The Steel Guitar Forum

Certano has always been good at working out any of my problems. https://certano.fr/contact/

Best I've used is made by 3M, #467 MP. It's permanent. Available on Amazon for under $7. I've used the #77 spray adhesive but it's more work to mask everything before spraying.
Bob - Melbert Guitars

Donation will be sent. Sold

Cherry wood, brown mahogany stain, used approximately 3 months, traded in, some dings and scratches mainly along the edges on the underside, Saga F-2080 Deluxe sealed gear tuners, brass nut and bridge, new BL-705 pickup. Free CONUS shipping. Will be restrung to your tuning before shipping. $339. Ten...

Casey plays lead at 3:43 in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj3YhR2-QwQ

Hey guys, don't spose you could post some pics of your Melberts? :roll: I have also had one on order for months. A few Melbert pics would help me survive the wait a while longer. :wink: You'll have it soon. 6 coats of lacquer now, 2 more coats to go. Sentell pickup on order. https://bb.steelguitarf...

I received my Melbert D6/8 from Bob at Melbert Guitars A few photos of the D6-8. Started with only the body and 2 rods. Thanks to Georgeboards for some good advice, Pickguardian for the custom pickup rings, control plates, and the diamonds. Terrapin Guitars for the custom 26" scale fretboards....

SOLD - No Longer available Set of 3 Stringmaster tuner pans with tuners. Includes 2 control plates. Tuners have wear and have some slack in the gears but appear to be operational. However, I haven't installed them in an instrument so there is no guaranty on the tuners. You are basically purchasing t...

I've made dozens of shapes over the years. As long as the parts fit the shape doesn't matter.

bills wife is still making the REAL bill lawrence stuff. https://www.wildepickups.com/products/steel-guitar As far as I know, Wilde pickups doesn't have a blade type equivalent to the BL-705. The only thing I saw on the Wilde site was a 10 string steel guitar pickup with individual poles which isn'...

Jzchak Wajcman, dba Bill Lawrence USA is the source for the BL-705 steel guitar pickup. I've used them in many lap steels. My last order was never acknowledged, emails aren't answered, and his phone is no longer working. Anyone know if he is still alive?

Super glue and baking soda can fill a nut slot quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slCMkvEfK_U

Bill Groner wrote:Phillip what kind of wood did Bob use?

American White Ash, a.k.a. Fraxinus americana.
General Finishes amber water based dye stain, lacquer topcoats.

This is a 10 string Melbert with a Certano bender. String thru body, Melbert custom gauged roller bridge and roller nut. I've worked with both the Doosy Multibender and the Certano. The Mutltibender can raise or lower strings and has the bridge rollers built in. The Certano only raises the pitch and...

What is the weight? Looks like it might be a good travel instrument.

Thanks Joe, those are the two threads I read. One was a 6-string tuning and the other had a lot of comments such as "My take on it is....." and so forth which seemed to be many people guessing at what it could be. Somehow I missed your definitive tuning. I appreciate your post. Bob

I'm building an 8-string lap steel for a customer who wants it tuned the same as the original C#m7 Sleepwalk tuning. I've done several forum searches and can only confirm C#m7 tuning without the names of the individual strings. A search of C#m7 tuning gives results for several different C#m7 tunings...

The store in OK City bought only the lap steel. They did get the person's name, address, and driver's license information.

TTT

https://reverb.com/item/43045670-13172-alan-melbert-lap-steel-guitar?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=43045670 I spoke with them and they are going to remove it from their site. The person they bought it from also had the stolen mandolin and ba...

Exactly what I'm going to be needing. Is this item listed on your web site yet? Bob Allen, Melbert Guitars.

No problem using a George L's 10 string pickup on a 6-string lap steel. I do it all the time.

For the nuts, this might work. In the McMaster Carr catalog they are "Binding Barrels" but I've seen them advertised as "Chicago bolts" and "Sex bolts". Sometimes the nuts can be purchased separately. https://www.mcmaster.com/sex-bolts/18-8-stainless-steel-binding-barre...

I've used flocking on the underside of some lap steels.

Joshua, glad you like it. I happen to have some photos.