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Topic: Cast Aluminum Clinesmith has arrived! |
Mikiya Matsuda
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2017 8:53 pm |
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Welcoming my Clinesmith cast aluminum lap steel to the world. She arrived via UPS on 8.2.17 at 7:46 PM, weighing 9 lbs 8 oz, with all 8 strings in tune. She's perfect. Thank you, Todd!
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www.mikiyamatsuda.com
www.alcatrazislanders.com |
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Jonathan Lam
From:
Brooklyn, NY
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 2:48 am
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So I take it, it's a girl. I had two boys and one girl............boys are less trouble. Good luck with your new bundle of JOY! 
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 4:40 am
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Congratulations, you're gonna love it. Excellent photograph, too. Looks like a candidate for a screen saver.
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Clinesmith consoles D-8/6 5 pedal, D-8 3 pedal & A25 Frypan, Pettingill Teardrop, & P8 Deluxe. |
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Jim Rossen
From:
Iowa, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 7:27 am
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Looks like no guitar volume or tone controls. How do you handle these?
Jim |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 7:28 am
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Congrats and welcome to the club. I see you have the blade pickup. Did you get the short or long-scale version? Looking forward to hearing you play her.
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Four Pettingills and a Clinesmith Aluminum. Fender Blues Junior. Quilter Mini-101. |
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Ralph Czitrom
From:
Ringwood, New Jersey
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 8:12 am
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| Mikiya - Thank you for expressing much more artfully what I experienced on Tuesday: my guitar arrived from Todd and I'm in steel guitar heaven. Mine is a long scale seven stringer with a horseshoe pup. I look forward to hearing you play your new baby... |
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Aaron Jennings
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 10:52 am
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Looks like no guitar volume or tone controls. How do you handle these?
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This guitar has Volume and Tone controls, they are a little hard to see in this picture (Black knobs on Black material in traditional location.) |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 1:43 pm
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It is beautiful! I wish I worked in cast metal.
Joe Elk Central Ohio |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 3:58 pm
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Two things happened when I got mine: 1) my search for new guitars ended, 2) my need for multiple necks was nullified because I didn't want to play anything else. So, one guitar, one neck, one tuning. Realizing the detriment to my career as a sideman this would cause, I struck out on my own. All because of one guitar!
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http://www.steelinstruction.com/
http://mikeneer.com |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 6:48 pm
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It looks super !!  |
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Mikiya Matsuda
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 9:02 pm
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Thanks for the well wishes!
Mike, I hear what you’re saying. The desire to focus on a single tuning is a big reason why I finally pulled the trigger on a Clinesmith. The truth is, when I take my double or triple necks out to gigs, 90% of the night I’m playing A13. I’ve been chasing guitars and tunings for a while and I think it’s time to settle on one--at least for now. I know there’s a lot of music I’ve been missing by hopping between necks.
And Stephen, it’s a long-scale guitar.
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www.mikiyamatsuda.com
www.alcatrazislanders.com |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2017 7:37 pm
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| Congrats Mikiya! I'm sure you will sound fabulous on your new Clinesmith (I have yet to hear a guitar that doesn't sound fabulous in your hands). Can't wait to hear some clips! |
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Russ Blake
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2017 1:44 am
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I got a chance to hear Mikiya play this beauty tonight with the Alcatraz Islanders. A fabulous sounding instrument in the hands of a master player with a top notch band... it doesn't really get any better!!
Highly recommended if you ever get the chance... |
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Mikiya Matsuda
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2017 10:23 pm
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You're too kind, Rusty! Thanks for stopping by and sitting in with us. As much as I love playing my Clinesmith, I wish I could have cut out early to hear more of your set across town with the Western Centuries. Your playing on the few tunes I caught took tastefulness to the next level.
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www.mikiyamatsuda.com
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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