End of Summer

As the Semester has been moving along I have found an opportunity to install a Pitch Witch bender on a Gretsch 5700 Lap Steel guitar. Also obtained a Canon RF 35mm f1.8 lens that should enable me to keep my creativity fresh through next Spring. I have two paintings that I need to finish when I find time and another graphic design concept to realize.

The idea I had to install benders on a lap steel came as I was doing research to buy a pedal steel. I have always wanted to learn to play one. I write a lot of music that a pedal steel would lend itself well to. The lowest price on a quality pedal steel is outside of my budget right now so I started looking at lap steels and found this fella that installed some Certano benders on a lap steel in order to get pedal steel sounds. As I did some research I found the Peters Pitch Witch bender and they had a Labor Day sale right as I was looking and it fit my budget right. I also obtained a Gretsch Electromatic 5700 lap steel second hand at a very good price. The only other thing I added was a roller bridge from the Georgeboards company. They sent me a nut also but I haven’t installed that yet. For now, I installed just the benders and the roller bridge.

Gretsch Electromatic 5700 lap steel with benders.

I have had several opportunities to use my new camera lens in the last few days. Here are some chosen examples…

Cathedral in midtown Kansas City, MO Canon RF 35mm

Butterfly en macro Canon RF 35mm f1.8

A little bee working away. Canon RF 35mm f1.8