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by Brian Smith
12 May 2023 9:40 am
Forum: Builders' Corner
Topic: Pre cut maple
Replies: 6
Views: 2072

Abe I live in Phx, have a well equipped shop and can help you out with cutting if needed The birdseye itself is your challenge more so than the milling, I have used Northwest Timber many times for figured maples, but they aren't currently listing any birdseye https://nwtimber.com/ I have also used W...
by Brian Smith
9 May 2023 10:27 am
Forum: Builders' Corner
Topic: Lap Steel Bass??
Replies: 3
Views: 1042

Awesome link Ian, thank you!
by Brian Smith
9 May 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Builders' Corner
Topic: Pedal steel guitar build slowly getting along
Replies: 12
Views: 3498

Looks like you're off to a great start Javier! I love piles of parts Just chiming in on the metric/imperial issue, if the queen is going to build it I would totally go imperial, otherwise no! I participated in overseas manufacturing for about 3 years, through that period I used metric exclusively, g...
by Brian Smith
24 Apr 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Builders' Corner
Topic: My second lap steel
Replies: 4
Views: 1366

Great input Carl, that makes good sense to orient them on the opposite side of the cavity for practicality That's the kind of thing a player will realize right out of the box, but I don't yet have that experience, thank you for it Thank you Bob, you're very kind Ted, I posted a link in my intro, but...
by Brian Smith
24 Apr 2023 9:09 am
Forum: Builders' Corner
Topic: My second lap steel
Replies: 4
Views: 1366

My second lap steel

David Gilmour is an inspiration to me, when I learned that many of his most iconic solos and sounds were created on lap steel I was instantly intrigued, this has much to do with how I went about designing the two lap steels I have made The first one was a prototype, it was khaya ivonrensis or Africa...