Wow....lap steel/dobro queen Megan, a whole show

Steve Lipsey · Post by **Steve Lipsey** » 23 Jul 2024 4:01 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUGjskmW8Ss
some lap, some dobro...

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 24 Jul 2024 8:06 am

She is fantastic!

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 24 Jul 2024 10:21 am

Yes, I agree !

Miles Lang · Post by **Miles Lang** » 24 Jul 2024 9:40 pm

My #slidequeen

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 25 Jul 2024 3:49 am

The sisters are uniformly amazing together - there's nothing like sibling musical harmony - and Megan is exceptionally good. There's such a feeling of joy when she plays that's really rare. I also appreciate their reverence for older music.

Joseph Lazo · Post by **Joseph Lazo** » 25 Jul 2024 7:07 am

I wonder how many girls are inspired by Megan to take up lap steel. Can only hope there are at least a few, but the audience in that video looked to be about 98% middle aged guys.

I always feel a bit of hometown pride when I see Megan playing her Beard. It was made about a mile and a half from where I grew up and my sister went to school with Paul.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 25 Jul 2024 8:53 am

Megan is great on lap steel and great on stage entertaining......she gives "lap dance" a whole(some) new meaning......

Tony Oresteen · Post by **Tony Oresteen** » 25 Jul 2024 11:31 am

I just put an iTunes playlist for Larkin Poe today and saw this!

Megan now has a light(er) 6 string lap steel 22.5" scale that was custom made for her. She used to use her Rickenbacker lap steel 22.5" scale with a custom adapter but it weighed close to 10 lbs.

Her lap steel is tuned to OPEN G Dobro (L2H)GBDGBD.

https://www.vintageguitar.com/50434/meg ... lap-steel/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNgHZZSqOq0

Joseph Lazo · Post by **Joseph Lazo** » 25 Jul 2024 5:55 pm

https://youtu.be/gmsmZOC31f8?si=VvOKf79LuQXGNfOe

Tony Oresteen · Post by **Tony Oresteen** » 26 Jul 2024 3:52 am

Joseph Lazo wrote:https://youtu.be/gmsmZOC31f8?si=VvOKf79LuQXGNfOe

Joseph, that is the good news.

The bad news is that it sells for $3,200.

The real bad news is that it is sold out. Not sure if/when Beard will make more.

Joseph Lazo · Post by **Joseph Lazo** » 26 Jul 2024 7:15 am

Tony, yep, it's pricey. Not something I'd buy, as I have no interest in jumping around with a lap steel. I'm more interested in the Road-o-Phonic as it was originally built, with a hollow neck. From what I've been able to find out, they no longer make them this way.

Steve Lipsey · Post by **Steve Lipsey** » 26 Jul 2024 8:13 pm

Joseph
You are right, they made solid ones, I had one, weighed a ton...now made of poplar, I believe, and lighter...
I used it as a design springboard and had Ben Bonham make me a parlor size arch top thin line hollow body one with a Lollar string-through pickup along with the Fishman, and the road-o-phonic electronics and spider/cone...it is a true lap steel and a true dobro all in one...I couldn't be happier...stereo output, Fishman through an Aura, Lollar straight into the pedalboard...redwood top, maple body, ebony fretboard.
I had Ben also make a parlor acoustic one - deeper, with a Weissenborn neck. these twins totally cover the whole landscape of tone...Ben is a magician with wood..
https://www.bonhamdesign.com

Joseph Lazo · Post by **Joseph Lazo** » 27 Jul 2024 3:50 am

Steve, I've seen one of those on this forum before (quite possible yours!). They're stunning!

And I think I may have misspoke. The original Road-o-Phonic had a hollow body, whereas the later ones were solid body. I don't think the neck on the original was hollow, though, as I previously stated.