Steel Guitar Builder

Yes, two boards stuck together. I was thinking about shaping the tuner head in the top piece, with the bottom piece being solid underneath this. Looking at pics of other similar laps, I think that 3/4" will be fine. I was thinking of total thickness of 1-1/2", thanks for confirming that for me. I'll...

Thanks man. Think it'll be a while before I get anywhere near where you are at the moment. Yours is looking really sweet, I'd love to hear the results once you get it finished :D I have a question regarding board thicknesses. My intention is to make a solid guitar from two boards, the bottom board w...

Well this young whippersnapper (57) would also like to wish you a very happy birthday Bent.

I'm a newbie here but I've already learned a lot from reading your posts, may you have many more

Thanks guys, I'm beginning to get the hang of it. I love the sound the Weissenborn gives, hadn't come across them until recently, I can't put it down at the moment

Well I've had a Flu / Cold since before Xmas, so haven't made a lot of progress on my Lap build. I have started doing a bit of design using FreeCad and I think I know roughly what I want to achieve, which is an 8 string Fender style guitar with legs. I'm thinking of using 2 pieces of Black Walnut gi...

Ron, that is looking great

I'll need to tap into your experience when I eventually get around to a pedal steel.

I believe Albert Einstein said -

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."

Well, to my ears it sounds as good as it looks to my eyes

I'm a newbie on PS, just started using picks the start of this year. This was a big change for me, I've always used my nails for picking conventional guitar. I found they frequently slipped and dug into my flesh. I found a few threads where guys used a heatshrink wrap to help with this so I tried it...

Cool. Thought you had probably already read the thread but ya never know

Hi Ron, Not yet, still browsing. Some great ideas & techniques on this site. Will start after the new year. Have also decided to do some alterations to my pedal steel though, I have a pretty old GFI student model, 3 pedals - 2 knees and would like to add a couple of additional knee levers. GFI sell ...