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Del Ray Grace

 

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Toledo, Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 18 Jun 2017 6:38 pm    
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This custom lap steel was designed by Sacred Steel master, Lorenzo Harrison in the late 1970's.
Family members don't recall who built the guitar other than the fact that Lorenzo did a lot of business with people in the Nashville area in those days. Just wondering if the engineering work looks familiar to anyone on the forum.




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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 4:31 am    
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Wow! Just, wow!
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 5:17 am    
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I can tell you three things about this rig:
The lap steel used to be a Sho-Bud Permanent;
That's a cool rehoming of a Twin Reverb;
I'm glad I'm not the roadie.
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Terry Barnett

 

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Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 5:22 am    
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File this under...now I've seen everything. Yeah, probably not meant to be moved. Wow!
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Peter Harris

 

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Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 5:59 am    
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Reminds me of all those "Worst-things-that-could-happen-when-using-a-tailgate-unloader" Videos on YouTube........ Whoa!
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Bobby Bonds Sr.

 

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Texas, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 11:19 am     lap steel?
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Why not just mount the whole thing in the bed of your truck, then you can just drive it on stage!
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Josh Braun


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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 12:55 pm    
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That's pretty awesome!

I'm guessing it makes sense as a permanent/fixed instrument in a church (like a piano or always-set-up-drum-kit). Of course, there are those guys who haul upright piano's to gigs in LA (I think Ben Folds used to do this!).
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David Gertschen

 

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Phoenix, Arizona
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 3:54 pm    
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That appears to be an old Hammond M3 organ that was gutted out:

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James Phillips

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 5:30 pm    
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I bet some people in the congregation very curious as to what he was actually playing Very Happy
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Del Ray Grace

 

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Toledo, Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jun 2017 6:23 pm    
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Thanks to all that responded, you guys are very funny. David Gertschen, thanks for that photo, very close resemblance. Wish I could find the person or company that built it just to get more background information.
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James Flaherty

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 20 Jun 2017 10:52 pm    
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How many horsepower is that thing?
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Tony Oresteen


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Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jun 2017 4:50 pm    
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Dang! Now I'm on the hunt for an old Hammond M3 organ Smile
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Del Ray Grace

 

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Toledo, Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jun 2017 7:11 pm    
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This is a museum piece for sure.
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Jerry Van Hoose


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Wears Valley, Tennessee
Post  Posted 24 Jun 2017 7:28 pm    
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Very Happy
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Del Ray Grace

 

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Toledo, Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jun 2017 9:57 am    
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Jerry Van Hoose, I was thinking more on the level of the Smithsonian museums or some other credible places that respect skillful, creative and innovative pieces work.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.
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