I was planning on doing a fancy lap steel with contoured wood; something like an old Fender or Rickenbacker but I thought I should do a practice one as a learning experience. So I got the cheapest pick-up and tuners I could find, and a piece of pine from my neighbors burn pile and threw this together pretty quickly. the bridge and nut come from a defunct Ryobi radial arm saw. Sounds pretty good and I must say I got the laps steel bug out of my system; for now anyway. The Steel Master logo comes from an old file cabinet.
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Very Nice!
I like that shape a lot. Thanks for sharing.
Way cool JD! Like your use of 'found ' stuff. Repurposing is one of my favorite things to do. Go for it!