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Lap Steel World

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A group for lap steel admirer's, players and builders.

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Latest Activity: Apr 23

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My First Homemade Lap Steel

Started by RL Rainwater. Last reply by RL Rainwater Apr 13. 4 Replies 0 Likes

My first Lap build I did a few years ago....Started out as a Flying V shape but wound up with this...Fretboard is Cedar.... Back pup is a Maxon Humbuck from a early Ibanez...front single is a dummy…Continue

#2 Homemade Lap Steel

Started by RL Rainwater. Last reply by Dave Lynas Apr 12. 1 Reply 0 Likes

My second build was based on my old Magnatone built around the same time as the first one ... has went through some different Pickups and Bridge changes... now has Tele stye bridge w/ GFS tele…Continue

Please save me from making rookie mistakes.

Started by Rob Uker. Last reply by captain_mudflap Mar 29. 7 Replies 0 Likes

I want to build my first lap steel guitar. Only problem is I have had almost no exposure to one before and I have nothing to model it against.Is it a standard guitar scale?Do I fret it?How high…Continue

first lap steel

Started by mark "mudcat" quigley. Last reply by jabes Oct 2, 2012. 4 Replies 2 Likes

my first attempt at a lap steel----parts from 4 guitars and leftovers from a piano bench single coil pup bone nut, short trapeze tailpiece…Continue

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Comment by Scott aka Farmer Ted on April 14, 2013 at 7:49am: Flippin cool Randy. Been looking for a lightweight and useable slide for myself. Bad left index finger (weakened by nerve damage) makes using a heavy steel slide awkward and difficult.

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on April 13, 2013 at 10:07pm: Mojobone Works custom lap steel slide...Mun [ brown ]Ebony with a profiled bone blank. I also profiled the ebony top as an additional playing surface.

Comment by Dave Lynas on March 29, 2013 at 8:54pm: Wow Gary, nice for #1 for sure! and Mudflap, that's an awesome guit. Speed bump too. I really like the boarder rope design (or is it scales?). Love the markers too.

Comment by captain_mudflap on March 29, 2013 at 7:34pm: Here's one of my more unusual builds...meant to be played while standing. I had to have my dad make a custom three point strap to facilitate the design, but it does the trick. I can play this one while I am standing, which is a great help. I carved it out of some recycled maple plank, and did the inlayed leafwork with the scrap.

Comment by SlowHound on March 29, 2013 at 5:58pm: Dayum that's sweet!!

Comment by Gary Williams on March 29, 2013 at 5:46pm: Fist build lapsteel finished

Comment by SlowHound on March 29, 2013 at 4:15pm: Thanks Dave. Just tuned in D for now. Only had 10 gauge strings on hand. Just figured out I need a certain string setup for C6. Learned a lot building it. Would do things a little different if I decided to do another one. Mainly the width of the neck.

Comment by Dave Lynas on March 28, 2013 at 10:41pm: Very nice Hound. Nice fret markers. Bet it plays nice too. If you want to know some cool tunings let me know....