Steel Guitar Builder

Go man go! Klines are cool, good luck and have fun!

looks great!

Hi Russ, All good questions....however finding definitive answers for some of them will certainly be difficult if not impossible. I can certainly answer a couple of your questions definitively though.... "sometimes something new isn't always a bad thing is it?" something new can absolutely be a good...

You're talking rivets I believe. Just about any auto parts, hardware store, Harbor Freight, etc. will have some sort of riveting tools for you to check out.

Thanks Sam. What scale length is your guitar?

Welcome Sam, while I can't see much in the one pic., what I can see of your steel looks mighty nice! I love double changer designs and am also a big fan of keyless tuning. Detail pics please!

Happy Holidays to all y'all!

Beautiful guitar Bent! Can't wait to see the design doors CNC is going to open for you, good luck on the new phase of BenRom!

Yes, there's obviously years of work in there. I spent hours pondering over the Anapeg changer you referred me to, but I still don't get how it works. And your changer is materially different anyway. I do understand you wanting to protect your design of course, after all that work. So no surprise t...

Thank you Paul, The name was my wife's idea. "Sco" is the chopped and channeled form of "Rosco" and is a nickname given me by my cycling pals many years ago. My wife who knows almost nothing about musical instruments, (other than how much space they occupy in our house) does know the name "Sho-Bud"....

Good 'ol Google will get you there You can see some diagrams showing the Anapeg's changer function here: http://steelguitardownunder.com/Past/Anapeg/anapeg.html This just shows the basic function, the Excel and Anapeg though differing in a number of details, share the same pivot arrangement. The Ric...