The Steel Guitar Forum

Cheers Jeff, clever and helpful cause I would not have thought in that direction. More options to consider.

Okay, anything that has been getting me used to the guitar as slide is new to me. Have been looking at available stuff on the net like Sleepwalk, Aloha Oe etc. Western Swing seems a great place to start with this instrument and I love that zappy 1 4 5 stuff. I have looked at what looks like better b...

Yes I did look at the Fender mechanism but mine only raise pitch, I may tackle something a bit more complicated next time. There is quite a bit to think about and make to get something simple like this one working.

I feel like I have made sort sort of forum faux pas, maybe a photo will help. The guitar so far.

I am building a guitar that takes its design cues from the 50's "White" student lap steel I have on the forum HERE But be will adding three pedals that pull only and six strings. I have looked at many ways to tune but think I will go with C6- C E G A C E and use three pulls to move the low...

While I am not sure if I "out-did" myself it does look like Fender made the nut, saddle and bridge plate. Rather than polish the bridge plate steel before it was chromed I just left the mill finish and some small areas of pitting so that even up close it looks like one from Fender.

The finished 8 string modification. In the end I am happy with the original paint. The Seymour Duncan answer to the Stringmaster pickup is fine. To get that white pup cover I had to have one printed. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/18490_DSC03165_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/use...

"From little things big things grow" Paul Kelly (1992).

Yes sure David I get your point though it does look like they only pop up in Australia and at that time (40's maybe 50's) we had no trouble copying American products also as a business it seems they had quite a connection to the Hawaiian music scene and the steel could have been their main interest....

It may look like that Stephen because of the bar position but unless Trem King has a model I have not seen that trem does all strings, check them out here Trem King Site

Check out the video on drop D tuning as it shows what they are good at.

That brand has popped up before in Australia on one of the guitar forums I think.

Link: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Nope, you've got it, those trems do move all six strings at once just like a regular strat trem. I was just pointing out that vibrato is not the only technique used with a trem, like, you can't drop out all the tension with a bar like you can with a trem and slam it back up to tension. That sort of ...

"absurd redundancy" It would seem that way Cartwright but perhaps the user liked some of those techniques that are common with the Tremolo bar rather than just plain vibrato effect. From memory Noah that Tremolo is a slightly different design to the average so that if a string breaks the r...

Tres cool dude.

Very tasty bit of music, I could listen to that band till the cows came home.

Well that is drop dead gorgeous to look at, there is something to me in the look that is vaguely reminiscent of the traditional rope bindings on old Ukuleles.

It does look a bit wrong Per, now that you have pointed it out.

You can see here that there wasn't too much to remove to fit the eight string pan, it ended up being from 0 to 3/16 inch taper either side. I had the thought to taper the headstock to suit the pan, more of that "Snake head" shape of the Champ than parallel but parrallel looks fine to me so...

Okay, looks good Jack and I have seen it come up in an image search because of this thread Pickup options for Fender Studio Deluxe Oh and that second photo in your thread looks like the "White" Studio Deluxe while it was turquoise, before it was painted maroon. So not only does it look goo...

Ha! I would add to that Bill. A man with a plan, a shed and a box of tools. I did wonder what went on there Jeff and satisfied my curiosity with this very inspiring SGF thread "Converting non-pedal to pedal" . I also like to think that not only did Leo buy boring paints because they were c...

Okay, thanks Mike I had assumed that I knew what you were talking about but you know what they say about assumption.

You said "but nothing truly sounds like a PP although some have come close IMHO", are you looking for a argument regarding tone?

I better just check that I have this correct, when you say "Mica" I have assumed you are referring to "Formica" or "Laminex" the paper and melamine resin product we put on kitchen bench tops? I was assuming Mike from the look of it that the original "Mica" was...

I get what you guys are saying but if I wanted an original then I would have bought one complete. If, after I have built this one, I continue to play instead of just going back to picking up my acoustic guitar (always appealing cause you don't have to plug them in) I may buy something complete, I do...

Thanks for your interest gents, I have estimated the measurement I am looking for at about 3/8 inch or a bit less at 9mm and I am sure that would be good enough although it would be good to have an accurate measurement if someone could do that favour for me. It does not quite fit Jack but I had, bef...

The photo is the group of parts I mentioned in my introduction post. If anyone on the forum has a Fender Champ, Studio Deluxe, Stringmaster or any of those lap steels with the similar sized nuts and saddled could you please let me know the diametre of those parts please? I need to make them. I could...