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Re: OT: Moog lap steel



Wow,  what a great video and performance !   Thanks for sharing it !
-Qua

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>On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:29 PM, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>
>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
>> Bill
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