# A super-cool steel string guitar. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384 "2009-07-27T02:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/1 "2009-07-27T02:34:03Z")
Not in the market, no, no, no. Surfing the web this rainy evening, and I went to the website of the guy who built my classical guitar. What should I see but [THIS](http://www.edwardkleinguitars.com/Steel%20String.htm) - he’s gone into steel-strings as well. I’m not in the market, no, no, no. Even though I absolutely love the classical he made for me, I don’t need another steel-string, it’s probably going to be expensive, I need to pay off the piano. I think I need to swing by his place and play it sometime soon though. We’ll be driving right past his workshop while we’re on vacation… AAAAUUGH! GAS alert!! GAS alert!!! ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/2 "2009-07-27T09:00:12Z")
Wow. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/3 "2009-07-27T09:44:46Z")
Man, he really screwed that up: the hole is in the wrong place. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/4 "2009-07-27T12:04:57Z")
That looks fascinating; I suspect, given his nylon-string roots, that it would be geared to fingerstyle, either fingerpicked folk/ragtime, or more modern stuff? I assume it would favor an even, precise attack - balanced sound and separation, not strummy, although I am sure it would do jazz pretty well… Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/5 "2009-07-27T12:24:53Z")
Yeah, the lack of a (visible) pick guard made me wonder about vigourous strumming, too. He does have this 1mm clear plastic stuff that he has used on his flamenco instruments as a golpeador. I’ll try to file a report when I get a chance to try it out. What am I saying? If I ever get a chance to try it out. In a few weeks when I’m back. On the way to the waterslide park… AAUUUGH! GAS! GAS! Gotta go; I’m (supposed to be) on vacation. (Hate vacations - all that playing time wasted!) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/6 "2009-07-27T12:31:56Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Yeah, the lack of a (visible) pick guard made me wonder about vigourous strumming, too. He does have this 1mm clear plastic stuff that he has used on his flamenco instruments as a golpeador. I’ll try to file a report when I get a chance to try it out. > > What am I saying? If I ever get a chance to try it out. In a few weeks when I’m back. On the way to the waterslide park… > > AAUUUGH! GAS! GAS! > > Gotta go; I’m (supposed to be) on vacation. (Hate vacations - all that playing time wasted!) Where are you - any guitar stores nearby? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/7 "2009-07-27T15:21:09Z")
Pagey no loadey. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/8 "2009-07-27T16:39:52Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Pagey no loadey. ☹ My Firefox didn’t like it but IExplorer did. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/9 "2009-07-27T16:40:40Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Pagey no loadey. ☹ Ditto. I can see text but no images. ETA: **BubbaDog** is correct – IE shows the images, Firefox fails. Wow, cool looking guitar. Very “Jetsons”-ish. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/10 "2009-07-28T04:39:52Z")
OK, IE worked. But no. Definitely not for me. Ick. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/11 "2009-07-28T05:09:41Z")
Here’s the image linked to on the top page, URL fixed for Firefox: [http://www.edwardkleinguitars.com/Web%20Photo%20Gallery%20Steel/images/1.Evolution%20prototype.jpg](http://www.edwardkleinguitars.com/Web%20Photo%20Gallery%20Steel/images/1.Evolution%20prototype.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/12 "2009-07-28T13:45:34Z")
If I saw someone playing one of those, I wouldn’t be able to listen 'cause I’d be too busy squinting and turning my head to try to make the guitar straighten out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ethelbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/13 "2009-07-28T14:57:48Z")
The most interesting feature to me is the pivoting neck. I have never seen this in any guitar before. I wonder how well this holds up. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/14 "2009-07-30T22:38:34Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Where are you - any guitar stores nearby? 😉 You’re a wicked, wicked person. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/15 "2009-07-31T11:35:51Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > You’re a wicked, wicked person. 😉 Nah, just a carrier of G.A.S., a highly communicable disease you catch from other people who spend way too much time fingering their guitars. Guitar is a nasty habit - and if you keep picking it, it’ll never heal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-super-cool-steel-string-guitar/504384/16 "2009-08-02T20:55:20Z")
As it turned out, we walked past Fred Eaglesmith’s [Hobo Java](http://www.fredeaglesmith.com/hobojava/) store just after it closed. I was not allowed to remain in the vicinity to see when they opened today. Too bad - there was a really cool harp guitar in the window…