Members slider Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 here is a pic of my second lap steel. the body is mahogany. the pickup is a Seymour Duncan antiquity. the bridge , knobs, and tuners are from stewmac. the rest I made from scratch. the cover plate is brass. I didnt like the shiney new look so I patinaed it. simply, I poured some amonia into a bucket then suspended the brass coverplate over it. sealed the bucket and let it sit overnight. afterwards I put a clear coat on it . this lap plays really well. lots of sustain and a nice mellow tone. the pup really is nice. someone was able to bring this image up and re post it. thanks. I appreciate it. there is a double posting now. think I'll leave it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rocknrao Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 How did you make the nut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members swinglinecub Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 How deep is that? I've got an old chunk of mahogany sitting around that I've been hoping to use for something, a lap steel would be ideal if it's not too thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bek1 Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 Where did you get the fretboard template? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slider Posted May 4, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 the nut was made from square stock stainless steel. I drilled two holes and attached it to an angled piece of maple. that way I could hold it against my table grinder at a good angle. then it was simply and slowly ground to almost a 45 degree angle. it turned out machined and clean looking. I sawed and then filed the nut for the strings. the mahogany is a solid piece 1 5/8 thick. I started from a rough cut slab. planed and sanded to the finished thickness. I arrived at this thickness from using an old lap steel as refference. I imagine a thinner slab could work. the headstock is angled back. I used a bandsaw for the rough pout work. then alot of hand work. the fretboard is handmade. I made a template from the old lap steel as a guide. there is a mathematical way of figuring it out. I took a simpler,less math challenging route. there are mistakes on the fret board because m saw jumped a few times. the spacing on a few frets are off by millimeters. still works since it is high action slide guitar. the fretboard is ebony from a sales bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bek1 Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 I expect anything would work for a fretboard. A template and some pinstriping tape would do, it's just for location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jfreaksho Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 I would imagine that you could photocopy a fretboard and stick it under your strings and be pretty okay with that. It's not like anyone is going to be actually fretting the strings. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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