[QUOTE=charliewood] I realize tht there is alot of string pressure on these types of instruments, but I noticed this Christiaan Oyens' lapsteel is {well looks like to me anyhow} really bowing forward, is that right?
Is that the normal state of being for these?
Cheers
Charliewood [/QUOTE]
Charliewood,
It depends on the string gauges used and tunings as with any guitar. You certainly need enough tension in the strings to support the slide, but I play my Weiss mainly in Open D (DADFsharpAD) and am using 0.015", 0.018", 0.024", 0.032", 0.042", 0.056" strings so the tension is pretty much like a set of lights in EADGBE.
There is no truss-rod as such and as long as the neck bow stays stable and the guitar doesn't fold up on itself over time there are no real issues - extra string height/action helps with the slide and the intonation rests solely with the slide-bar and the player. In fact that's one of the beauties of these instruments - they are effectively micro-tonal and you get an infinite range of notes to play including the ones David Lindley calls "the Stinky Notes"
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De Faoite Stringed Instruments". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010
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