Soo…another build! A friend of mine has asked me to build him a lapsteel. He played the carbon fibre build I did a year back and really liked it. As he’s fairly new to lapsteel I have done some research and decided on a 24 scale, with parallel strings.
He has bought a few things for the build including
https://reverb.com/uk/item/45369548-combo-palm-bender-roller-bridge-r-r-b-1?utm_campaign=INTL-GB-Shop_unpaid&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google
And some Warman FireBuckers. These are firebird style pickups, with a blade design so should work nicely with the wide string spacing. That’s my thinking anyway. Also no pole pieces to worry about being misaligned!
I have a piece of oak that will work nicely for this build. So far I have slotted a piece of corian to use as the fingerboard. I’m filling the slots with some black mica powder and CA glue. The board will be recessed in to the wood.
Anyway…this should be interesting! On a slightly different note, Lapsteel players don’t get enough love, there’s some serious musicians out there