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Permalink Reply by Kigar on July 21, 2018 at 4:28am

First thought was to raise the bridge and nut and make it into a lap steel. 

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Permalink Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire on July 21, 2018 at 4:35am

Well I did make it high enough.. I also did want to make the action some what low.. NOT guitar low, but low enough to fret with out going out of tune... I don't know.. Just something about this build...

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on July 21, 2018 at 8:27am

The great part is you can take it apart. Salvage what you can and make something your happy with. There is no reason to settle on something you don't want. 

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on July 22, 2018 at 4:47am

Cause is right... if you really hate it, and always will... the best thing to do is make it into something you love...

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Permalink Reply by Slim Pickens on July 22, 2018 at 7:52am

Oh, my. What happened here? Someone made a TV tray : ) 

I think it needs more strings honestly.

2 More fretboards. One 3 string diatonic 1 four string 

Gives you classic lap/ diatonic dulcimer/ bluegrass banjos all in one classy package

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Permalink Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire on July 22, 2018 at 10:48am

LOL.. I think I would go nuts..

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Permalink Reply by frank learman on July 23, 2018 at 3:58pm

How ironic I just tore apart one I hated last night. put all the salvageable parts in the parts box. I used the nut, tail and peizo on my current build. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses.

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Permalink Reply by Wal Callaby on July 24, 2018 at 10:30am

Yep, been there. Tore down three early builds just this last weekend- parts and firewood now, though one of the necks may be salvageable. I now have nine machine heads I didn't know I had!

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on July 27, 2018 at 12:39pm

Hi Hip Bone, my build that I thought was a bit suss was the one pictured here. Laid out a bit like yours it was actually built as a lap slide, for fun. once I got used to the look of it was so disappointing to play that it just hung on the wall, it was embarrassing when people asked to hear it.

The fix was so simple, you may want to try it. I set it up to play in a C6 tuning, now I love playing it, it sounds and feels so different.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire on July 29, 2018 at 7:59am

WOW that's nice...

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on July 29, 2018 at 11:38am

Well it's easy to see what's wrong. You need a bigger case! : )

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on July 29, 2018 at 6:23am

Definitely a do-over moment?

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