Steel Guitar Builder

I bought a piece of rosewood from David Dyke and put regular guitar frets and pearloid fret markers on.

Will

Keep going as you are and you will have no problem building your own changer. You have it well studied out.
Below are shots of a changer I fitted to my steel a few years back and it works just perfectly. Stu

Wayne,

Wayne link of Linkon steels might be a good bet
http://www.mts.net/~linkon/parts_list.html

Stuart

Eldon,
Is the string relief arrangement there for better tone or intonation adjustment?

Awesome Pat,

You should be proud of The Comeau, recording sounds excellent too,

Stuart

Will that point be below the deck though????????

Stuart

I've seen stops on the pedals but I'm not sure where, I will try to remember. I always worried there would be movement depending on pedal pressure, resulting in detuning or overtuning,

Stuart

Mac

It is the red piece we are looking at, the blue piece is an inch thick and just a spacer to give a 3 1/2 inch gap and something to lean on.
The red piece is the axle. Being 2 foot long amplifies any bend and makes it real easy to see bow,

Stuart

Folks, I finally located and ordered a 1/2" HSS round bar today and hope to find time to disassemble my guitar in the not too distant future and swap the existing one. Also today I did a little experiment in my workshop regarding changer axles. I found a 2 foot length of 7/16" stainless steel rod I ...

Hi all, I can't see how it will make any difference where the stop is, as the pedal still pulls the front apron downwards. There is no counterforce upwards just pressure between the cross shaft axle and the body, one force pushing up the other down. I guess it,s like trying to lift a bed you are lai...