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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Comment by David Bowes on September 21, 2019 at 7:26am

Very Nice!

Comment by Dave Lynas on September 17, 2019 at 10:41pm
A beautiful lapper JD.
Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on September 17, 2019 at 6:14am
Nice build, JD! Great addition of the Steel Master logo!
Comment by Poorness Studios on September 16, 2019 at 11:21am

I like that shape a lot. Thanks for sharing.

Comment by George Ross on September 16, 2019 at 9:12am

Way cool JD!  Like your use of 'found ' stuff.  Repurposing is one of my favorite things to do.  Go for it!

Comment by Uncle John on September 16, 2019 at 3:53am
That is a fine battle ship of a lap guitar.

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