Need help on my lap steel project
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Need help on my lap steel project
Well its time I tried this but i really dont know a whole lot can someone help me get started on my first build Im looking to build a simple six maybe eight string lap steel I really need some dimensions on the length.
Re: Need help on my lap steel project
Hi I don't know much about lap steel but I will suggest first of all that the scale length is the deciding factor. Decide on your scale length and from there you decide how much wood you want behind the keyhead and also at the end of the string hook-ups at the other end. Add those 3 together and that will be the length of your lap steel. In other words: Say your scale length is to be 24 inches... then you add a half inch behind the keyhead and then an inch in front of the string hook-ups. So this example shows: 24+ 1/2 + 1 = 25 1/2" overall length
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21 BenRom pedal steel guitars, a Nash 112 and a 1967 TOS Milling machine with many cutters making one hell of a mess on the floor.
21 BenRom pedal steel guitars, a Nash 112 and a 1967 TOS Milling machine with many cutters making one hell of a mess on the floor.
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Re: Need help on my lap steel project
Ok thanks I just dont have any experience building at all its something I really want to do though and hopefully after a lap steel I can go further.
Re: Need help on my lap steel project
There are experts on lap steel on this forum, so you just keep posing your questions and learning..eventually we will help you get that steel made
http://benrom.com/
21 BenRom pedal steel guitars, a Nash 112 and a 1967 TOS Milling machine with many cutters making one hell of a mess on the floor.
21 BenRom pedal steel guitars, a Nash 112 and a 1967 TOS Milling machine with many cutters making one hell of a mess on the floor.
Re: Need help on my lap steel project
Hi
I will gladly post you a PDF of the plans I did for my first 8 string lapsteel, although it involves some fairly tricky woodwork skills. If you want some good straight forward plans try this site....
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lapsteel/
Check out this link for my build........
http://photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Raypalf
Best wishes
Ray
I will gladly post you a PDF of the plans I did for my first 8 string lapsteel, although it involves some fairly tricky woodwork skills. If you want some good straight forward plans try this site....
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lapsteel/
Check out this link for my build........
http://photobucket.com/albums/hh509/Raypalf
Best wishes
Ray