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Topic: Need a good laugh? |
Jim Williams
From:
Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 12:34 pm |
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I was scanning some comments on another group regarding building lap steels. Somebody was asking about different ideas for the fret board design.
Some guy commented something like "the frets on a lap steel are only there for decoration anyhow"...wouldn't you love to hear him play?
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 12:51 pm
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| I've had a few early electric steels with actual frets instead of flat markers. When showing them off, I always joke that the frets are still in immaculate shape after 80 years. |
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David Knutson
From:
Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 4:10 pm
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There was a recent e-bay listing for a Stringmaster which advertised that it had only about 20% fret-wear. 
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 4:29 pm
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I have a 25" scale Innovative Guitars lap steel with a padauk fretboard with brass frets.
I think it is absolutely beautiful but that may because I played acoustic guitar for so long before I jumped into lap steel.
The rest have silk-screened or vinyl fretboards so I guess I am semi-normal.
.......and yes, I probably do sound like I am playing with no frets. 
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Christopher Woitach
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 5:29 pm
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I love having frets on my MSA, both my 12 string pedal and my 12 string non pedal. It helps, in an odd way
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Christopher Woitach
cw@affmusic.com
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Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 6:46 pm
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My dobro has white inlaid wood strips. After 50 years of playing, spilling, smoky bars, same as Doug mentioned, the contrast between the light and dark woods is about gone. One of these days I'll sand it and apply some matte lacquer.
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 29 Jun 2017 7:39 pm
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I guess we could call the fake "frets" reference markers  |
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