Steel Guitar Builder

Well I'm making some progress on my home built lap. Woods are Bloodwood, Red Oak , and Purple Heart. I'm having some router problems , and I've got plenty of woodworking left to do. I'll order all the electronics on the first and then it should really come together . Enjoy ! http://i83.photobucket.c...

Thanks Paul , and all of you who jumped in to help. My home build project is now on hold . I need to rethink my wood supply, probably will have to double up on my body thickness at the very least. Now to share the good news , I just ordered a GeorgeBoards Retro Deluxe 8, I think having a great one i...

Thanks for the reply na4it , funny how changing the search term gets better results !

Does anyone have a recomendation for an eight pole pickup ? My search for pickups isn't going too well. I wouldn't mind if some of you exsperienced builders could give me a short list of pickups to look at. For tuning heads it looks like I'll have to do the Gotoh 1951-LB and 1951-RB individual tuner...

Thanks for the reply. I've been studying the stew mac catalogue , and will be sending in an order soon. I also ordered a book on lap steel building from amazon, to help me with measurments and scale lengths etc. We'll see how it goes !

Hey there ! I'm a newbie to Lap Steel , and live in Middle tennessee. I can't play one yet , but I bought a POS Rogue knock off to teach myself on. The fever has got me now , so I'm gonna attempt to build my own . It will be an 8 string , and I'm thinking a cross between a lap and a consol. I bought...

Very nicely done ! Thanks for all the great pictures. You gave a newbie some ideas for my first build.