Steel Guitar Builder

Paul, I sent you a private Email re the copedent. Notsure how to line it up here on this forum.

Paul on closer inspection it looks like 3/8 inch pole spacing just going by the 1/8 inch lexan pieces.

Paul, looks good so far. What are the dimensions of you pup. Also are you designing an E9 or C6. I'm about to embark in a pup myself (8 pole C6 with 3/8 inch spacing). Since individual parts tend to influence other parts your dimensions would be most helpful. Thanks.

Here's some photos of my current build. No spit & polish yet but enough parts & pieces together to see if things are going to work. Parts still too long in some cases cause it's too hard to glue. A couple of things I've noticed 1.) bellcrank tighteners need to be on the bottom side. 2.) changer need...

What exactly am I looking for here I described a 1/2 inch bore and a 5/8 inch OD for my changer fingers, for an oilite bearing and 2 of my local suppliers told me they don't make them. Any help would be appretiated. Thanks.

Here's the deal, was in town yesterday, got excited about "other steel components" and forgot to measure the extensions. May still do it if I think of it. Appologies!

Are those truss rods supposed to counteract string tension and subsequent wood-bending? Yes that is the intention, Georg was it not you that used fence wire on one of your steels to see if it made any difference with cab drop? "if an idea isn't regarded as completely ridiculous at first, there's no...

Gotta love it guys especially exciting to hear someone call BINGO.

I seems that I've opened up the can for some interesting comments. It also seems that my current build is going to end up being a compact narrow instrument 71/4 inches wide with an aluminum frame, more on this later. It's going to take the form of a 7 1/4 inch regular guitar neck with a pair of trus...

Gonna miss your expertise Mac, take care of yourself, we'll catch-up when the time is right for you.