My latest project. I had a single-wound pickup left over, so i decided to build a lap steel. Turned out pretty well; I followed the Seymour Duncan wiring diagram for a single-coil with volume and tone controls and.... It worked!
Body is glued-up "select pine" lumber, fretboard maple with brass frets and fret markers punched out of flatpicks.
The pickup mount/pickguard is just 1/8" hardwood plywood.

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Comment by Mike Bingham on January 5, 2012 at 4:55pm

Very nice!  You really ought to stay away from lap steels, though.  They are HIGHLY addicting - lol

Comment by Wade on January 5, 2012 at 3:24pm

Oh and there it is - sweet!!!

Comment by Hippy Chip on November 5, 2011 at 6:50pm

thank you for posting some info, most people just post pictures with no explanation of what the hell it is!

for those of us who are not mind readers it can be confusing sometimes.

Comment by Uncle John on November 5, 2011 at 2:29pm
That is just really pleasing.  If I were a lap style player I would WANT it.
Comment by Mark Werner on November 5, 2011 at 1:46pm
Pretty decent. I've been running it through my Behringer amp with a little overdrive. I need to do a tiny bit of work on the action to get the strings absolutely level, and I'll try to put a video up.
Comment by Mark Lillo on November 5, 2011 at 11:47am
Nice job!
Comment by Dan Sleep on November 5, 2011 at 11:06am
Nice. How does it sound?

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