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Re: MY NEW TOY
i recently got this one:
http://www.duesenberg.de/duesenberg/en_news_lapsteel.php
love it, but is a beast if using the benders they will keep you busy and
out of trouble for a long time!
www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
--- richard sales <richard@glasswing.com> schrieb am Do, 2.7.2009:
> Von: richard sales <richard@glasswing.com>
> Betreff: Re: MY NEW TOY
> An: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Datum: Donnerstag, 2. Juli 2009, 19:21
> I haven't played one, but
> Robert Randolph, who is sort of the Jimi Hendrix of lap
> steel, plays one of these:
> http://www.harmosmusic.com/SG/indexSG.htm
> (Check out Robert's samples online.
> It's dazzling!)
> Looks like the Golden Gate Bridge, but the
> online samples sound pretty cool. It's cheaper
> than an Asher EH... but I still want an Asher.
>
> Still working up the chops (with the old Supro)
> to warrant spending the dough on a Harmos / Asher. The
> sample by Steinar Gregertsen playing God Only Knows on the
> Asher Electro Hawaiian is one of the best lap steel SOUNDS
> I've ever heard. He did it with plug
> ins!
> Almost finished the record I'm working on (4
> months and counting!). Hope to have some happy news on
> that front in the next month or two.
> En Shallah! Knock on wood!
> I check in with you all frequently and always
> very much enjoy reading your posts.
> your fan
> richard saleswww.glasswing.comwww.richardsales.comwww.hayleysales.com
>
> On Jul 2, 2009,
> at 8:01 AM, William Walker wrote:
> The
> Asher Jr is $759.00
>list http://www.asherguitars.com/lap_steel_electro_h_jr.php,
> but its more like a standard 25 foot scale length J. I
> bought one from Bill Asher , and sold it to a friend (
> already have one of
>these,http://www.asherguitars.com/lap_steel_electro_hawaiian.php though
> mine
> has nickel covered lollar pickups )
> .The
> Electro Hawaiian Jr, is IMHO the best lap steel
> on the market under $1000 but its certainly not petite.
> I’ve been trying to convince Asher to design a new
> model that is more of a travel size instrument like a Supro
> or my Fender champion with a 22 Inch scale length. I’ll
> keep working on him. Bill
> From: E Gross [mailto:slapbandjam@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July
> 02, 2009 7:18 AM
> To: billwalker@baymoon.com
> Subject: Re: MY NEW
> TOY
> Wow, a 22 foot scale lap steel --
> post a video!;) Actually, all kidding aside, I would
> like to buy/make another lap steel, I have an old Supro
> but would like to get something with humbuckers. At an
> affordable price, which rules out the Bill Asher model that
> Ben Harper uses....any
> suggestions? Thanks, Eric From: William Walker
> <billwalker@baymoon.com
> >
> To: andy butler
> <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>; Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 2,
> 2009 1:28:41 AM
> Subject: RE: MY NEW TOY
>
> Bingo! Andy makes a good point, if you used just one amp
> simulator, say
> something like a sans amp, and you place it before the M-13
> or some where
> near the start of the chain using the M-13's effects
> loop. You could achieve
> the missing link you are looking for without sacrificing
> the beloved stereo
> imaging of the effects. I haven't checked my computer
> in a week which is why
> I'm coming to this conversation so late. I've been
> in West
> Virginia , of all
> places, visiting relatives of relatives. I brought my
> 22' scale lap steel
> and borrowed Rick's Vox DA-5 and took a line 6 dl-4 to
> keep myself amused.
> Actually, if you think about it, A DA-5 could make a pretty
> cool first stage
> as it has a line/phone out that you could feed the M-13 in
> either mono or
> stereo. If you don't have an issue with the
> "feel" of modeling amps, I'd
> give either solution a try.
> Bill
>
>
> tEd R KiLLiAn wrote:
> > Yeah, it's really too bad that there's no also
> a single-device solution
> > for a stereo amp simulator to go along with this
> device.
> >
>
> Well, I obviuosly you know best what you need to
> achieve...but...
>
> Rather than put two amp sims after the fx, surely it
> would
> be neater to put one amp sim between guitar and fx.
>
> That gives you more options for combining sounds, and
> doesn't
> mush up the layers together.
>
> andy
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