Steel Guitar Builder

Thank you Allan and Bent I did get a bit held up with the weather as I could only do a lot of it out doors, I dont know about being the fastest builder once the birds where sorted I have nothing to do all d ay..if i was selling them I prob would make up jigs would be a lot easyer then.... But as soo...

pics The bridge and string holder are stright it looks as if they are not in the photo

Hello a few pics....

Pick up made by Bent
Fret/fingerboard made by Chris Dew design was just a simple nothing too fancy

Hello I had a phone call from a friend today who said my post explaining the problems sounded as if I was blaming the pickup...... This was not my intention and if I have offended anyone please except my full appoligies The problems fitting the pick up are mine alone...which was caused by not thinki...

Hey Pat Ive put a quote from first post I collected my wood today again 100 + mile round trip.. The wood is Indigbo is looks alot like Oak but a lot cheeper..... I spoke to one of the carpenters that work for the timber company who said he hates the stuff he says it terrible to work with very hard (...

So Sorry first I couldent get a photo now end up with doubles
Paul

Hoping phot;s

Hello from UK An upadte and some photo's Fretboard arrived today the last but one part I only ordred 1 instead of 2 so that is still to come...Ive had a few problems to over come on this one some still in the thinking stage, I will try and explain it..the pick up was kindly made for me by Bent (than...

Hello BilllyJ I made a lap first one..and I used 3/8 rod as and As Pat has said the string's hit the bridge and the nut in the middle..What I did was to fix the nut then measure the scale length from the middle of the nut and put the middle of the bridge on the 22 1/2 scale... But that was from scra...

Hi.... I getting to agree with Allan also......The tone I have on the six dose very little to speak about..... I might get shot from here........ Unless different songe require a different tone and I dont know if this is so or not... Then as some other members have said you can set the tone on the a...