| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Stringtone | | Date: | Wednesday, November 1, 2006 07:36:22 (+0900) | | From: | Hugh Ashton <resonator @.......com>
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On 31/10/2006 23:45, "bobmcevoy@comcast.net" <bobmcevoy@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I can tell you about these.
> They were invented by Ron Dearth in Lima Ohio, (my steel guitar teacher) in
> the 1950's.
> He patented the concept and had them mass produced.
> He sold them to his students, I have a double neck Oahu with one changer that
> moves from A to E to CM?. The second neck changes from C6 to E7 to C#M?
> The need for these was eliminated as peddle steel guitars replaced lap steels.
> To my knowledge they are no longer produced and I would assume the patent is
> expired. Someone might want to produce them.
>
> What kind of lap steel are you seeing with these attached?
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>
Thanks for the fascinating information.
This was a 1962 (I believe) 6-string Fender with what looked like an angled
Strat pickup on it. Sounded quite nice. I didn't notice a third position on
this one, but maybe I missed it.
I would have thought that there'd still be a market for them - after all, a
lap steel is a lot easier to schlep around and set up than a pedal steel, as
well as not requiring the dexterity of a multi-limbed octopus and the mind
of a higher mathematician.
Hugh
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