Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar!
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So I got my lap steel painted up, ready to go, install the humbucker and it doesn't buck.. it humsI had the issue in my CBG with a single coil and attaching foil to ground all internals solved it.How…Continue
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I am building a simple lap steel. I would like to buy a pickup ( 6 string) that is already to go ( dont want to build it) Any suggestions on where to go to find one. My strings spacing on my bridge…Continue
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Hey I got a lap steel kit from CB Gitty and am about to drill the holes below the bridge for the string feed.Has anyone here put them together using the plans that come with the kit?If so, should the…Continue
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not familiar with australian eucalypts david, but just about any wood is suitable for a lap steel - even a big lump of pine.
this is how i put mine together 8 string lap steel blog
G'day, David.
You can make a lapsteel out of just about anything. Your traditional guitars are fussy, because of the thin neck. The lapsteel is such a massive chunk of lumber you could make it out of balsa (ok, maybe not balsa). I have no idea about the sustain you can get out of a gum tree. Keep us posted, eh? Just be sure that your wood is properly CURED.
Wow, the tone is so full...A magnetic pickup, I presume. What sort.
Also, could you make a a solid bodied lapsteel out of a hardwood. I don't suppose you would be familiar with Australian Eucalypts, but I have a lot of spotted-gun on a block of land down south and have wondered whether I could use it, or some of the other hardwoods, for a lapstyle guitar. The spotted gum is predominantly used for feature flooring timber with similar characteristics to hickory.
welcome to the nation david. with my lap steel, i went for a solid body because of the extra sustain (plus i had the wood handy). obviously it has zero acoustic sound but with a hollow body - cigarbox etc - you could play without an amp.
this is the finished guitar http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/8-string-lap-steel
real fun to play, enjoy your building!
Hi, I'm a new member from Oz. Just tryin to get a handle oncigar box lapstyle guitars.Notice some folks use solid bodies...and some build with cigar boxes...what's the difference. Why would you go one way versus the other?
cheers,
David T
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