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...?
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:09 pm
by ajish4
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!
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:24 pm
by deaconblues
On the headstock it almost looks like...sparkly gold paint??
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:08 pm
by johnallg
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!
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:24 am
by doctorwho
ajish4 wrote:Congratulations John ...
+1
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:44 am
by jdogric12
Duet. On. Pick a key.
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:16 pm
by sloop_john_b
jdogric12aolcom wrote:Duet. On. Pick a key.
G. We'll take turns playing the melody, switch on/off between the chords.
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:08 pm
by jdogric12
easy cheesy
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:37 pm
by rshatz
Jason,
How do you like your "38'59?
Post some pics, please.
Show me yours and I'll show you mine.
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:40 pm
by admin
It is great to see more of these lapsteels surface as of late.
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:49 am
by jdogric12
here is the '38 model 59:
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:48 am
by sloop_john_b
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!!
Re: Just bought this:
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:00 pm
by sloop_john_b
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:
