kinda gives a whole new meaning to "lap steel" doesn't it...
I followed a link from stringdog.net & found this:
http://www.industrialguitar.com/guitars.html
Very interesting. I'd never heard of them before.
I pick a moon dog.
kinda gives a whole new meaning to "lap steel" doesn't it...
Nice, glue a fretboard to a George Foreman Lean Mean Grillin' Machine, screw on a bridge ... et voila : :
Those miniature resonators on some of the steels look really interesting.
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience
I've had two Industrials; a lap steel and a sort of LP. I sold the lap steel because I just couldn't take the time to learn it, as I wanted it for Hawaiian and country steel and never could feel good with those tunings. It was a great instrument, though. I still have the guitar. It's the one in the site gallery called the Classic Paul. I have that actual instrument. It's not much like a real LP, as it has an (of course) aluminum top and back and a phenolic rim and it's fully hollow. It also is wired like a Hamer (volume-volume-tone) and has a Fender-scale neck. I have a set of custom-made ToneForDays humbuckers in it and it just flat smokes. Very versatile tones, and compares favorably with my Hamer. I just put in a set of TonePros studs and that seemed to actually improve things, in terms of clean sounds, but it's subtle. I love the guitar, it's just a little heavy for me with a shoulder problem I've developed over the years. I have an Epi PL that's actually heavier, though.
Thanks for the info bek. Could you describe the difference that the aluminum makes in the tone?
I pick a moon dog.
Geeze, I'm sorry I forgot about this forum. I don't post from anywhere but work (standby sort of job) and it can be awhile between opportunities. On the supposition you'll search for your posts: to me, I don't hear a metallic sound when I play it. My tech (a true, US-Fender fan) is terribly impressed by these pickups (ToneForDays humbuckers, still in the guitar). They have tremendous touch-sensitivity and responsiveness, not to mention Tone For Days! He tells me they would sound better in a wooden guitar and I have a few different axes I could (and should) try them in to really learn something. I should put them in my Hamer, which is the lightest one of them so I would like that (weight matters more as I get older!). I have to say the Industrial does not give me the thinline/ES feel I would expect from a hollowbody. I've been GASing for that sound ever since I sold my Sheraton. Would love to try these things in a Dot or Lucille, though I'm intrigued by the notion of retaining the long scale....
Thanks bek!
If you want a fully-hollow Fender-scale guitar the Eastwood Tuxedo looks very interesting. It has 2 P90s though.
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=4436
I pick a moon dog.
I've seen that before, and liked it. It reminds me of my old Harmony Stratotone Jupiter (the 2-pickup one with the 3-way switch), which was a great guitar. I've thought of a 72 Thinline, or else just forget the long-scale thing and get any one of dozens of decent standard 335-types. Last great concert I went to, with incredible tone, was Matisyahu. His player used an Epi Riviera into a Vox AC30, with some delay and it sounded amazing.
this one has a built in clock....!
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Looks like someone turned their scrap-metal into a guitar:
What time is it? Time to get down!
Youch Rocket, I'd be afraid of trying to tune that'un.
I pick a moon dog.
No need to fear, it appears it might be an early Gibson Robot prototype.Originally Posted by tot_Ou_tard
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It looks to be a seagoing vessel with an astrolabeOriginally Posted by just strum
perhaps it is an instrument for communicating with Poseidon.
I pick a moon dog.