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Got given this through work. It's called a 'Recording King'

Pretty cool thing, I have until xmas to mess with it before I hand it over to my dad who will probably enjoy it more than me.

Anyone own one ? Tunings ?

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Interesting

I heard those things were a bitch to change strings on.

Have looked at those myself - am planing to pick up a lapsteel with my Xmas money. Not that I've been listening to a lot of the Eno/Lanois Apollo stuff, oh no...

Looks cool, hows it sound? I have played recording king resonators and martin dread clones, they were way above what I'd expected for the money.

a couple of my friends have some recording king acoustics, they're not awesome, but they're by no means bad. when it comes to a lapsteel, i think it's a win for sure.

I have a recording king acoustic too, which has had some supprise buttsecks done by me to it. Still not bad by any means.

Open C7th or B7th is awesome for hank williams honky tonk style lapsteel

CEGACE is old-skool Don Helms (the Hank Williams guy) tuning - which is C9th or something like that. Confusing at first, what with the tighter intervals between strings, but fantastic fun once you start to get the hang of it.

Git a solid bullet bar slide and a volume pedal and you're honky-tonkin'.

benecol wrote:Have looked at those myself - am planing to pick up a lapsteel with my Xmas money. Not that I've been listening to a lot of the Eno/Lanois Apollo stuff, oh no...

take a visit to Electric Ladyland here in Bristol they have a load of them in there that might be worth trying out. I think these could be a lot of fun to have a play with

Lap steel is a lot of fun, and a whole different way of thinking about melodies and harmony. If you're thinking traditional hawaiian exotica and old skool country, C6 is a good place to start. (CEGACE). You'll want a custom set of strings, cause it's a higher range with closer intervals.

Or consider Dobro tuning for a bluesier americana sound (GBDGBD) - may simplify things a bit.

And get yourself a heavy bar, either a bullet or stevens style.
Good luck!

And a tip for tone:
index finger goes on top of bar, and your ring finger drags behind to dampen string vibrations. Makes all the difference.