Steel Guitar Builder

Hi Mac, I like to think of the split screw as a "final lower screw". Anywhere you are lowering a string one note and then another one, you tune that last or final note the first half tone and use the nylon nut to accomplish this. Then, while holding the knee lever in, turn the 9th string nut so it j...

Ross, I don't know what to say! There are so many unique details on this guitar...so many things I could "borrow". I see something like this and I am made aware of my own shortcomings and areas that I need to brush up on. I love your Blanton style bell cranks: Is the body brass? Would you give a det...

Bill, I had no idea! I have not been on the forum much lately. I hope you get to be 100% after the surgery

Hi Paul,
I use exclusively the dyes from StewMac now. It wasn't exactly the red I was looking for but closer than the leather dyes.

Things are going too slow - must be my age... Anyway got these 2 guitars in the works. Amber is going to Per Berner in Sweden and Red2 is going to my partner, George Leite just east of here. Got them sanded, buffed and polished just today. Ten coats of lacquer this time. Wet sanding with 600, 800, 1...

Hi Gary,
Now this is something that is sorely needed here. I had ambitions to do some of what you are doing, earlier. But seeing as I am not a machinist, just a hobbyist, I have come to realize that some things are handled best by an expert! I wish you luck my friend!

Yes, we're a quiet bunch these days. Might be a good sign...that we are all busy with a project. As for me, I have 009 and 010 on the bench. I have the router mounted in the router table and pass the cabinet alongside the cutter. The cutter is a side-cutting one with a pilot bearing. I had it ground...

Storm, try this one buddy. Just click on the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmyBjPKyvA

Well, 008 is ready for shipping. Just thought I would mention if you want to hear it you can go to my web site on Facebook. It is called BenRom Pedal Steel guitars. My friend Dale Rivard plays Borrowed Angel. Dale is the man who comes and test drives every guitar I make!

Dave your latest steel is more spectacular than the previous ones. You do know the art of finishing. You also know the art of making a solid, well built steel with great tone. Thanks so much for your kind words on my efforts. It becomes a labour of love. To have people of your quality praise my effo...