14 string lap steel

Gary Stevenson · Post by **Gary Stevenson** » 22 Sep 2006 4:30 pm

Has anyone on this forum heard of a 14 string lap steel. someone gave me an unfinished lsg and I was curious if this was an odd setup!

Chuck Fisher · Post by **Chuck Fisher** » 25 Sep 2006 2:44 pm

why not, a 15 string diatonic would totally rock !

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Sep 2006 6:58 pm

interestingly enough, my friend in sacramento has an oahu 16 string lap steel. the pickup is a richenbacher horseshoe magnet monster like the one on my '37 b6 rick, but for 16 strings. you'd need a bar a mile long to span the whole neck. he's had it for ages and usually breaks the tuning up into two halves. luckily, he's got a good day job!

Chuck Fisher · Post by **Chuck Fisher** » 27 Sep 2006 1:09 pm

wow, get him to post it ! I love the modal possibilities of a setup like this.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 27 Sep 2006 4:42 pm

just talked to the guy with the 16 string...we think it must have been some kind of custom order from richenbacher somehow...the pickup's gotta be one of a kind. oahu name on the headstock, ugly mother of toilet seat paper(?) covered wood body, rick 16 str pickup, rick tuners and the four middle strings have banjo tuners...he's going to take some pictures for me and i'll see if i can figure how to post 'em eventually.

Russ Young · Post by **Russ Young** » 27 Sep 2006 5:47 pm

Gibson made a mere 13-string EH-150:

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 28 Sep 2006 5:02 pm

wow russ..nice collection of pretty weird things! are those yours?

Mike McBride · Post by **Mike McBride** » 7 Oct 2006 5:13 am

very cool!