Members Quarter Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Here is a cool one I'm building for a blues / rock player. Body is one piece quilted maple from a monster billet I had in my stash. Fretboard, pickup rings, and control covers are cocobolo. Pickups are a set of nickel covered BG Darks with 6 way rotary switching. Here is the billet I started with . . Here it is rough shaped . . And here it is with an amber shellac seal coat and a few top coats of True Oil. Still have a bunch more to go, but she is starting to shape up. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thats killer Tom!!!That one bridge is over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 I love this design. Do you make the bridge out of bar stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 That is one beautious maximus piece of wood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Love those frying pan bodies. Beauty! EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members archiemax Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Looks at pics of Quarter's lap steels.....Looks at archiemax's lap steels....Looks at pics of Quarter's lap steels again....Points revolver at head........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted February 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thanks all, I'm very happy how its shaping up. Do you make the bridge out of bar stock? The bridge is a variant of a design that I developed for my 8 string Deco. I use 1/4" rod for the "saddle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roycew93 Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 That Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted February 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thanks roycew93 ... and don't sell your steels short archie ... those benders you build for them are very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 What a gorgous piece of wood and what a lovely design Bet it will sound killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 4, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 4, 2010 Man, your work is utterly beautiful, and I know what maple is like so my admiration at that worked billet is................whoaaaa What do you use for that? Do you use a milling setup of some kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Riggins Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Man, your lap steels I think are the hottest I've ever seen. I love your design style. very hot bro!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted February 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thanks again all ... What do you use for that? Do you use a milling setup of some kind? Yea, figured maple / woods are a bitch to work with. No milling setup on this, just sharp blades, low angle planes, light / shallow cuts, and a spiral cutter in the router with a set of templates I made for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnewb1 Posted February 4, 2010 Members Share Posted February 4, 2010 beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted February 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2010 Thanks mnewb1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hubert Stumblin Posted February 5, 2010 Members Share Posted February 5, 2010 As always, your work is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Furtive Posted February 5, 2010 Members Share Posted February 5, 2010 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted February 5, 2010 Members Share Posted February 5, 2010 What's not to love? Nice as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roycew93 Posted February 5, 2010 Members Share Posted February 5, 2010 Just looked at the slide show of your builds OUTSTANDING! I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted February 5, 2010 Members Share Posted February 5, 2010 Bosstastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted February 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2010 Thanks all ... and good luck with your projects roycew93 ... it can be a lot of fun and a great creative outlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted February 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 Still putting finish coats on her but thought I'd post this detail of the bottom of the bridge before it gets installed. I've used this design and a variation of it a few times now and it works great. Its a glued / set bridge much like is done on an acoustic. Here you can see the extended brass tubing through the bottom of the bridge. Doing it like this gives it good coupling, some forward shear strength, and makes it easier to accurately locate the bridge come assembly time. Here is a pic of this builds bridge and a couple closeups of a variant I used on my Cruiser proto. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted February 12, 2010 Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 Seeing all these cool lap steels you build makes me want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zemmy Posted February 12, 2010 Members Share Posted February 12, 2010 amazing work...as always:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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