The Steel Guitar Forum

If you or anyone near you is tools friendly it takes a 1.25 Forstner drill bit, and about a 3/4" deep hole from it. It is a fairly simple operation I've done dozens of times , literally on a folded Towel on my kitchen table with all of the finish already on the instrument. The Legs and sockets ...

https://youtu.be/lQP7NmsIyMI?si=JK8wKzoIDRE1NKjz Here is a video Daniel, I currently have 4 sets of Nut and Bridge I am glad to sell to anyone. Tone = great , Tough PLA is very tone friendly and lots of sustain, --watch Video. John, Watch Video for demonstration of the Conductivity. For a ground - n...

I've already sent you 6 of them today as a Gift.

Lettuce know if these can help you or other stringmaster projects.

Best Regards

GeorgeBoards

Tony,

In case you need them I have 3D printed little tubes that the rods go through with the little ridge between the necks, made to specs I got on the forum from a member who measured out the originals that were lathed from metal thick wall tubing.

Daniel, The prusa is a good starting place, not certain how those handle Fiber infused Nylon material, I made what you see in the photos in Tough PLA -- to make something like a bender that has all sorts of stress continually applied, at minimum a material like Nylon X -G or Onyx will give more stre...

Hello from George Boards 1/2" tall is what we use. I am currently inventing a new roller nut and bridge system, it has the smoothest fastest slipperiest rollers currently available. If you would like to have me discuss this subject of 3D printed benders further, I would like some information if...

Hello from GorgeBoards to Nic. A Simple Triangle Needle file will do everything you need. I got mine in a set at Walmart hardware section in the 5 dollar range. I've cut hundreds of metal nut slots with only one over the years. I use some 1000 grit sand paper folded over to get in the V slot and sof...

GeorgeBoards now has Red Color Flying Saucer Knobs.

Since a GeorgeBoards™ RetroFit Kit was recommended, I thought I would let folks know I've got a few of what i am calling "Americanized Import" for sale. This is not some big advertisement, I'm just selling off an idea at a loss to get some coins back for other new projects. As John Clay sa...

How close to Lincoln are you?

There is a makerspace there -- that is the ticket to what you seek to do.

Hello from GeorgeBoards Lap Steel Guitars. When you say I want to make instruments for the rest of my life , Can you be more specific? Lap Steels - Pedal Steels - violins ? The reason I ask, is because the use of CNC machinery and computer programs to operate - design and so on can vary quite a bit....

Does a Mother of A Toilet Seat Count? It has a Horseshoe Pickup (handle).

It features a Super High Intensity Tone pot and a Controlled Resonance Articulation Pot.

Hello from GeorgeBoards Steel Guitars We make 3D printed Substitute parts to "Help you make your Ricky Live Again" these are as close as we can get them in size shape functionality. GeorgeBoards™ does not make aftermarket replicas for restoration. Our substitute replacement parts for these...

reasonable (price & quality) You just brought up the inflationary issue. In our "For Instance" the price to make them has nearly Tripled in the last 3 years. We would need to Double our price from just a year ago. Is anyone willing to pay 300.00 for a Helix planed and CNC routed solid...

GeorgeBoards plans to sell his personal D8 I played at the Dallas and Tulsa Jamborees.

This is a super guitar and one of a kind museum quality, not for the weak of pocketbook.

There are places on the internet that offer custom fabric printed with your artwork by the 54" wide yard. https://www.google.com/search?q=custom+fabric+prints+with+my+art As well if you really want to get into custom items you can buy an epson printer to make the fabric prints. https://www.coas...

Hello from GeorgeBoards WD parts in Fort Meyers Florida already sells the Kluson version. You can make these fit easily, since you are not retrofitting original guitars that were hand routed and inaccurate compared to modern ways of routing. I am fairly certain you already know about them. Setting u...

Jon, All better now.



Glad to help if these will work for your broken panda panels.

Hello whomever may be interested. I have a few sets of the Substitutes, I stopped making these 10 years ago for this reason. For whatever unknown reason , the majority of potential buyers can't seem to get that these are Substitutes NOT aftermarket replacements for restoration -- ours are simply to ...

Johnie King builds super laps , he is well worth contacting.

He is a regular on the forum in the steel guitars for sale section.

Hello Alan , glad to hear your E-Voice. 3D printing can be a lot of fun on all sorts of levels. Printing one of those curved covers for a Harlin or Gibson, is possible , but would only be utilitarian at best. Visually they would be very ugly by comparison. 10 years or more ago when I was in OKC , I ...

Since the parson street is a standard humbucker pocket, there are endless options. Lindy Fralin Pickups has a few lines of hum rejecting models that will drop right in. His are two coils split and tweeked to reject hum while retaining highs and mids you are wanting. I am certain other makers are doi...

Hello from GeorgeBoards™ steel guitars, just can not seem to quit making some sort of steel guitar. My 2023 effort is buying imports, and modifying to what I am calling Americanized Import for folks who want a modified Import lap steel ready to play out of the box. I was wanting to install an Americ...

Greg Liesz was a major performer last night on the Gershwin Awards all star show honoring Joni Mitchell.