Andy R's Discussions (3)

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Eliminating hum

So I got my lap steel painted up, ready to go, install the humbucker and it doesn't buck.. it hums

I had the issue in my CBG with a single coil and attaching foil to ground all internals solved it.

How might I quiet my lap steel with no insides to sh

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String spacing on the 2 x 4 lap steel

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 string feeds be a bit unevenly spaced as the dir

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First mountain dulcimer, now this!

It all started with guitar at age 7 or 8. Then I built a dulcimer 25 years ago and did mountain, Celtic and other traditional music on it, and still do, but now that I've discovered the freedom of cigar box guitars, I wished I'd gotten THAT bug soone

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