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Hey WezV, I hope all is well. Thanks for the kind words. Thanks again for all of your help, much appreciated. ron

Hey everyone I want to thank WezV, Akula, Saxon Marsh and Tim3 for contributing to this thread as well and for all their help, and anyone else that I may have missed, thanks guys. Special thanks to the The Project Guitar Forum. Ron

Quarter Wrote: Great job Ron, I like it a lot! Thanks Quarter, I was just trying to make good use of all the great information that you provided. Hi,Scott It sounds nice to me. I brought a Vox Da5, and I found a few setting that I really like. The clean setting with a little a reverb added sounds really nice with the humbucker on. It also sounds nice in split mode (north coil on) I haven't had much time to play it but definitely like what I heard so far. I think that the GFS Lip stick humbucker offers a lot of tonal possibilities, particularly when split. I really life the GFS Pro-Tube Lip Stick pickup a lot. I also agree that Quarter was very patient and helpful answering the many question that I asked. I tried to ask questions that would give me a clear understanding of what I Should and shouldn't do. I hate copying other peoples designs, so I tried to ad my own little twist to what I was building, and Quarter provided me with information that allowed me to do that. I think that this is one of The best Lap Steel building threads ever, thanks to Quarter and the other contributors. Ron

I just wanted to post some (not so great) pictures of my electric lap steel guitar that I built. I made a lot of mistakes but learned from all of them. The guitar is made of kiln dried poplar from a local lumber yard. I had It painted Metalic Pelham Blue by a pro at a very reasonable price. The pick up is a GFS Pro-Tube Lipstick pickup that I split so that the north coil sounds like a single coil and the humbucker can be played in series (I hope I'm using the correct terminology). The Bridge is a Gotoh Hardtail string through Bridge from Stew Mac, Tele Electrosocket jack, Grover Sta-Tite tuners which work great. I do plan on making another pickguard in a week or so because I drilled a couple of pickguard screw holes in the wrong place, and I burned the side of the pickguard a little with the soldering Iron. I designed the fingerboard in Adobe Illustrator, and had the design laser etched on "1/8" black top white core board" turned out nice. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this thread and the Project Guitar forum. I would especially like to thank Quarter for patiently answering all of my questions. I don't think It would have turned out as well as It did with out your help. Thanks Quarter, you are a great teacher, and you are very generous. Ron.

According to the above diagram for splitting a humbucker, the North Start is soldered to the bottom right lug and is jumped to the tone wire. The pickup that I'm trying to split is a humbucker (Prot-Tube Lipstick Humbucker). According to GFS the North Start is a black ground wire. I starting to think that the diagram that I'm using doesn't apply to this pickup. Can someone shine some light on this, thanks?

Samba Pa Ti, I understand. Thank you and Riptorn. I appreciate all your help. Ron

Hi Samba Pa Ti, thanks for your help. I have one more question. The hole inside the push pull lugs are really small. I'm using small wire but after i tin the wire ends it won't fit through the lug hole. Do the wires have to go through the holes, or can I solder the wire outside the lugs? thanks again. ron

Hi Ripthorn, Thanks for your fast reply. So, I can take a piece of stray wire and connect It to the tone wire lug and then connect that directly to the bottom right (shaft side) lug. I don't have to connect to actual wire but connect to the lug, right? ron

Hello to all. I'm in the process of wiring my first electric build and I'm confused about the wiring according to the attached diagram. Can someone please clarify the If the north start wire and the tone middle lug wire are soldered to the bottom lug right side near the back of the pot, and then continue to the bottom right side lug (shaft side)? Do i have to add wire to join the 2 wires to and connect them to the bottom right shaft side lug? Sorry If I'm not using the proper terms, this is all new to me. I marked the areas of confusion with red arrows. Thanks for any help you can offer. Ron

Hi Tim, You did just fine explaining the process in more detail. Thanks for your help. Ron.

Hi Tim, Thanks for taking the time to post the pics and explain the process. Why would anyone laugh, they look cool and different. I can see myself doing something like that. Your reply and sopabarstrat's have made It clear that you can get really creative when making pickguards. So that I'm clear, the leather is sandwiched between the copper sheeting and the fiberglass, right? Also, how thick is the fiberglass? Thanks again, Ron

Hi Tim, that would be great, thanks. Hey soapbarstrat, Those are great idea's. Thanks a lot Ron

Hi Tim, Thanks for your reply. Fiber glass and leather sure does seem way "outside the box" I would love to see a picture of that. I'm sure It looks great. I know there are a lot of places online that sell pickguard material and pearloid, but I need It for tomorrow , so I was hoping that the local plastic store would have something that I could purchase today or tomorrow. Thanks, Ron

Hey Everyone, Could you offer some suggestions on pickguard material that can be purchased locally from a plastics store? The local plastic stores don't have Garolite. Is there any other material that can be used? I would prefer something with a pearloid effect, but will settle for a solid color material. Also, what is the standard thickness for pickguards, 1/16"? Thanks for all your help. Ron

Hi DC Ross, I was planing on trying both the Feeler Guages and the tip cleaners, but then I decided to get just the feeler guages, thanks. Ron.