u/luis_nunes

I've been building a lap steel guitar for the last couple of weeks - never played one, never even seen one personally - mostly for the fun of it, to keep my mind ocupied and learn a new instrument, but I have this bad habbit to start thinking about the next project before I finish the current one, so, spending the last days revisiting Morphine - man, did 27 pass fast! - got me wanting to build something like a "lap steel bass".

I've done some research, but all I find is almost nothing about this Jackson Steel Slideking, and a few videos on YouTube with DIY builds and, well, "test drives". I like the sound they get from the instruments, but I haven't heard nothing that musically inspires me much. The lap steel guitar community doesn't seem to care much for the concept, I guess they're more in it for the twang than for the growl. Or maybe it's just not such a great idea.

Anyways, I guess I'm going to experiment with it. Now, I want something I can play Morphine vibes with - fifths, D and (G tuned up to) A strings - but I don't know if I want to be limited to two strings, and I want to use for ambient and more experimental sounds, like maybe using it with and e-bow.

Sandman fans, slide players, what do you think? Any ideas? Has anyone played something like that? What tuning would you use? I guess DADA would be the most obvious, for power chords, but that wouldn't add much to it, right...?

Thanks!

So, I have this "bad habbit", and it's getting worse the more I listen and play music... I more and more tend to dissect the songs into the different parts and different instruments, and I keep finding similarities between - sometimes, not so - different songs, be it a melodie, a chord progression, or just a general vibe. The thing is, when it's not too obvious, I end up playing a song in my head for the rest of the day until I get that "ah, there it is, that's why it sounds familiar" moment.

Today's lucky contestant is the latest A Perfect Circle single "Starless". I can't quite put my finger on it, but, is it just me, or is there a "Just like you imagined" vibe to it?