early morning coffee.

Tony D


....I find I seem to have far more control and intonate better with the slide when I play lap style. Just works better that way for me, but I haven't been so caught up in slide playing that I've spent much time trying it.

I've got some spare Tele pickups lying about and I'd like to build a lap steel with them one of these days...but I'm not in a hurry. I'm far more distracted by Corvette parts and modifications these days.

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- Rufus
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