avdekan Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 This is my 2nd project, which I finished last year and for some reason it took me until now to post here. It was done as a birthday present for a good friend. Since money was an issue I tried to keep the costs down, so the whole project cost me about 120$ and 20-25 work hours. Design-wise I went for the labor friendly minimalist approach, and tried to make it as portable as I possibly could without sacrificing playability and comfort (I hope I managed to pull off that part). in short it's basically a wooden board with strings (which is what lap-steels generally are). specs: sapele block, maple "fret" markers and dots, danish oil finish. brass bar bridge and bone nut. economy tuners (I think they are made by Cort). Kent Armstrong mini humbucker (I got it second hand). single volume pot with push/pull for coil split. the lap steel sounds great and sustains forever. my friend is really happy with it. mission success! B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 awesome!!! everyone needs one its a very simple design but with clever touches, i like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think this is the first lap steel that i actually like the look of. Well done, awesome guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Very simple and elegant design ! Congrats ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullsession Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 That's awesome....I need to do this myself, as I've been wanting one forever. Seems like a relatively simple thing as compared to some of the other projects I'd be sure to screw up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayvo Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think this is the first lap steel that i actually like the look of. Well done, awesome guitar. Very simple and elegant design ! Congrats ! +1 on both of these comments Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Great job ... lap steels are both fun to build and fun to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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