Rubbish demo of a double 8 string lapsteel guitar.

Please excuse the playing but (A) I'm new to lapsteel and (B) when faced with so many strings I just froze haha. Hoping to improve soon and prepared to put i...

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Comment by the anonymous pick on July 20, 2018 at 7:07pm

I was  square dancin on the table . with the cat . Kat   ;-)

Comment by Danny Gordon on July 20, 2018 at 6:36pm

not bad playing Dani

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on July 20, 2018 at 9:42am

Thanks Dave, very kind of you. Yeah double 8 string is daunting, to say the least! I'm mostly just approaching it as GDg here and there and trying to find the power chord mastery then occasionally throwing in a major GDb chord. Not easy to think and play when there's so much to consider. Lots to learn. Again.

Comment by Dave Lynas on July 20, 2018 at 9:35am

No rubbishy detected. And I have a good nose. Quite the rig Bear. I traded in my big Guyatone 8 string for an old Tenor Harmony archtop. I found the 8 just too much for me. Good goin Bear. You’ve got it. I ... T!

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on July 20, 2018 at 9:34am

Thanks Paul. I've just got it tuned to G on both with different notes from the G tuning on different but random strings on both necks. I'm struggling to find 8 string lapsteel string sets (I'm using regular guitar strings at the moment). I also have no clue how to make the most of the two necks and what 8 string open tunings to use that compliment each other. What would you use or suggest?

Comment by Paul Craig on July 20, 2018 at 8:42am

That was good. Nice to have 2 necks tuned to different keys to handle all the bases.

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on July 20, 2018 at 7:45am

Haha thanks Uncle John. I agree the lapsteel sounds good, even through the hacked radio amp. Not so sure I'd describe myself as "warm and pretty" though. Warm, maybe, haggard and ragged almost certainly :D

Thanks for your kind words, Uncle John. :0)

Comment by Uncle John on July 20, 2018 at 6:20am

Hey, Bear,  Sounds warm and pretty, just like your self.  That is a lot of strings.

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