My new Clinesmith is on the way !

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 22 Feb 2010 1:35 pm

Sweet mother of maple!

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 22 Feb 2010 8:53 pm

Bob,I've never seen a cooler steel guitar than that!Play your heart out on it when it shows up.

Bill Fisher · Post by **Bill Fisher** » 22 Feb 2010 9:05 pm

Steve: I think your Clinesmith is Gorgeous. I love those wooden necks. Fantastic.

Bill

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 23 Feb 2010 1:30 am

Steve, Wow ! Beautiful.

So I got the steel from UPS at 5:00 and by 8:00 I was playing it in San Antonio. Here is a cel phone shot on stage tonight.

Charles Kleinert · Post by **Charles Kleinert** » 23 Feb 2010 4:45 am

Bob,

That is a beautiful guitar; Let us know when you are going to be playing it in the Austin area, I sure would love to get a close up and hear it; If you sound half as good as it looks; look out

chuck

Just a little jealous

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 23 Feb 2010 7:09 am

Bob,
Hope the gig was good with the new steel. Like the photo on stage.
Heres a few photos of Steve Walz's,

Enjoy

Jerome Hawkes · Post by **Jerome Hawkes** » 23 Feb 2010 7:45 am

todd - it would sure be interesting to see a shot of the undercarriage / tone changers - i've never seen one and the bigsby book didnt go into any detail about them unfortunately.

what are most people asking for regarding changes on the e9 neck - isaac's setup, or what?

Steve Waltz · Post by **Steve Waltz** » 23 Feb 2010 9:56 am

If Todd doesn't have underside pictures I'll try to take some tonight.

My guitar has the normal E9 pedals except the C pedal only raise one string. The C6th pedals are basically the normal P5 through P8.

Jerome Hawkes · Post by **Jerome Hawkes** » 23 Feb 2010 11:17 am

thanks steve - its BEAUTIFUL
one more thing - as if it even matters on steels like this - but what does it weigh in at? - looks pretty stout.

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 23 Feb 2010 9:12 pm

Steve's guitar weighed in at 62 lbs in the case. The non pedals are quite a bit lighter. But really not bad compared to most pedal steels out there. My old sho-bud weighed more. I think there is many general misconceptions when it comes to Bigsby's or that "style guitars". That they weigh a lot, or break strings, break cables,or don't hold tune, ect ect. Sometimes rumors overtake the truth and usually the ones who spread the rumors are not in the know. I have seen it on the forum and heard it at steel shows.
Anyways here are a few photos of the undercarriage of Steve Walz guitar.I did not want to post this in the non pedal area but the request was made and it is mostly non pedal guys into these instruments. This copedant is about as far as this guitar in a D-10 fashion can go, a triple would allow more room for changes.

Photo in the spray booth/ photo booth

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 24 Feb 2010 12:10 am

Yup, that's how Paul Bigsby would've done it!! Todd, you are truly THE man! I am tempted by the beauty!!

And I agree with everything you said regarding weight, string breakage, etc. My T8 weighs slightly less than my D10 Bud and the string breakage has never been a problem.

Bill Ladd · Post by **Bill Ladd** » 24 Feb 2010 4:53 am

Absolutely stunning.

As a machinery fabricator, I gotta say that is one Herculean effort you've put into these guitars.

Bravo!!

Jon Gottesman · Post by **Jon Gottesman** » 24 Feb 2010 11:42 am

Bob -
Congratulations on your new personalized Clinesmith - I should have bought your old one when I had the chance. Hope to see you when your back in NYC.
Jon

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 24 Feb 2010 9:43 pm

Jerome,
Most folks want a straight steel but for "Tone Changers" the basic 6th changes... like Steve mentioned P5 -P7... or more. And/Or the Isaacs.
Thanks for the comments Jussi. I was checking out your my space page the other day to listen to "Lorraine in the Morning" again and noticed the photo of you playing my lap steel ! Cool to see. BTW is that recording awith LITM available somewhere?
Bill Thanks for noticing. It's a lot more work than most imagine.
Todd

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 24 Feb 2010 10:16 pm

I'm playing the Clinesmith friday night with The Hubcaps

http://www.seancastilloandthehubcaps.com/

in San Antonio at Jack's Patio

then early show with Wayne Hancock on saturday in New Caney, Texas

http://www.myspace.com/waynehancock

I'll bring along a lap steel for anybody to check out also.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 24 Feb 2010 11:51 pm

Todd, it's on my cd "Visits The Johnny Bonanza Show". Email me your address again and I'll mail you a copy!
Sorry the off topic folks

Thomas Ludwig · Post by **Thomas Ludwig** » 25 Feb 2010 2:09 am

Bob,
this guitar looks soooooooo beautiful !!

Any gigs planned in Europe ??

Thomas

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 25 Feb 2010 4:13 pm

Thomas,
I'll be in Europe in April. Depending on airline baggage I'll either have the D10 console or a Clinesmith lap with me.

Check Wayne's myspace for info

http://www.myspace.com/waynehancock

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 27 Feb 2010 8:13 am

does anyone have a picture of a clinesmith triple neck they could post.

Bill Fisher · Post by **Bill Fisher** » 27 Feb 2010 12:24 pm

There's one on his web-site.

Bill

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 27 Feb 2010 1:45 pm

does anyone have a sound clip i could hear ive been wanting to hear a clinesmith.

Rick Abbott · Post by **Rick Abbott** » 27 Feb 2010 1:49 pm

Bobbe Seymour has a clip on his youtube site, it's a tremendous sounding guitar!!!!!

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 27 Feb 2010 8:56 pm

I have been meaning to update my web site for a while now. The lap steels are not up, or current guitars. The instruments on there are my 2 prototypes. Alot has changed since those two guitars. Mostly minor details but , finish, logo ect.

Daniel heres a photo of a Triple 47' style. I think I have put this photo up before . Mike Neer has posted some lap steel sound clips.

Also Mid 50's style:

I'll have some more triple photos to post at the end of march or april.
Todd

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 28 Feb 2010 7:06 am

I love them all, but that Triple 47 would be my choice! But then its no secret I'm a big wood nut at heart.
For those that might not know, Todd has scored some of the very best figured sugar maple that can be found! There is a small fortune tied up in raw maple alone.

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 28 Feb 2010 1:32 pm

the mid fifties style triple eight is really nice but i also like the 1947 style model.