So what do you think of this trade?

[Mark van Allen]

Not long after I got this cheap Asian lap steel, it fell off a flatbed on an outdoor gig, scarred and banged up.

So when I ran into a guy in a trenchcoat out behind the 7-11, I didn't feel too bad about trading for this oddly similar looking 1888 Lighthouse #46 steam-powered oddity. Plays as well as the old one, even if I have to get the boiler started 2 hours before the gig. Starts a lot more conversations, though!

[Ron Whitfield]

Kinda lends more to the term 'gear'!
I'd say you done good.

[Steve Cunningham]

Cool Mark! Where's the clutch?

[David Matzenik]

Does the pressure gauge go up when the girls ami-ami?

[Dennis Smith]

Hi Mark It look's like a steel Salvador Dali would have played. Cool.

I don't know if you remember me but I brought a doulble neck Sho~Bud over to your house about 8-9 years ago and you set up the E9 neck and serviced the guitar for me. I never could learn pedal steel but I'm doing better with lap steel. Just wanted to say hi.
Dennis

[Dom Franco]

What material did you use for the copper colored scrollwork? How did you shape and apply it?
That looks awesome and would dress up any steel!

[Mark van Allen]

Hey, Dom, the scrollwork is actually soft plastic stickers from the bargain bin at JoAnn Fabric, painted. I thought it was cool too. Especially for $0.99!

[Jim Cohen]

Brilliant! I love it.

[Carl Mesrobian]

Is this the birth of a Limited Edition run?