Artistic Lap Steels Made from 2x4's (Videos + Pics) - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-28T09:25:47Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/artistic-lap-steels?utm_source=NATION+April+18&utm_campaign=CBN+April+18+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJust bought a few of the acry…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2021-06-02:2592684:Comment:36401732021-06-02T15:49:46.226ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>Just bought a few of the acrylic fretboards for these.</p>
<p>Just bought a few of the acrylic fretboards for these.</p> Very nice. Very nice indeed.tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2021-06-01:2592684:Comment:36401492021-06-01T23:43:22.663ZClarence johnsonhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/Clarencejohnson
Very nice. Very nice indeed.
Very nice. Very nice indeed. Well you know the old saying,…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2021-05-07:2592684:Comment:36331482021-05-07T19:14:59.931ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>Well you know the old saying, "Your labor is cheaper than mine".</p>
<p>Now if Gibson had made this they would be charging $999.99USD. ;)</p>
<p>Well you know the old saying, "Your labor is cheaper than mine".</p>
<p>Now if Gibson had made this they would be charging $999.99USD. ;)</p> Oh yeah guys,
I forgot to men…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-04-29:2592684:Comment:28564942017-04-29T08:41:32.521ZSteve Tuckerhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/SteveTucker
<p>Oh yeah guys,</p>
<p>I forgot to mention it can be a three or four string. Could be a five string if ya' add an extra tuner. Tuners on the wrong end. Rivet insets as string reinforcement on both sides which work like a champ, and there are five sets, so all the strings can be centered in any configuration. Bridge and nut held in place by friction/tension. Volume and tone controls, but tone don't have much effect. Volume is not all that bad unplugged, even though there's no "f" holes. Blows…</p>
<p>Oh yeah guys,</p>
<p>I forgot to mention it can be a three or four string. Could be a five string if ya' add an extra tuner. Tuners on the wrong end. Rivet insets as string reinforcement on both sides which work like a champ, and there are five sets, so all the strings can be centered in any configuration. Bridge and nut held in place by friction/tension. Volume and tone controls, but tone don't have much effect. Volume is not all that bad unplugged, even though there's no "f" holes. Blows the windows slap out of the house through a Peavey amp through a computer with Amplitube and a Sanpera pedal set. The body was made from a kids spring loaded game kinda' like a little pin-ball machine with spring loaded flippers. Yard sale buy. Seymour-Duncan sitting angled, since nothing else is straight. Needs a new fretboard just cause I don't like the one on it. And I got a little carried away with too many screws holding it together. No chance of playing or flying it apart. Almost bomb proof. Like I said, it has a few "<span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">eccentricities</span>". Still, I am pretty damn pleased with it. And Southern In<span>genuity at it's finest.</span></p>
<p><span>Thank you for your time. Your input in this project was invaluable, and I am forever in your debt.</span></p>
<p><span>Steve Tucker, Macon, Georgia</span></p> Hey Guys,
Oh, and just for th…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-04-29:2592684:Comment:28563242017-04-29T04:14:43.199ZSteve Tuckerhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/SteveTucker
<p>Hey Guys,</p>
<p>Oh, and just for the record, I like the red and white striped one the best. Even though I went off the Reservation about the price. Sorry. They are all pretty cool after all. I took the cross apart. Turns out I needed the wood. Sorry about letting my mouth overload my ass. Again.</p>
<p>Here's a couple of pix of my very first attempt. Not a CBG, but I used what I had. It was built "on the fly" with absolutely no plans whatsoever, and has at least 10 things wrong with it. I…</p>
<p>Hey Guys,</p>
<p>Oh, and just for the record, I like the red and white striped one the best. Even though I went off the Reservation about the price. Sorry. They are all pretty cool after all. I took the cross apart. Turns out I needed the wood. Sorry about letting my mouth overload my ass. Again.</p>
<p>Here's a couple of pix of my very first attempt. Not a CBG, but I used what I had. It was built "on the fly" with absolutely no plans whatsoever, and has at least 10 things wrong with it. I followed most of you guys instructions, and just kept building till I thought it was finished. It took for frickin' ever and a day. So this one is worth about $75,000.00, and I am not joking. I figure at that price I will be making about $1.24 a week. It is stupid and crazy, and I wouldn't sell it for the world. It is almost too dangerous to play. Well, by me anyway.</p>
