Sierra "Laptop"

[b0b]

Picture of my 8-string Sierra, serial #002, by Mrs. Lee.

[Marcel Parijs]

Hello Bob,

That´s a beauty. It will be sounds great to I´ll think. A couple of weeks back I had a meeting with Bobby Black in San Jose. He plays also a Lap. Such a nice man. We talked and played hole evening. I heard all the stories from Bobby from the past. Such a great moment for me. I hope later to own a lap also.Love to play one. Here´s a little clip and a picture from that evening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMGEJJq2OVc




Keep on making the good work Bobby, Thanks for sharing your lap.

Regards,

Marcel Parijs

[b0b]

Bobby Black had the first Sierra Laptop, I got the second one. Here's a clip of me playing it.

http://soundhost.net/2012/07/rocking-al ... ing-chair/

[Tommy Auldridge]

b0b: Great job. Roy would be proud. What tuning are you using? Tommy......

[b0b]

That was E13th, right out of the Roy Wiggins book. B D E G# B C# E G#.

Now I have it in D6th just like my pedal steel, but I lower the 8th string G to E when the song needs it.

I guess that would be E11th: E B D F# A B D F#.

I play with it on a keyboard stand.



(By the way, do any of you PhotoShop gurus know how to fix the glare problem in this photo?)

[Karlis Abolins]

Karlis