If Money was no object - Lap Steel Guitar

[BJ Burbach]

I would second the Morton right now, but wouldn't mind mind having my old 3 pedal Emmons and Gibson Skylark back.

BJ

[Daniel Flanigan]

If money was no object, my lap steel choice would probably be a Pre-1937 "Pat. Pend." Rickenbacker Bakelite Model B. I still kick myself for not buying one when you could buy them for under $500. Now I don't think I have the heart to pay $1500 for one, but I'd sure dig one.


As for my amp choice, I'd buy two, a 1957 Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe for my overdriven steel sounds, and a 1965 Fender Blackface Twin Reverb for cleans.

[Jack Hanson]

If money (or lack of) was no deterrent, I would seek out a combo platter of the nicest-looking and bestest-sounding 6-string Rickenbacher Electro A-22 available.

Second choice: A cosmetically excellent 7-string Gibson ES-185.

[Michael Simpkins]

I'm a noob, so I'd have to go with a good ole' frypan.

[Joe A. Roberts]

If money (or lack of) was no deterrent, I would seek out a combo platter of the nicest-looking and bestest-sounding 6-string Rickenbacher Electro A-22 available.

Second choice: A cosmetically excellent 7-string Gibson ES-185.

Sorry Jack, I already called dibs on that free 7-string Gibson.
You can have your choice of either the BASICALLY cosmetically excellent one or the PRACTICALLY cosmetically excellent one.
Likewise, I'll reluctantly settle for the free combo platter of second bestest sounding frypans...

There best be some much larger than usual Easter eggs during the egg hunt next Sunday... The old tooth fairy trick hasn't been working as of late.

[Mark Evans]

Bear Creek Weissenborn

[Rich Arnold]

An 8 string tricone.

[Paul Seager]

I thought about this far more than I thought I would; and surprised myself at the conclusion!

I own a Ricky DW16. It is my first and only D8 and I am very fond of it, would not easily part with it. Only that, recently I have been working with a third tuning and although I can re-tune between songs, the itch to move to a T8 is growing. With that itch to scratch, I could respond to this thread with whichever T8 I most lust after ... but I am not sure there ever was a Ricky DW24!

I am aware of the 700 series consoles but my research doesn't put them in a great light! So I guess that my wish is to acquire a second Ricky, a DW8 or even a DW16 to compliment what I have!

Hopefully, not too boring an addition for the thread!

[James Mayer]

I would second the Morton right now

I pounced on a 7-string Morton, last week. It was listed on Reverb but it turns out that I bought it from his (John Morton) son. Considering some of the steels listed in this thread, it wasn't that expensive.

[Dave Mudgett]

As far as non-pedal steels go, I already have them. A long-scale 8-string Clinesmith cast aluminum lap steel with Bigsby-style pickup, and a Clinesmith D10 plank console steel with Bigsby-style pickups - the D10 version of the T8 Joe pictured earlier. These are the best non-pedal steels I've had in my hands, to my tastes. So that's it for me, unless I'm lucky and find a nice squareneck National Tricone. I see them occasionally, but they're usually beat to hell or seriously overpriced. But there's just something about a really nice Tricone.

As far as, "If money is no object ... " goes - well, um, money is not no object. It's about whether or not a guitar is, IMO, priced appropriately for what it is. There are some things that are real expensive but not over-priced, and some things that are not real expensive but are over-priced. And if ya' throw money around, y'er not likely to have the money to get the really cool thing when it comes along. Been there, done that, but I'm learning, LOL.

I don't need any more amps. Most of what I have left are holy grails, and I need to consolidate some more. Pedal steels? Well, at some point I'd like to get a totally loaded premium D10 - Zum, Mullen, MSA Legend, something like that. I mean 9+9 or close, that I will never, ever have to add to, set up exactly how I want it. But I need nothing. Only playing more is gonna make me a better player.

[Allan Revich]

I could live with John Morton 7 string, only because NRP does not make 7 stringer hollow necks.

I didn’t know I wanted one of these until I saw this. But now I do.

I’m pretty happy with my current collection of seven strings, A Clinesmith fry pan, a Rickenbacher B7, a custom made Fouke Industrial, and a 1937 EH100–but I wouldn’t object to owning an early Rick frypan 7 string!

[Tony Oresteen]

Well, I have everything I need. But I still would like to have a Gibson EH 7 string lap steel with the CC pickup and a National New Yorker 7 string. That would do it for me. I have all the amps I need (and then some).