AGP #332 - “Goosenburg”
(6 String Lap Steel Guitar)
Scale : 648mm / 25½inches
Tuning Low to High : D / A / D / F# / A / D /
Strings : .056NW / .046NW / .036NW / .026PS / .018PS / .016PS
Built this $45 Lap Steel because I’m too much of a Tight Arse to part with around $3000 for a “Duesenberg Fairytale Lapsteel Guitar”, an instrument that to say the least, I have at the moment very little expertise in playing, the only two things they have in common are the Scale Length and String Gauges.
The body is constructed of course from my free supply of recycled Grey Iron Bark & Forest Red Gum Timber, which was given a couple of coats of a Brush on French Polish Lacquer, all hardware, again is of course cheap Ebay Chinee stuff, except the Aluminium Bridge Plate & Nut which I made to suit the String Spacings I wanted, which are the same as my Weissenborn Git.
A 8.3k Neck Humbucker and a 14.6k Bridge Humbucker are wired through a Tele Type Prewired 3 Way Switch, Vol & Tone to the Jack. :-)
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"Thanks David" :-)
Cool !!!!!!!!!!
"Thanks Pic", while searching for Lap Steel ideas etc before doing this build, I came across what was described as a "Teisco Vintage Lap Steel" for sale in Australia for a couple of hundred bucks, it did grab my interest, but as one read into it most of the Hardware and Pickups had been updated/ altered/ modernised which took the gloss off it, and dispelled any thoughts I had of buying it, :-[
hella yup. ;-)
"Thanks" Bones, Dennis, UJ & Dave, Yep! I'm very happy with the look of this build guys, as far as it sounding like a million bucks Dave, it would probably sound a lot better in the hands of a more talented Lap Steel player than I, But!, I'm working on it :-D
That is pretty much a rich, beautiful masterpiece. Wow.
Beautiful AGP! Looks like a million bucks! Bet is sounds great too.
Very nice indeed Sir .
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