Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar!
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So I got my lap steel painted up, ready to go, install the humbucker and it doesn't buck.. it humsI had the issue in my CBG with a single coil and attaching foil to ground all internals solved it.How…Continue
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I am building a simple lap steel. I would like to buy a pickup ( 6 string) that is already to go ( dont want to build it) Any suggestions on where to go to find one. My strings spacing on my bridge…Continue
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Hey I got a lap steel kit from CB Gitty and am about to drill the holes below the bridge for the string feed.Has anyone here put them together using the plans that come with the kit?If so, should the…Continue
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I just ordered a book from amazon. It's Easy To Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar by Martin Koch. It was recommended by a British Lap maker.
There is a lot of good information and plans at:
http://www.bluestemstrings.com
Not cigar box based, but they could be adapted
I'm looking for some good plans to build a lapsteel. Anybody got any?
Hey gang !
Does anybody have a plan for a Fender lap steel guitar ? I have some Tele leftover parts and would like to build a lapsteel. Anybody ?
grtz
Koenraad
Ok, a friend I just met likes playing lap steel, but he has never been introduced to the world of CBG or Handmade Guitars. I want to build him a hum dinger right out of the shute. Heard of a lap steel being built on an old ironing board - would that be the right height? Can someone email me plans on my CBN page? Not just plans but string info freting info bridge and nut info and resonance since I want it to ring acustically though I plan to electrify it. Oh and anything else you can think of I may need for a really super build!
Hi y all, I'm looking to build my first lap steel and wondered if anyone could direct me to a good set of plans, I'd like to build an 8 or 10 string instrument can any of you help, cheers
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
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