Steel Guitar Builder

Right. If you needed a slanted bridge then your fret markers should be increasingly slanted too...

That adjustable intonation on a guitar is to correct for the difference in tension when you fret the string. It's a big deal on a guitar, not such a big deal on a lap steel. FWIW I put a supro bride plate and pickup on a tele once. Great slide guitar until you tried to fret it up the neck, then it w...