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Comment by Len Davidson on June 27, 2011 at 8:14am

David,

I have been making a 6 string CBG out of Jarrah.  It is extremely hard to work but it looks a million bucks when it is polished up and coated.  I am making it out of a piece of 100x38mm cross section jarrah.  Some photos of the project are on the Cigar box australia website on my page

http://cigarboxguitarsaustralia.ning.com/profile/LenDavidson 

The build does have a cigar box to  give it some degree of acoustic sound but I am going to amplify it.  I am still not sure if I am going to use a coil pickup or a piezo transducer.

Len

Comment by c# merle on June 6, 2011 at 7:19am

not familiar with australian eucalypts david, but just about any wood is suitable for a lap steel - even a big lump of pine.

this is how i put mine together  8 string lap steel blog

Comment by Alan Roberts on June 6, 2011 at 2:03am

G'day, David.

You can make a lapsteel out of just about anything. Your traditional guitars are fussy, because of the thin neck. The lapsteel is such a massive chunk of lumber you could make it out of balsa (ok, maybe not balsa). I have no idea about the sustain you can get out of a gum tree. Keep us posted, eh? Just be sure that your wood is properly CURED.

Comment by David T on June 5, 2011 at 9:52pm

Wow, the tone is so full...A magnetic pickup, I presume. What sort.

Also, could you make a a solid bodied lapsteel out of a hardwood. I don't suppose you would be familiar with Australian Eucalypts, but I have a lot of spotted-gun on a block of land down south and have wondered whether I could use it, or some of the other hardwoods, for a lapstyle guitar. The spotted gum is predominantly used for feature flooring timber with similar characteristics to hickory.

Comment by c# merle on June 3, 2011 at 8:48am

welcome to the nation david. with my lap steel, i went for a solid body because of the extra sustain (plus i had the wood handy). obviously it has zero acoustic sound but with a hollow body - cigarbox etc - you could play without an amp.

this is the finished guitar  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/8-string-lap-steel

real fun to play, enjoy your building!

Comment by David T on June 2, 2011 at 12:22am

 Hi, I'm a new member from Oz. Just tryin to get a handle oncigar box lapstyle guitars.Notice some folks use solid bodies...and some build with cigar boxes...what's the difference. Why would you go one way versus the other?

cheers,

David T

Comment by Mama Mojo on February 22, 2011 at 9:54am

Very nicely done, Merle! I hope to one-day build one of these....

Comment by c# merle on October 17, 2010 at 8:18am

based loosely on the vintage plans, my take on the 8 string lapsteel

just need to learn to play now...

Comment by Ellwood T. Bear on October 6, 2010 at 6:34pm

Looking Good

Comment by c# merle on October 6, 2010 at 5:10pm

now we're cooking with gas

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