New Build Almost Together

[Eldon]

Some ajustments to make yet but my second build will be ready for photos fairly soon. I'm hoping for rain or hot weather so I can go hide in the shop and finnish it off. I was able to play it like a lap steel this morning - nice tone was really surprised. I completed the rodding this evening Attached the pedals and I was REALLY SURPRISED how easy it's going to pedal. It's asingle neck 8 string C6 pull release.

[azureskys]

Hi Eldon,How s that steel coming ? anxious to see it ,ive always been enterested in 8 stringers. Russ

[Eldon]

Can't believe where summer went, last post was 2 months ago.

Pedal 6 has no rod right now. I didn't tighten the rod's bellcrank and it slipped. There's not enough room to tighten it from below so when I change strings (soon) the fretboard will come off and I can get at it from the top. In the meantime here's a teaser.

[pastor bruce kiser]

man, that's a beauty! always wondered about the all aluminum look.
that's great - also would be fantastic with brushed designs like fish scales and covered in some candy color.i love it.
one question -- is the endplate metal bent on a metalbrake?
i'd like to try it on my builds instead of angle or flat ends.
so far my flat ends are a favorite , but maybe bent corners would be
better.flat just looks a little bit "old school" to me and that's why
i like it.still i love almost all steel designs and formats --as long
as they make music that's what counts!
pastor bruce

[Eldon]

Pastor Bruce,

Thanks for the comment.

I was going to paint the pedal bar and aprons a bright bright yellow - well at least the pedal bar but my wife and eldest daughter talked me out of it. There is some brushed underneath (pics later).

The ends were bent in a metal brake, 3/16 inch aluminum plate of some kind. It was originally a mounting bracket on the side of an office desk for a computer tower. The stress cracks on the corners polished out but I didn't spend enough time to clean up the metal break marks on the outside.

I'm quite content with it though.

Wait till you see the truss rods - thanks to Georg for te idea.

[Bent]

Eldon, now that's a solid hunka steel! What does it weigh? I bet it stays in tune and has no cabinet drop as well!
Would love to hear a sound clip of it. Great job Eldon!

[Eldon]

Hey Bent, great to hear you're back!

Weight of guitar is approx. 28 pounds, has next to no cabinet drop (or as close as I can figure) and it really stays in tune well.

I'll post a few more pics later and a sound clip when I get to it.

The internal workings are accessible from the top. As an added bonus I may experiment a bit with different tops/fretboards because all that needs doing is removing the fretboard (4 capscrews).

[azureskys]

I like it eldon,something different ,nice, sure like to see more details. Russ

[Paul Lafountaine]

Hey Eldon, that is a sharp looking machine! I like the key less tuners, sure makes for a more compact design. What scale length did you use and what is the over all length of the guitar?

I look forward to seeing lots of pictures and hearing a few tunes. I LIKE IT!

Paul

[Georg]

It definitely looks different...