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AF Reso Lap Steel

Posted by Vick Griffin on January 11, 2015 at 7:57pm
Single-coil pickup in an Arturo Fuente box. My wife gave me an old busted vegetable steamer that I took apart and used for the resonator and the tailpiece. Chrome tuners, bolt nut, and dowel pin bridge. The neck is made of poplar and the fretboard is oak. I stained everything with Minwax "gunstock" stain, wood-burned the frets, and used some AF box trim for the fret markers. Tuned D-G-D-B.
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  • Rob Uker January 15, 2015 at 2:36pm

    This build has me feeling inspired.

    Now I may have to build one of my own. 

  • Vick Griffin January 12, 2015 at 10:04am

    That's the second time I've been asked that.  Nah, it's just two pieces of poplar glued together.  I'm not that good!

  • the anonymous pick January 12, 2015 at 1:06am

    nice  ..  is the  neck  hollow  ? 

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