Steel Guitar Builder

You flatter me (undeservedly so) by including me in a list with Bent and Dave (Sheffield) as I've yet to build any steels of my own. That said, I am finally getting close to making some serious chips.....so many projects...so little time! I've been testing my changer design iterations for well over ...

You're a brave man Bent! If you want to save a big bucket load of hand filing/sanding. You might making a thin mdf template to use in conjunction with a router table or pin router if you can find one to use) once you get the necks close to your final profile. Use double stick carpet tape to stick th...

MSA made one for shows, looked very cool. I tried finding pics for ya, but didn't have any luck.

Really nice Bent!

triangulatio: http://www.harmosmusic.com/images/MVC-454F-matteB.jpg http://www.harmosmusic.com/images/MVC-452F-clnB.jpg http://www.harmosmusic.com/models/sacredsteel.htm there's also a welded titanium space frame console steel out there that I've seen pics of, but I can't find it right now have a ni...

Yo b0b,

Send me a carter pin and I'll make a little bender up for you. You using 3/32 rods?

The term cabinet drop itself is a bit of a misnomer...almost all steel guitars have some amount of de-tuning going on...the bodies can indeed flex, but so can other things, especially the changer axle if not girthy enough or unsupported between the two ends. I agree that most discussions of this sub...

Thanks Bent, sounds like the screw Bruce Zumsteg uses on his Hybrid model.

You can see that here: http://www.google.com/patents?id=YAGYAA ... &q&f=false

Keep up the good work my friend,
Ross

great stuff as usual Bent!

Can you explain the neutral stop screws you refer to at the beginning of this thread?

thanks,
Ross

P.S. Happy New Year to all y'all!!

Lookin' great, nice machine work! I assume those are adjustable bell cranks...they look like the ones Linkon used to sell (link below) http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=172444&sid=f912c3527b49365297496a0a30af337f Do they work like the one seen in the link above? Thanks and Happy Dang Ne...