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Lap steel

Posted by Mark Werner on November 5, 2011 at 5:53pm
My latest project. I had a single-wound pickup left over, so i decided to build a lap steel. Turned out pretty well; I followed the Seymour Duncan wiring diagram for a single-coil with volume and tone controls and.... It worked!Body is glued-up "select pine" lumber, fretboard maple with brass frets and fret markers punched out of flatpicks.The pickup mount/pickguard is just 1/8" hardwood plywood.
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  • Mike Bingham January 5, 2012 at 10:55pm

    Very nice!  You really ought to stay away from lap steels, though.  They are HIGHLY addicting - lol

  • Wade January 5, 2012 at 9:24pm

    Oh and there it is - sweet!!!

  • Hippy Chip November 6, 2011 at 1:50am

    thank you for posting some info, most people just post pictures with no explanation of what the hell it is!

    for those of us who are not mind readers it can be confusing sometimes.

  • Uncle John November 5, 2011 at 9:29pm
    That is just really pleasing.  If I were a lap style player I would WANT it.
  • Mark Werner November 5, 2011 at 8:46pm
    Pretty decent. I've been running it through my Behringer amp with a little overdrive. I need to do a tiny bit of work on the action to get the strings absolutely level, and I'll try to put a video up.
  • Mark Lillo November 5, 2011 at 6:47pm
    Nice job!
  • Dan Sleep November 5, 2011 at 6:06pm
    Nice. How does it sound?
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