Steel Guitar Builder

Pat... I don't have a problem with the all pull changers but we still read everyday nearly problems on the SGF. Pull a raise too much and it starts to lower. Pull a lower too much and it starts to raise. That's crap and is why folks are always tuning, adjusting, adjusting the springs etc. etc. to el...

Bent.. that's a whoppin' amount of money, but you've built a beautiful and precise piece of machinery that you can be proud of for the rest of your life. Me, I'm just a cheapskate tinkerer but building these things sure beats watching the TV all day and hopefully helps to keep the dimentia at bay fo...

Eldon... I've been trying to figure out your diagram but don't see the function too well. Anyway, I've atttached a diagram of the lowering mechanism I use on my double changer guitars. The right hand end is just a simple one piece finger used only for the raises, and the left hand end is like the di...

Hi Pat... We're getting into an interesting subject here as far as costs go. As you may or may not know, I'm a real "scrounger". I'm always on the lookout for adaptable, cheap, or free stuff to use. That doesn't necessarily mean poor quality stuff though. I've had a musical instrument restoration an...

Hi Wayne, This being a public forum, I don't want to ramble on and on about how to build yourself a nice workable guitar for very little money. But anyway...the first thing is that you're going to be doing all the labour...and there's lots of it, for essentially NOTHING. So we're left with the cost ...

Hi Eldon... Generally pull/release is just that.. For the raises the rods just pull, and for the lowers they just "release" the finger to go back to the finger stop screw, pulled backward (lowered) by the string tension. The return spring is attached to a lever on the crossbar and to the body. Overc...

I'm getting a picture of something.....snore....snore.....what is it...I can't quite make it out......she's got legs I think....no boobs....what the heck I'll just wait.....

Happy Birthday!
Are you snowed in?
We're getting dumped on for the first time.....any great amount anyway
Cheers,
Mac

Yep...made a new template as per the dividers thing...and made two pickup forms this morning. Best lookin' ones I've made since 1962

Thanks Bent & Richard. I know this should be a simple thing to do, but it really ticks me off to fiddle around for quite awhile measuring etc. and then discover that the holes are still off a wee bit. It's really noticeable but of course doesn't really affect the way the thing works. I'm going to tr...