Lost city 2

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Comment by Len Davidson on March 3, 2013 at 2:22pm

I think your plan is a good one

I just centered the pickup under the strings but your idea would work better I think

You will notice that I actually had acoustic strings on the guitar in the photo as that is what I had at home and I was dying to try it out

Istill haven't got round to replacing them as I play acoustically 98 percent of the time

Comment by Lou "cubancigar2000" on March 3, 2013 at 1:06pm

I am building one with identical bridge. Have been having trouble finding a pickup with the same string spacing. I noticed yours do not all cross the pickup at the center of the pickup so you made the larger strings have some gap while the smaller ones cross right over dead center. How does this work out, maybe I will have to so also.

Comment by Uncle John on November 12, 2011 at 9:15pm

A very nice lap steel.

Comment by Len Davidson on November 12, 2011 at 7:38pm

Thanks Tom but your gibson is safe.  It is a pleasure to play but the pickup and electronics cost $1.04 off ebay.  I think that if I seriously wanted to use it plugged in I would have to splurge on a better pickup. There are other views etc on my home page.    The fret board was from a piece of red gum that had been lawn edgeing for several years before I took it out.  It came up well with a bit of planing.  The frets are of course just for looks but I prefer them over just lines drawn on the fret board as they do with commercial lap steels.

Comment by Tom Bingham on November 12, 2011 at 5:26pm

if it sounds as good as it looks , I'd sell my Gibson.