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first lap steel
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 
and an old desk drawer pull for the bridge
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Permalink Reply by Len Davidson on
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Looks good. I think that you could call it a weissenborn given the hollow body. What is the distance between the E strings at the nut and at the saddle? I have photos of my lap steel on my page. It is my favourite instrument. I also meant to ask what the trapeze was off.
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Permalink Reply by mark "mudcat" quigley on
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1 5/8" at nut and 2" at the bridge. trapeze was a lot of 4 buy from ebay. maybe for an older kay guitar
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