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Topic: FOUND ONE - Please close |
Mark Nason
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Posted 2 Feb 2017 10:28 am |
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Found one.
Last edited by Mark Nason on 4 Jun 2017 11:18 am; edited 6 times in total |
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Chris Walke
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St Charles, IL
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2017 11:48 am
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I would hold off a while until you save a couple hundred more, then consider a Melbert steel by Robert Allen, for example. I think a Rondo, Morrell, etc. would disappoint you and discourage your progress. There are lots of other options, as well.
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 2 Feb 2017 11:49 am
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Please search the Steel Without Pedals section for many discussions of the Morrell, Rondo, Recording King, etc. budget lap steels.
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Mark Nason
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2017 11:50 am
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Thanks for the input to date. I've updated the post.
Last edited by Mark Nason on 18 May 2017 5:05 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Chris Walke
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St Charles, IL
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Posted 2 Feb 2017 12:22 pm
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| Mark Nason wrote: |
| Rick Barnhart wrote: |
| I would hold off a while until you save a couple hundred more, then consider a Melbert steel by Robert Allen, for example. I think a Rondo, Morrell, etc. would disappoint you and discourage your progress. There are lots of other options, as well. |
Thank you for the input. I'll consider it. |
You would be supporting a builder in the US by going this route (Melbert) - and that is certainly valid. But I'm not so sure I'd agree that the quality of the super-economy (often made in China/Korea) steels will discourage your progress. The mechanics of playing will be the same, no matter what lap steel you use.
I used a 6-string Morrel for a few years - I could afford it and it got me playing when I wanted to play. Waiting on a more expensive guitar would have discouraged my progress....as there would have been no progress if there was no guitar to play. YMMV.
Heck, I started with one of these. Which is why I think, "whatever gets ya pickin'..."
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Mark Nason
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 18 May 2017 5:01 am
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| I'm back on the prowl....and I have a little more saved up. Looking for 6 or 8 stringers. Found a great deal on CL but the seller didn't want to ship to Maine...oh well. |
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David Venzke
From:
SE Michigan, USA
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Posted 18 May 2017 5:44 am
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| sent you a PM |
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Jerry Malvern
From:
Menifee, California, USA
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Posted 18 May 2017 11:23 am
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| Email sent, thanks. |
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