Did I Make A Lap Steel Guitar?
Yes. Yes I did!
The body is brazilian walnut, I think. It was an offcut at the timber yard. The neck is ash. Most of the hardware is aluminium; me and my Dad made it on the milling machine he bought (he's getting into making guitar stuff). We made the nut, bridge and jack plate this way.
I decided to go for through-body stringing and it's resulted in the guitar being very resonant. Strumming the open G that I've got it tuned to makes a glorious BRRRRAAANG through a slightly overdriving amp. It's quite loud unplugged, actually.
It might seem like an unusual place for a badge on the back but then the screws for holding the P90 pickup onto the front were unusually long - a little bit of damage control that's ended up looking quite nice.
I inlaid it with abalone. Keen eyes can spot where I missed the dot with a file in this picture. The "A" badge on the back is also abalone (courtesy of my aunt who pinched a shell of it from a wedding decoration).
Here it is with its buddy. Now I just have to get my chops up to scratch!
Last edited by RadioElectric; 13th September 2008 at 06:37 PM.
That is really rather nice!
I want one too
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Some bits were easier than I expected but there are others that I would have been very wary to attempt without having my Dad there to show me. He's been doing this a lot longer than I have!Originally Posted by guitarcookie1
That is really rather nice!
I want one too
In particular I'm talking about the routing, there is actually a repair on the back from when we were rounding the edge of the body and cut through into the jack plug hole.
One thing I've learnt from this is that I really do have to be mindful of what's on the other side of what I'm working on. I had problems with the jack plug hole, pickup screws and tuners all due to this. Sorted them now though, I must say I'm quite proud of it
That... is... glorious!
an astounding piece of work, you should be justifiably proud of that.
None of you seem to understand; I'm not locked in here with you, you'll all locked in here with me.
Schwiiinnnggg! Me likey!
Give us your gaffa tape, we don't want your guitars.
that looks lush, well done!
That's really nice. And in answer to the original question, yes, I'm pretty sure you did.
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very well done indeed!!
congrats! amazing piece of work.
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I'd never laid hands on a lap steel guitar until today so you'll have to forgive my beginner-ness.
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