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Hmm – not much of a review but certainly a
commercial for Musicians Friend J From: Don Makoviney
[mailto:don.makoviney@asg.com] Thought I
would post this since there are a few on this list that loop lap steels.
Thanks in
advance to John Mazzarella for some offlist beginner's tips. I got
this Artisan lap steel from Musician's Friend to see if I could do something
with it. It is a 2003 Chinese-made lap steel guitar with one single-coil
strat-style pickup, a volume control and a tone control. It also
comes with a GIG BAG that has multiple handles. You can even wear it like a
backpack! There is a decent enough sized velcro front pocket to hold picks,
slides, etc. All that
for 79.99! It even
gets decent reviews on the otherwise cynical HARMONY-CENTRAL Gear Reviews:
HARMONY-CENTRAL
REVIEWS: BUY AT
MUSICIAN'S FRIEND: Apparently
they are also marketed under different names, like "Sonica" and
" Turns out
it is a very inspirational little piece. I think it needs a little fatter
strings, but it has a real good sound. No obvious buzzes or hums that I can
tell so far. The thing
is 79.99 plus s&h. Comes in blue sparkle, red sparkle, or black sparkle.
All with chrome pickguard. (I got black) At the
very least it would provide a decent backup for you lap steel loopers out
there. BUY AT
MUSICIAN'S FRIEND: Thanks,
Don
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