When my son saw my first lapsteel guitar I built, he wanted one. So I decided to kick it up a notch for him. This lapsteel is a lot deeper, about 3" deep. The neck and body are hollowed out (Weissenbourne ish). The bulk of the guitar is clear pine with a 3/4" mahogany top. The fretboard is alternating pieces of purpleheart and maple. I designed a top loading string thru style of tailpiece (guitar too deep for regular string thru) out of the very hard durable purpleheart. The bridge and nut are made of a purpleheart base and a metal strip for the strings to lay on. So far I'm using a humbucker p/u but will eventually exchange for a P-90.
It sounds a little 'airier' compared to my solid body lapsteel.
not an expensive build.
cheers
Cool guitar, great job! :) Any chance of hearing how it sounds?
If you want a P90 in it let me recommend Duncan's PhatCat - it will fit the humbucker sized pickup ring and is less noisy than regular P90s because of the metal housing. I have a PhatCat in my Rodeo lap steel and love it so much that I'll probably replace all my humbuckers with them.
Steinar
That is gorgeous!
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
very nice. I like your solutions for bridge and string retainer.
I am half way finished with my hollowbody/electric lap steel.
I have been documenting its progress. once done I too will post.
so does your son play steel?
the fretboard is wonderful. inlay rules.
Very sweet looking!!!!
That's a great piece of artwork! Very cool! 8) 8)
Dan
"The only way I know that guarantees no mistakes is not to play and that's simply not an option". David Hodge
