Peavey Powerslide... way too cool
Lewis
strings and I saw one of these babies. Bodywise I suppose you'd have
to be one of those guys that embraces weird; it is a bit bizarre
looking. Very retro paint and design too. But, it's probably one of
the most innovative gits I've ever played. Keep in mind I'm
predominantly a slide player, and I own a nice early 50's Supro Lap
Steel. But using it on-stage involves sitting down; not something I'm
crazy about.
It's got a very cool 3 button/strap system that allows you to hold it
in the standard upright resonator position, or you can use the 2
standard strap buttons to play it bottleneck style like a regular
guitar. Damn thing even comes with a Stevens bar for playing in the
upright position.
Get this... it uses a single humbucker. BUT... the tone knob serves
as, of course, a passive tone control, but once you roll it to the
full treble position it converts the pickup to a single coil.
Conversely when you roll it the other way, at the full bass position,
it turns back into a double coil. And they both sound damn good.
Certainly not for everybody out there, but at $199.99 I think anyone
looking for a good sounding, versatile slide guitar would be hard
pressed to pass on one. I'm picking up a Cream colored one Monday.
Oh... it comes with a gig bag too.
Here's a link to a youtube demo vid with one of the dudes at Peavey
playing one. BTW, dig the guys earings.. look like sterling silver
guitar picks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXuNbxXbVy8
Lewis
Tony Done
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A pretty good compromise if you want to play standing, and a very reasonable
price. I'm trying to remember who made a stand-up electric lap steel years
ago. The only thing I would have misgivings about if you want to play clean
is the alnico slug humbucker, most of the ones I've tried of those have
sounded like mud. Being an addictive tinkerer, I would probably convert it
to a proper tone control with a push-pull pot for series/parallel rather
than series/single. Have you ever tried playing a lap steel in the spanish
position? Its frustrating not being able to fret behind the bar, and harder
to do hammers and pulls. That might come with practice, but when I try it,
it just seems like the worst of both worlds.
Tony D
RichL
Hmmm....a bit gimmicky for my tastes. When playing a standard guitar, I
like to switch back and forth between slide and "normal". Also, I'd
prefer a switch rather than the tone control for moving between bucker
and single coil. Can't imagine playing lap-steel slide standing up,
either. And regardless of what the guy said, I'd imagine the edge of
that thing pressing up against your rib cage or belly would get pretty
uncomfortable after a while.
Greendistantstar
I don't mind the look or sound of this at all. It seems that the strap at the body is getting in the
way, compromising the right hand. At the end of the clip he seems unsure whether to put his hand
inside or outside of the strap. The neck would be VERY wide for 'standard' guitar playing.
GDS
"Let's roll!"
Nil
> Certainly not for everybody out there, but at $199.99 I think anyone
> looking for a good sounding, versatile slide guitar would be hard
> pressed to pass on one. I'm picking up a Cream colored one Monday.
> Oh... it comes with a gig bag too.
>
> Here's a link to a youtube demo vid with one of the dudes at Peavey
> playing one. BTW, dig the guys earings.. look like sterling silver
> guitar picks.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXuNbxXbVy8
That looks very interesting. At times I've had a spare guitar set up
for slide use, but I've never had a dedicated one. But for this nice
price, I could be persuaded. It seems this has been on the market for a
couple of years, but I've never seen one. I'll keep my eyes open.
Stephen Cowell
"Tony Done" <tony...@bigpond.com> wrote
> I'm trying to remember who made a stand-up electric lap steel years ago.
The MeloBar? Sidewinder is halfway down the page...
link's broke!
http://www.melobar.com/Products.html
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Steve
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Lewis
<stephenleeNOSPAMcow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Tony Done" <tonyd...@bigpond.com> wrote
I have a Melobar 10 string "student model". My wife's uncle had it
stashed in his barn for years and gave it to me about 12 years ago.
It's got that 45 deg angle thing goin' on on the neck. The thing
looked like it had been painted black with a fucking toothbrush, so I
disaaaembled it, and stripped the paint. It's now in all of it's
original pieces waiting to be put back together. I spoke to the son of
the original manufacturer (can't recall the name now) about 6 years
ago. He told me this model was made for students, and they found that
the tension from the 10 strings was too much for the neck to handle.
So they "supposedly" chopped the heads off of everything they had in
stock (north hollywood shop at the time, 1967), put 'em on a pallet
and sent them out to be dumped. Somehow my uncle-in-law got ahold of
one.
The guy told me the only way it's hold up would be to convert it to a
6 string (reducing the tension on the neck). I sholud break it out and
try to rebuild it, but I'm not very good at that kinda stuff, and even
if I could refinish and reassemble it, I have no idea how to switch it
over to a 6 string.
Anyone interested in it??? I'll ship it to you for $100, 'cause I sure
ain't gonna be fuckin' with it.
Lewis
Lewis
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It sounded pretty good Tony. Not muddy in the least. The vid does is
justice. I played it through a tiny piece of shit Fender amp and I had
no trouble getting clean highs.
L-
Master Betty
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Actually, I think those power slides have a design flaw for standing. I
tried playing one and the body contour places it too close to the body. I
guess if you have a pot belly it would be fine. :)
jtees4
wrote:
Nice idea at a great price. I barely play slide, if I did I'd grab one
for sure.
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puked:
Years ago I saw Sammy Hagar play one standing up. First time I ever
saw anything like it.
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