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Lap Speal Guitar

Posted by Jock MacHinery on December 18, 2015 at 10:41am
When I saw Shane's post on the 2x4 lap steel, I thought I just have to make one of those. I made the guitar over a couple of days but had to wait for the humbucker pickup to sail over from the Orient. I used my table saw to cut the head and pickup slot and then hand tools for shaping. After a cursory sanding the whole lot had a coat of satin varnish. Pop rivets were used to hold the strings, countersunk on the rear.I've got her tuned to G at the present and we'll see how that goes. Sounds good though through a Roland Cube amp.Now I have to learn to play the darned thing!
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  • Dave Lynas December 20, 2015 at 6:57am
    Easy to play. Follow them dots and you can't go wrong.
  • Uncle John December 19, 2015 at 9:00am

    Thanks on the jack, Jock.  That should not weaken things by much and the placement is handy.

  • Jock MacHinery December 19, 2015 at 3:41am

    Thanks for the kind comments guys.

    Uncle John - the jack is mounted on a brass plate and sits in a 3/4" hole about 1" deep made with a forstner bit. A hole runs thru from the pup slot for the wire. As you can see it faces away from you when playing.

    The artwork is drawn freehand with a fat permanent marker, then varnished.

  • Primitive Acoustics December 18, 2015 at 4:21pm
    Clean and imaginative! I really like it!
  • Bluesheart December 18, 2015 at 3:44pm

    That is very cool, love the artwork too, burned on?

  • the anonymous pick December 18, 2015 at 1:33pm

    nice!

  • Jim Morris December 18, 2015 at 11:52am

    Excellent!

  • Uncle John December 18, 2015 at 11:13am

    Looks real good.  I have one started.  Hmm.  I wonder if I can borrow from your idea on the jack placement.   Huh.   Not sure how to do mine.

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