Steel Guitar Builder

Hello guys, Here we go! The second one will be shorter (22.5 scale), 8 strings with a large neck It will look like this: http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2549/oahumicrolarge.jpg I got templates from my drawing I made by a computer assisted router: http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/4829/img6579u.j...

Well, nobody answered...
Is my question so stupid?
Is the neck/string spacing really too large?
Is it impossible to built a PU that way?

Xavier

Hello guys, Still working on my project... in my mind:-) Still thinking about strings spacing... My lovely wife gave me a nice birthday gift, a 1981 Sho Bud 24.5 scale 8 strings frypan :-) The strings spacing is really laaarge... The nut is 6.3 cm width, and the strings spacing at the bridge (not ex...

Boys,
I pleased myself trying to make my own arrangement on Mark Knöpfer"s theme of "Local Hero" played on the Dobro. I had to transpose from D to G, Tried to play it on open D tuning but it doesn't sound nice enough in D...
http://soundcloud.com/banjo980/local-he ... e-on-dobro

Thank you Bent, as you can see my fingers have their own life... even when I play music:-)

Paul, these are 500 k-ohms ones

Thanks Russ, I keep your advice in mind. May actual problem is that I can't manage to print my blueprint the right scale... my rings are ovals... And I can't find any printer settings (they are to "100%") to fix the problem... I really don't understand as I did my fretboard template for the new york...

hi Xavier, i like the last one on the second set also , a carver top would be very nice if you have a drill press it should be easy to make knobs look good and , just inset the holes ( hope you get my meaning there) or counter sink maybe .I like the 8 string idea also. You can use a small grinder w...

Thank you my friends for the kind words

I updated "harbor lights" as my pickblocking and vibrato techniques are a very little better every day.
This time I used a guitar rig 5 setup
Which sound do you prefer? I think that finding a good lap steel sound is really difficult...

Xavier

I updated the body's shape... and string spacing (66,66 mm on my pickup, so the neck is narrower) Now I'm working on the head's design... I need your help: http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3986/oahu5parallele.png http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1130/oahu5large.png http://img851.imageshack.us/img8...