NY Chief wrote:Hmmm, scraped off a little paint expecting to uncover the brass body. No deal. Stayed shinny gray color...."shit" I thought, is it friggin aluminum???? Can't be, too heavy. Well I still can't get the damn magnet off so it's a steel body!
No friggin' shit!! Thats
awesome, Chief!! Next to the body being made of actual silver, which would be beyond rare, steel is without a doubt the best thing it
could be made of, and even then, its totally personal preference as to which would sound better. Honestly, yours is the first that I've known to be verified as steel. I've never seen one myself, and Im really sure that there are very few out there.
I can tell you that my steel Style O Nat slaughters my brass Style O. No wonder you loved it so much!!
IMO, on THAT particular guitar, the steel is gonna lend a raw edge to an already wicked midrangey tone. My fiddle-edge Dobro was brass, and though really nice (a bit mellow, but it had a beautiful tone), Im sure a steel bodied Dobro woulda kicked the shit out of it.
Steel just gives any metal body "cone" guitar a rawness and a rip that I dont think ANY other body material can touch, including silver. Silver has its own distinct tone, but its more of a delicate, almost reverb-y kinda sound. Silver is definitely very cool sounding, but steel?? Steel is bad assed, man. Its instant Elmore James!!!
My "brotherly" (
) advice, Chief: Dont ever sell that thing!!! If it sounds as good as you say (and Im certain it does) you'll regret it forever, that I can promise you. Plus its super cool that you got such a rare and unique (not to mention killer sounding) guitar for something as special as your 50th.
Personally, I'd sell a LOT of guitars before my steel O would go.
I dont know the numbers on how many steel fiddle edges were made, but to give you an idea about steel body, original Style O Nats, its known that less than 100 were produced before they switched over to brass bodies, which there are quite a lot of. Steel O's are VERY sought after, and Im sure your steel Dobro is too.
(ESPECIALLY BY ME!!)
Lucky bastard!!
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