This may make you give up playing lap steel

That's so cool. I don't know much about lap steel but the sounds and intonation he gets out of that is amazing.
 
Well in order to quit it, I'd first have to take it up! :p

JK, very nice post! That guy is talented!

I've never been much of a lap steel fan, but fairly recently discovered Larkin Poe. One sister plays guitar and the other totally rocks a lap steel. Until hearing them I'd just assigned it to bluegrass and country.
 
Steve is great and I've been following him for years.
Larkin Poe is another band that I follow.
I play my 8 string lap through my FM9 and love it.
But I'm just a hack in comparison to Steve and the Lovell sisters.
 
It rather motivates to open up the bag with the lapsteel I used with a blues band 4 years ago (already..). Incredible how he masters the string demping with his left hand fingers totally silent, no perturbating string noise. I wonder if he uses a particular size string demper to get that precision, you really hear only one string.
 
Man! I bet he could pull off some Gilmour easily!
  • Martin Huch -


  • Troy Brenningmeyer -


  • Albert Paredes -

These guys were my main influences/inspirations to pick up lap steel.

I've got a Duesenberg Fairytale Splitking and a Recording King Humbucker Lap Steel with Certano Benders installed.

Still learning, but they're both infinitely fun! I'll be recording/publishing/posting some recordings of both using the FX3T in the near future, I hope! =)
 
I take pedal steel guitar lessons and struggled at times, with the pedals and knee levers (5)
My teacher gave me some wise insights: just play one or two notes at a time, and make them sing!
It's helped me with confidence and learning how to "serve" the song.
The FM9 is perfect for lap / pedal steel, because of the amp/cabs/ effects.
You can go "old school" to modern Larkin Poe, with the scenes at a foot tap!
 
This thread has prompted me to get out the lap steel I made in the late '70s and restring/refresh it. The body shape is kind of a cross vetween a Flying V and an Explorer, sort of like the Dean ML series guitars. That Certano bender sure looks (and sounds) pretty cool. I guess I have to decide if I'd use the lap steel enough to justify the cost of adding the bender.
 
TG3K said:
This thread has prompted me to get out the lap steel I made in the late '70s and restring/refresh it. The body shape is kind of a cross vetween a Flying V and an Explorer, sort of like the Dean ML series guitars. That Certano bender sure looks (and sounds) pretty cool. I guess I have to decide if I'd use the lap steel enough to justify the cost of adding the bender.
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Sounds like a Peavey PowerSlide...
 
Greg Ferguson said:
@hippietim, I laughed at the title because it reminds me of lines from Airplane, with Lloyd Bridges saying "It looks like I picked the wrong week to give up…" something.
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One of the best movies of all time! The scene with the little old lady getting the shake down while terrorists carry heavy weapons through security was almost prophetic!

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