Steel Guitar Builder

I appreciate your answer. I'm making this steel just to keep me busy for the 90 days until I can get a standing pedal steel made. I only have a limited amount of space behind the bridge to mount the bars. Coming from a standard guitar perspective, I can do a few steel-like bends using the G and B st...

I am making a steel guitar that will have up to 4 whammy bars to bend 2 strings at once. According to this chart: http://www.gfimusicalproducts.com/Tables/Copedant%20Tables.htm It seems that each pedal only bends 2 strings at once And I imagine there is a reason for this (besides the extra tension o...

can you bend strings behind the bridge with that?

I am trying to build a Pedal-less steel guitar with string bending capabilities. I have included a crude drawing at the bottom. I am thinking I will need some rotating saddles similar to these: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailpieces/Electric_guitar,_Tune-o-matic_bridges/Golden_Age_Roller_Br...

I am trying to build a Pedal-less steel guitar with string bending capabilities. I have included a crude drawing at the bottom. I am thinking I will need some rotating saddles similar to these: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailpieces/Electric_guitar,_Tune-o-matic_bridges/Golden_Age_Roller_Br...

So I am guessing this pickup is wound to 700-1000 Ohms because it is being sold as a Lap steel pickup? http://www.vintagevibeguitars.com/windows/hum_lapWin.html Will I be disappointed in the tone from the affinity? I was talking with a guitar luthier and he was saying that I might considering the bo...

Where did this forum come from!! I have searched lap steel several times and only found the exclusive steelguitarforum.com which you must pay $5 to post. QUESTION #1 >> I have an Affinity Strat ($99 guitar that came with the starter strat pack). >>that I find useless. I was wondering what would be t...

Someone mentioned using a chromatic tuner to mark all the frets. This sounded like a good idea to me.