Lollar 6 string Steel Guitar

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 24 Apr 2003 10:42 am

Jason Lollar is going to have his new 6 string Steel Guitar at this Sunday's Greater Seattle Vintage Guitar show ...

If y'all want to "have a go" at his new steel and its Horseshoe Magnet Pickup ....

Seattle Vintage Guitar Show

He may also have the new "Authentic" Charlie Christian Pickup there ...

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www.horseshoemagnets.com [This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 24 April 2003 at 04:02 PM.]

Russ Young · Post by **Russ Young** » 24 Apr 2003 11:01 am

Isn't the Internet a great thing? I find out from a guy on a hilltop 2,500 miles away that there is a vintage guitar show happening about five miles from my house!

Thank you, Rick. And thank you, Al Gore.

Gerald Ross · Post by **Gerald Ross** » 24 Apr 2003 11:11 am

Pictures?

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'

Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 24 Apr 2003 11:30 am

WHAT??? Jason has a Hawaiian Steel??? I gotta see this.....anyone got info on it> Jason??? hello you there?? Where's the website with all the pics...I bet I can find it....I'm a goin' surfin'.
Jason is the KING that designed and made the great pickup system for my SS HAWAIIAN pictured below.

HERE IT IS!!!

Ricky[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 24 April 2003 at 05:15 PM.]

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 24 Apr 2003 1:33 pm

I had a photo ... but it got deleted accidently ...

I'll get another and post it ...

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www.horseshoemagnets.com

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 24 Apr 2003 4:23 pm

Thats The Electrotone

Jay Kardong · Post by **Jay Kardong** » 24 Apr 2003 4:38 pm

Thanks for the heads up Rick!! I live in Seattle and this is the first I've heard of the show. I can't wait to see new Lollar guitar!

Regards
Jay

Dennis Olearchik · Post by **Dennis Olearchik** » 24 Apr 2003 4:45 pm

Oh baby! Any idea of what the price will be? How soon they'll be available?

oj hicks · Post by **oj hicks** » 24 Apr 2003 7:25 pm

I know one thing, that pickup is a "HOSS!" Jason put one on my Excel Frypan. Made it sound like it was on steroids! Rick and Jason have done the non-pedal community a great service!

Thanks, guys.

oj hicks

Jason Lollar · Post by **Jason Lollar** » 24 Apr 2003 7:26 pm

Thanks everybody!
First off Rickys SS is probably the finest classic design I have ever seen.
This Electrotone is a guitar I made recently in my limited spare time to demonstrate the new horseshoe repros that Rick Aiello and I are making.
I dont have any immediate plans to make these, pickups keep me so buisy that I am about a year out on guitars and until I get some help in here I cant start making lap steels. Could be in 6 months to a year though, it will be the first thing the new guys will be doing.

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 24 Apr 2003 9:53 pm

So Rick lives HIGH ON A HILLTOP, and he told me he lives down low in a valley! OH well...

Sure wish Jason could've had one of these babies at the Spokane Steel Jam this same Saturday and SUnday. A building full of steel guitar players and no LOLLAR STEEL Gutiar. I'd seriously like to hear one and see if it might fit on my Shot Jackson FRY PAN>

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 25 Apr 2003 4:54 am

Ray is right ... I am a flatlander now

We moved off the mountain in January ... smack dab in the middle of the Shenandoah Valley now 

Seems like a big weekend for the Steel guitar (conventions, shows, jams)...

Jason Lollar · Post by **Jason Lollar** » 25 Apr 2003 9:03 am

Th timing on the Spokane convention couldnt be any worse for me. I have a gig on Sat which I only play a couple times a year anymore and the vintage show thats twice a year too!

Steve Honum · Post by **Steve Honum** » 25 Apr 2003 12:49 pm

Congratulations Jason and Rick, this is the most attractive new lap steel I've seen. Horse-shoe pick-up, guitar-shaped body, string-thru loading, (22 1/2" scale?), simple compact classic design. Please put these into production and include a 7 string model. Keep us posted.
Haere mai,
Steve H.
S8A6

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 25 Apr 2003 1:05 pm

Nice! Add 2 cups of Gibson EH-150 and 2 cups of Rickenbacher Bakelite, 1 tablespoon of Aiello/Lollar "mojo" and stir vigorously.

Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 25 Apr 2003 1:53 pm

Jason Lollar · Post by **Jason Lollar** » 25 Apr 2003 7:11 pm

Thats really nice, you just cant beat the old classic designs.
I spent alot of time on my archtop guitar design (the concert)to get that 1930's look without going overboard on it and I can tell you its alot harder to do than it seems, at least for me! making something that looks like it all goes together and doesnt have any extra junk on it.

John Borchard · Post by **John Borchard** » 2 May 2003 1:40 pm

What a beautiful, beautiful guitar. Nicely done Jason!

John Borchard

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 4 May 2003 10:23 am

What a beautiful, classic design!

Bob Stone · Post by **Bob Stone** » 4 May 2003 11:25 am

Great job Jason! Kudos.

Bob

Jesse Pearson · Post by **Jesse Pearson** » 5 May 2003 6:47 am

Jason, are you using bone for the nut and bridge or is it plastic? Also, did you use any special woods for a desired sound. Looks real nice. Thanks...

Jason Lollar · Post by **Jason Lollar** » 6 May 2003 7:54 am

The original design it was copied off used Bakelite for the nut and bridge so I tried Corian and it seems to work really well.
That guitar in the photo was made just as a Demo for the new pickup and I literally threw it together. I had a piece of white oak laying around and had some leftover red in my spray gun. The white oak worked really good but is a problem to finish because of the open pores.
We have a probably few tons of figured maple that we pulled out of the puget sound that we milled and dried that seems to have the right density and will probably use that when the time comes. Its going to be months from now before it happens.