Does anyone know where I can buy one of these??!?!

[chrisdermo]

I saw this heat on Saturday night (frickin awesome!!) and charles bullen played these two tabletop guitars. Does anyone know where I can get one like the blue one on the left with feedback speaker built into the body?

[lost in music]

not an exact match but

http://www.amazon.com/First-Act-Electri ... in+speaker

[chrisdermo]

Thanks! I eventually figured out I should searching for a mini or kids guitar and not a lapsteel, I had quite hilariously assumed this was some avant garde lapsteel/tabletop guitar modified with a speaker to feedback the strings!
The way charles bullen played it was fantastic, sounded like gamelan with bending bass notes!

[lost in music]

My question is: how was he using the insoles?

[chrisdermo]

Good question! I hadn't even noticed them on the table until you sent that. I sadly couldn't see him playing (I'm quite short) so you're guess is as good as mine.

[D.o.S.]

This Heat are phenomenal.

They seem like they kind of people that might answer your question if you got in touch?

[Chankgeez]

That lap steel is just your basic beginners model:

http://www.dirtcheepmusic.com/products/ ... 26040.html

[chrisdermo]

I like that both of these are cheap instruments.... it fits in with their ethos / lyrical content, and he played them in a way that sounded incredible.

[D.o.S.]

Did you get SPQR?

[chrisdermo]

They played everything!
Horizontal Hold, Not Waving, Twilight Furniture, 24 track loop, Music like escaping gas, the fall of saigon, everything off Deceit and finished with Health and Efficiency.
Mind blowingly good.

[Chankgeez]

I like that both of these are cheap instruments.... it fits in with their ethos / lyrical content, and he played them in a way that sounded incredible.

Yeah, I think when you're playing a prepared instrument, a lot of times it's more what you do to that instrument than the instrument itself.

[echorec]

These De Rosa/Huntington models look fairly similar with the speaker/pickup inverted, although the headstock looks more First Act. It would be hilarious if he was actually swapping out parts on these.

http://www.amazon.com/Rosa-Electric-Gui ... lue+guitar



Good luck, little shredder.

[echorec]

After seeing one of Chankgeez's posts, I think this may be a Stagg with a plain headstock.

http://www.amazon.com/Stagg-GAMP200-BL- ... GAMP200-BL

[Chankgeez]

[lost in music]

Here's one with the bridge pickup and a maple fretboard. Red might be a dealbreaker though.

http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-ele ... p231303504