The Steel Guitar Forum

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/19730_Martin_Gross_Capo_1.jpg she is still getting played years later now , enjoyed , and I got around to fabricating a capo from instructions that Martin Gross provides on his heart of steel website : "http://www.martingross.com" capo link of h...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-BJ0tkOfQ here's a tune I produced that I used this lap steel on . An anniversary song for some friends, my gf is singing . 2023 update , the gf singer went for the big time , then claimed I was trying to sabotage her "career" we parted ways , I've written...

glued her up and she's right as rain, fragile though, aluminum is the way to go on #3, gotta run with that idea...

she took a small face down tumble. 2nd string bender snapped, time for some glue.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_4025_1.jpg I'm gland I chose the AC/DC shirt for the gig, sure enough last song warranted a request from the crowd , AC/DC ! Well why not , after the band leader groaned and suggested I bring my girlfriend up and sing she lit up Highway to He...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_4014_1.jpg pic of the stage , first gig with the band canopy, lag bolted into the stage for the 90 mph winds at times , man I'm glad I've committed the four sets to memory and I don't have to rely on the bible binder on a stand focused with b...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_4015_1.jpg Played a gig on the weekend ; windy and freezing cold so much for summer , lap steel on the stand was great. Rocked a handful of tunes with her, Eagles Take it Easy, Wagon Wheel , a few others in G. Went wireless with the Les Paul ...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_new_legs__1.jpg decided to lose the mic stand in favour of having a completely portable solution , all on one baseplate. Used some 3/4" EMT electrical conduit and just have it sitting in some 2x6 cut offs with 15 degree 15/16" angled ho...

Awesome thanks for the link and encouragement! It's a whole new world using two slides and really the only way to go to play certain shapes rhythms and licks . The Liquislide looks pretty interesting , also interested in combining different shapes for say achieving a slant shape when combined right ...

here's a back view ; the olive wood can sure take a beating , staples for days . No splitting ...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_Osram_JD_925_1.jpg Now featuring hook and loop fastened tone bar. Something about security , I quickly realize how fast you can achieve slants / intervals what have when the tone bar moves with your digits , either velcro'd or in the case of a bo...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_0865_1.jpg a better look at the custom tapered wood thingy , its higher on the player side, which helps get a useful angle to clear the strings to assist having the root note ring out over top of notes played with the thumb slide , like when ...

a JD 925 with custom tapered wood thingy for the middle finger , and a basic slide the thumb can fit into , can never have enough slides , they all have a particular tone and use !

just realized I can play open positions licks in any other position by utilizing two slides in one hand , easy peasy !

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_3956_1.jpg Here's a working setup with the pedal board , kind of gets in the way for now , see how it works out live , really need access to the pedals for volume and wah , compression and Distortion too , looping , reverb and delay , ah neve...

Here is a view from underneath. I can move the unit as one and dismantling is just two Robertson screws .

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_3953_1.jpg I've fashioned some kind of stand , thought about the tripod, even bought some EMT 3/4 conduit tubing , but then decided to re purpose some pipe and drape base I've had since AV days gone by. The spigot on the base plate didn't qui...

pedal board , guitar player for the most part , steel is relatively new for me .

JD tone bar with wooden finger hold thingy

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_3920_1.jpg the routed area exposed , burned as well... lots of time to abrase, seems this project is never done , still learning new tunings and strings guages to apply. Currently she's GDGBDG .042 / .032 / .024 / .020 / .018 / .014 the Dunlo...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_IMG_3919_1.jpg routed a cove to hold the tone bars ... the JD 925 with a custom holder thingy and a piece of 3/4 cold rolled steel for the heavier sustain on clean playing. The JD is easier to got on and off the strings , good for open string lic...

Bill Hatchers design looks intriguing , forgive my mechanical ignorance but what's going on here? Afaik the only mechanical work at play with palm levers is a basic fulcrum device , how does Bill's design actually change the string tension/pitch and which strings per se? Thanks !

I agree , having to contort my wrist to get both levers depressed while picking isn't natural , that's the reason to try the Certano design, but if that could be even easier deployed then by all means...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/19730_Screen_Shot_20200813_at_34005_PM_1.jpg I'm of the mind I can't live without them , the benders , the options for a six string lap anyway , needing the extra chordal and voicing options with a C6 tuning , they do get in the way , but I feel limite...

I'm quite interested in fabricating a Certano design for my next laptseel , I've made a few Shad Peters designs and while they work pretty well , they are larger and more cumbersome. From what I gather visually they Certano model has bronze flanged cap bushings that the 2nd and 3rd strings roll unde...