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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent choice for the money, March 29, 2008
This review is from: Morrell Beginner Lap Steel - Natural Finish
A very inexpensive way to start learning slide "lap" guitar. It is not very pretty but it works and sound flawless. Stays in tune , it seems forever. You will not go wrong with this product.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty fine for the money, July 15, 2010
This review is from: Morrell Beginner Lap Steel - Natural Finish
This isn't a fancy instrument, but it doesn't need to be. The finish isn't outrageous, either; no one's going to "ooh" and "ahh" over this as if it's some nitrocellulose masterpiece. Again, doesn't matter. This is a working musician's lap steel guitar, and it doesn what it's supposed to do: wail when you put a tone bar to it.
Electronics: I had a small problem with mine; a fitting came loose inside the volume control just a few days after I received it. To my great surprise, I was able to fix it in about two minutes! Yet another advantage of keeping things simple.
Tone with this guitar largely is a function of amplification and effects. I play it through an old TubeDriver hundred-watt amp I've had forever, usually modifying the signal only with a Boss Bluesdriver pedal.
An additional note: I play left-handed. I changed the strings around and had no problems. The only modification I had to make was to buy a cord with a flat-fitted jack so it wouldn't get in the way of my left hand.
One of these days I'll move up to a Fender lap steel, if I ever decide to spend the money. For now, this is proving to be a durable and enjoyable instrument. I knocked off one star mostly for its appearance, which is very plain, and the aforementioned electronic problem.
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