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ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:40 pm

Congratulations John,

Hmmmm,, a HS!

BUT, how does it play "It's a Small World"?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:41 pm

ajish4 wrote: BUT, how does it play "It's a Small World"?

Hmm. If it's up and running by MARF, maybe a Rick steel/mandolin duet is in order. J-dog...?

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:09 pm

sloop_john_b wrote:
ajish4 wrote: BUT, how does it play "It's a Small World"?
Hmm. If it's up and running by MARF, maybe a Rick steel/mandolin duet is in order. J-dog...?

YES!

LOVE IT!

PLEASE RECORD it for You Tube John!

deaconblues · Post by **deaconblues** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:24 pm

On the headstock it almost looks like...sparkly gold paint??

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:08 pm

John, I see you've learned more about this since last night - I guess I was right with the B6 and post-WW2. Looks like you bought it "right" too. Congrats!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:24 am

ajish4 wrote:Congratulations John ...

+1

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:44 am

Duet. On. Pick a key.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:16 pm

jdogric12aolcom wrote:Duet. On. Pick a key.

G. We'll take turns playing the melody, switch on/off between the chords.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:08 pm

easy cheesy

rshatz · Post by **rshatz** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:37 pm

Jason,
How do you like your "38'59?
Post some pics, please.
Show me yours and I'll show you mine.

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:40 pm

It is great to see more of these lapsteels surface as of late.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:49 am

here is the '38 model 59:

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:48 am

Got the steel last night. I strung it up and it plays nice, but I'm not getting any sound from it (though I can hear the scratching of the pots when I move them). No multimeter around, so I'll have to wait 'till Saturday for a diagnosis.

Where are the serial numbers on these?

The smell reminds me of my Grandparents' basement - which leads me to believe that it was possibly in a flood?

Either way, it's a really cool piece of history that I'm really looking forward to playing.

dpowell wrote:On the headstock it almost looks like...sparkly gold paint??

Not only on the headstock...but covering almost the entire body, including in the control cavity!!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:00 pm

Well, it's not pretty to look at, but thanks to John Allgaier, it is now up-and-running and it sounds great!

Here's a clip (taken by a Garner) from the first time I plugged it in (through a bass amp!) at MARF:

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