AGP #271 - “Sandvik”
(4 String Hand Saw Lap Slide Guitar)
Scale : 648mm / 25½inches
Strings : .036NW / .026PS / .018PS / .016PS /
Tuning: G / D / g / b /
The “Sandvik” handsaw was one of many that had been gathering dust in my shed for a lot of years, along with abt 4 age unknown Disston saws that belonged to my Father or possibly his Father, but couldn’t bring myself to use any of them!.
The Box Frame and Neck was cut from recycled Treated Pine landscape sleepers and the bottom is recycled Cedar Venetian Blind Slats, a 12k Open Humbucker is wired through a Tone Control Pot to the Jack at the rear of the build.
As can be seen in the 1st of the Pics, the strings originally were fixed at the tail end to the saw handle, but the brittle plastic handle decided to self destruct when tuning, thought about making a new timber one but opted out for the easier solution, was also not happy with original Fret Markers so they too were changed.
The Pyrography burnings on the sides are a couple of my favourite quotes, When Words Fail Music Speaks (Hans Christian Andersen) and Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted (John Lennon) the last one could probably best describe my new hobby Pyrography <(:-D