Posted by Len Davidson on November 12, 2011 at 4:31pm
a lap steel. The top face was too thick and made of mdf so I was'nt opptimistic about getting any tone out of it so I used this wrap around bridge/tialpiece attached directly to the neck
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I am building one with identical bridge. Have been having trouble finding a pickup with the same string spacing. I noticed yours do not all cross the pickup at the center of the pickup so you made the larger strings have some gap while the smaller ones cross right over dead center. How does this work out, maybe I will have to so also.
Thanks Tom but your gibson is safe. It is a pleasure to play but the pickup and electronics cost $1.04 off ebay. I think that if I seriously wanted to use it plugged in I would have to splurge on a better pickup. There are other views etc on my home page. The fret board was from a piece of red gum that had been lawn edgeing for several years before I took it out. It came up well with a bit of planing. The frets are of course just for looks but I prefer them over just lines drawn on the fret board as they do with commercial lap steels.
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I think your plan is a good one
I just centered the pickup under the strings but your idea would work better I think
You will notice that I actually had acoustic strings on the guitar in the photo as that is what I had at home and I was dying to try it out
Istill haven't got round to replacing them as I play acoustically 98 percent of the time
I am building one with identical bridge. Have been having trouble finding a pickup with the same string spacing. I noticed yours do not all cross the pickup at the center of the pickup so you made the larger strings have some gap while the smaller ones cross right over dead center. How does this work out, maybe I will have to so also.
A very nice lap steel.
Thanks Tom but your gibson is safe. It is a pleasure to play but the pickup and electronics cost $1.04 off ebay. I think that if I seriously wanted to use it plugged in I would have to splurge on a better pickup. There are other views etc on my home page. The fret board was from a piece of red gum that had been lawn edgeing for several years before I took it out. It came up well with a bit of planing. The frets are of course just for looks but I prefer them over just lines drawn on the fret board as they do with commercial lap steels.