FW: MY NEW TOY became Lap steels.

["William Walker" <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

I've played the Pomona and it is really cool, however for shear sound, the
Asher electro Hawaiian, with its chambered mahogany body sounds bigger, 
more
low end, etc, though I loved the palm bender bars, the over all placement 
of
the controls is a major disappointment for me. It has this really cool 
short
throw tone control that allows for quick wah wah type tone swells, but the
control itself is tucked back  behind the bridge in such a way that you
can't get at it quickly and the palm levers are in the way. I don't know 
why
they couldn't have moved all of the controls further up toward the 
headstock
making both the volume and tone controls with in reach of the finger tips 
as
you play? That was a bit curious. The sliding capo is a cool innovation,
though I use one of these, on my laps steel
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Accessories/Capos,_slides/Beard_Dobro_Capo.html
, and they work well
 Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Walker [mailto:looppool@cruzio.com] 
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:30 PM
To: LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)
Subject: re: MY NEW TOY

Wow, Luis,

I just went and watched the NAMM demo of that
Pomona 6 Multibender lapsteel you mentioned.   It
looks incredible.   Thanks for mentioning it here.

The multibenders allowing you to shift keys and
the built in rolling capo make it an amazingly versatile instruments

What would such a beast set back a Recession challenged American?

Rick