The Steel Guitar Forum

Here's a sample sound clip.
I am not very experienced on the lap steel.
But it will give you an idea of the sound

http://www.crystalforestmandolins.com/s ... dClip1.mp3

Sharing some photos of my #3 lap steel build. A friend game be a nice piece of 75 year wild cherry for the body. I made by own ebony fretboard with nickel steel frets, and M.O.P. National Style roman numeral fret markers. The peghead overlay and trim plates are ebony as well. This guitar has a 22 1/...

I've had good results on the lap steels that I have built by setting the pickup about 3/16" under the strings. The springs under the pickup legs allow you to adjust the height to experiment. The center of my pickups are about 1" forward of the bridge. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix...

This Lap Steel has been sold.
Thanks for looking.

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http://www.crystalforestmandolins.com

Thought I would share some photos of my 2nd lap steel build. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1205/12246_CFLS0712front1_1.jpg http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1205/12246_CFLS0712Back1_1.jpg The wood is cherry ~ 1 5/8" thick. On this build I used chrome components and ebony as the seco...

2012 Crystal Forest Lap Steel Guitar S/N #CFLS0612-01 A custom built lap steel guitar. Solid white maple body, rosewood fretboard with low steel frets, custom made polymer position markers. Brazilian rosewood peghead veneer and trim plates. Standard lap steel 22 1/2" scale with 2" ebony nu...

Very nice work.. You should be proud.

Thanks for the kind words on my guitar build. The inlays are polymer clay. My wife makes jewelry so we tried something different than perl. I didn't use any books. I just looked for some shapes I liked and took it from there. Since I have also been building mandolins for a couple years I was use to ...

Build yourself a really cool lap steel guitar with these detailed, professionally drawn plans. Plans show complete details drawn full scale (1:1). Complete materials list and sources, wiring details for volume and tone controls, fretboard dimensions and much more. The Photos below show a lap steel g...

Thought I would share a few photos of my lap steel that I just completed. I am new to lap steel playing. I currently play a mandolin and wanted to try a different instrument. Since I build flat top mandolins I decided to build my own rather than buy one. I'm happy with the way it turned out. Solid w...