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<p>Mother of Toilet Seat sounds like a song title</p>
<p>Mother of Toilet Seat sounds like a song title</p> The plexiglass fretboard is a…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-04-27:2592684:Comment:28555322017-04-27T20:21:41.580ZMilt Haselmirehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/MiltHaselmire
<p>The plexiglass fretboard is a great idea. On the ones I have built in the past I cut slots in the wood and filled them with something of contrasting color. Works good but really eats up the time. Love the drum wrap. </p>
<p>The plexiglass fretboard is a great idea. On the ones I have built in the past I cut slots in the wood and filled them with something of contrasting color. Works good but really eats up the time. Love the drum wrap. </p> Permalink Reply by Steve Tuck…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-04-27:2592684:Comment:28553462017-04-27T07:11:51.714ZSteve Tuckerhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/SteveTucker
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<div class="description xj_comment_editor xg_user_generated" id="desc_2592684Comment2855345"><p>Well, Shane.</p>
<p>Sorry about stepping on any body's feet. I dig this site probably as well as anybody. Your stuff, and everybody else here has some really great instruments. And I truly mean that. I have learned more about homemade instruments here than any book or any other information I have seen over the years. So, feeling properly chastised, I hope you guys don't take me up on the cross offer. Besides, I'd never buy any of those Asian items some of you mentioned. In retrospect, a good ol' 2X4 (American made of course), is a whole lot more useful than that crooked crap brought in by ship. So maybe you guys could let me slide on my "Southern" rantings, and I'll hang around on the site, if that's OK with you "Yanks". I've got this girlfriend from Upper PA., and she pisses me off something awful. Not in any way an excuse, but maybe some of you guys understand what I'm talking about.</p>
<p>Anyway, I hope you guys can let me slide. Haha-----slide!</p>
<p>Steve Tucker, Macon, Georgia--The Southern By God U.S.A.</p>
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</ul> Well, Shane.
Sorry about step…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-04-27:2592684:Comment:28553452017-04-27T07:04:42.265ZSteve Tuckerhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/SteveTucker
<p>Well, Shane.</p>
<p>Sorry about stepping on any body's feet. I dig this site probably as well as anybody. Your stuff, and everybody else here has some really great instruments. And I truly mean that. I have learned more about homemade instruments here than any book or any other information I have seen over the years. So, feeling properly chastised, I hope you guys don't take me up on the cross offer. Besides, I'd never buy any of those Asian items some of you mentioned. In retrospect, a good…</p>
<p>Well, Shane.</p>
<p>Sorry about stepping on any body's feet. I dig this site probably as well as anybody. Your stuff, and everybody else here has some really great instruments. And I truly mean that. I have learned more about homemade instruments here than any book or any other information I have seen over the years. So, feeling properly chastised, I hope you guys don't take me up on the cross offer. Besides, I'd never buy any of those Asian items some of you mentioned. In retrospect, a good ol' 2X4 (American made of course), is a whole lot more useful than that crooked crap brought in by ship. So maybe you guys could let me slide on my "Southern" rantings, and I'll hang around on the site, if that's OK with you "Yanks". I've got this girlfriend from Upper PA., and she pisses me off something awful. Not in any way an excuse, but maybe some of you guys understand what I'm talking about.</p>
<p>Anyway, I hope you guys can let me slide. Haha-----slide!</p>
<p>Steve Tucker, Macon, Georgia--The Southern By God U.S.A.</p> Yup Mike, an article like tha…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-04-26:2592684:Comment:28550242017-04-26T22:15:08.705ZJim Morrishttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JimMorris
<p>Yup Mike, an article like that can make folks interested and open to cool new (old) ideas and next thing you know a bonafide movement can start.</p>
<p>Yup Mike, an article like that can make folks interested and open to cool new (old) ideas and next thing you know a bonafide movement can start.</p>