Steel Guitar Builder

I also used Tele style bridges on my first two builds, even built a new stainless base plate to make an 8 string tele style. And then got to thinking and asking " does a lapsteel even need a compensated bridge?" The more I read up on this, the more I found the general agreement to be no need for a c...

Hi shobudmaverick, I'm just new here, but I thought this might be of interest to you. I also had trouble finding an economical pickup for an 8 string I was buidling, and finally settled on a SIX string Bass pickup. from one of the many Ebay sellers. It was certainly wide enough to "cover" the 8 stri...