Lap steel with lights!!!!

Ron Victoria · Post by **Ron Victoria** » 12 Aug 2005 5:33 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/LAP-STEEL-GUITAR-CUSTOM-VINTAGE_W0QQitemZ7343164498QQcategoryZ621QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I wonder if Rick Alexander has the other one. Anybody ever see something like this?

Ron

Richard Shatz · Post by **Richard Shatz** » 12 Aug 2005 7:38 pm

yes,
I think you might be more entertained by this.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/r_shatz/album?.dir=d3c0&.src=ph

[This message was edited by Richard Shatz on 12 August 2005 at 08:46 PM.]

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 12 Aug 2005 9:24 pm

Wow, some of those machines would be great for those places that are so dark you need a match to see your fret board.

I wonder how some establishment owners expect anyone to play in the dark.

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Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 13 Aug 2005 2:23 am

This is giving me some new ideas....

I wonder how much the Lehua costs?

Ron Victoria · Post by **Ron Victoria** » 13 Aug 2005 6:22 am

I definitely wouldn't want to mix 110 volts with metal strings and bar!!!! I can see the headlines now, musician killed in freak accident while playing You're Cheatin' Heart!!!!

Ron

Ron Brennan · Post by **Ron Brennan** » 13 Aug 2005 7:11 am

Ron,

No........it was on "You light up my life" , then it ignited on "Baby, light my fire"...

TX
rgds
Ron

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Bob Stone · Post by **Bob Stone** » 13 Aug 2005 11:02 am

A matching lighted bar would add the crowning touch.

Richard Shatz · Post by **Richard Shatz** » 13 Aug 2005 11:45 am

Charlie,
I bought it about 5 years ago. I think I payed somewhere between $400 and $500. Great wall hanger. Sound just so so.
Bob,
I think a lighted or glow in the dark bar would be way cool. Maybe Gary Boyett could could paint the inside of his lead filled glass bars with phosphorescent paint before filling them with lead or alternatively install a rechargeable battery and colored light or multiple colored lights that would constantly change.

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 13 Aug 2005 12:07 pm

Hey Guys
This is nothing new, I had a friend (Hawaiian) who had a white one just like this
and the color on the fret board lit up in a nice shade of blue,something like DODGER BLUE and I borrowed it and It was OK but the tone wasn't what I expected. The color contrast was nice with a white body and the Fret board lit up Dodger Blue like a Royal Blue. Hal Aloma played this guitar at the Hawaiian room years ago. I tried it and didnt care for the string spacing. It's cool but a "gimmick"

Jody[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 13 August 2005 at 01:52 PM.]

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 13 Aug 2005 12:50 pm

Jimmy Hawton used to have a four-neck with illumiated fretboards. I wonder if took 3-way bulbs to cover all club situations?

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 13 Aug 2005 2:29 pm

Just be careful you don't spill your drink on it . .

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 14 Aug 2005 7:34 am

I have one exactly like the Lehua, except its marked "Orpheum" on the first fret. Mine still has the original pickup. The Lehau does not. It's a lot of fun to play, but it's not a tonemonster! Is plastic a good tone wood? Nah! The workmanship is fabulous.
JB

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 14 Aug 2005 8:31 am

I can't find a link right now, but there was a line of acoustic Hawaiian laps in the '30's that came with a light bulb inside the guitar, to "illuminate the player for the audience". I always imagined some conversation like: "Sure we'd like to audition you for the band, but we play pretty loud. Do you have an electric steel guitar?" "Well yeah, I've got an electric steel!..."

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Ben Elder · Post by **Ben Elder** » 15 Aug 2005 10:20 pm

A recent Greenfield thread included their illuminated model. Colin McCubbin has a page about Greenfields somewhere in, around or under www.notecannons.com.

Update: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/006896.html
and
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/007362.html

The eBay one just screams Magnatone. They were known for some elaborate wackitude. Maybe hillbillyfever only knows of two but I suspect there must have been a decent handful made and that there must be others.[This message was edited by Ben Elder on 15 August 2005 at 11:26 PM.]