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Re: OT: Moog lap steel



On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, William Walker wrote:
> When I was in at NAMM in January  I was introduced to the A and R guy 
> for Moog who gave me a brief introduction to the new moog lap steel. 
>  By coincidence I was due to be in Asheville NC,where Moog is 
> based, for a week   in March with my wife Nancy  to care for her 86 
> year old mother while Nancy's sister was away, and I was invited to 
> the factory to further check out the new lap steel and shoot some 
> video of it. I was accompanied by my new good friend and LD member 
> Andy Owens, and we had a blast , visiting the factory and meeting 
> nearly everyone who worked there:-)and I had about an hour to check 
> out the the instrument which they edited down in to this video. It is 
> really another experience altogether the way this instrument handles 
> the infinite sustain thing, having owned an ebow forever and tried 
> various sustainer devices. This seems capable of the same kind of 
> mayhem,  but also  more control and subtlety as well. The most 
> interesting thing for me was being able to sweep from one chord 
> position to another without having to generate sustain by creating a 
> physically driven vibrato by shaking the bar, or even striking the 
> strings with my fingers. I might get some grief from Randy Jackson for 
> being pitchy in places but I went in a sceptic and left wondering how 
> I could get the money together to buy one. amazing.  Enjoy
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HSmHE0OIrI

Wow, Bill................this video is amazing.       They should 
endorse you!!!!!!!

Really impressive.........I've heard you play for almost 40 years and 
you never cease to amaze me.

Wow!!!!