Sing Me Back Home on Homemade Lap Steel

Here's a video of my homemade lap steel. I made a backing track with a Casio keyboard into a Boss loop station and played Merle Haggard's "Sing Me Back Home" to demo the guitar. My sound man, Pootie Dawg, came over to be sure the effects were set up right. Made me miss a lick but I didn't say anything. Good help is hard to find.

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Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on January 3, 2012 at 6:40am

Amazing...! smooth as silk (-:

Comment by shane jacques on January 3, 2012 at 1:51am

Sounds really good.

Comment by Uncle John on January 3, 2012 at 1:50am

This is one of the best instrumentals ever on the nation.  Just sweet.   And a second on what Jack Barnhill said.

Comment by Mike Bingham on January 3, 2012 at 1:20am

Thanks Kevin.  I'll try to post some more vids over the next few weeks. See Ya!

Comment by Mike Bingham on January 3, 2012 at 12:04am

Thanks Wes!

Comment by Mike Bingham on January 2, 2012 at 6:01pm

Thanks for the comment, Jack.  The lapsteel is in this video made from an old bed rail from a local thrift store. It seems to be mahogany and does have a pretty sweet tone.  Slide guitars are very expressive instruments and make it easy to convey what I feel.  I have no usable singing voice so I get to explore here to create feeling in songs.  Stay in touch and thanks again.

Comment by Martin Bramblestick on January 2, 2012 at 5:35pm

Sweet sound, Mike.  I like the way your music sounds like your feeling every note when you play it.

Comment by Mike Bingham on January 2, 2012 at 5:13pm

Thank you Silent Jim.  I appreciate those kind words! I may have to look into the mp3 trick.  In the meantime feel free to send the link to anyone you think might enjoy - er tolerate it.  See you later, friend!

Comment by Mike Bingham on January 2, 2012 at 3:58pm

Thank you James.  I'm glad you liked it. See Ya 'round the Nation. Welcome back!

Comment by James on January 2, 2012 at 3:53pm

very nice playing mike, sounds great!!!

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