The Steel Guitar Forum

First I can't say enough about Tom's craftsmanship and follow up customer service.. You da man... 8) My oldest wanted a lap steel for Christmas, so I had Tom Pettingill cut and glue up the Walnut/Maple body. I got it in the raw form ready for finish, electronics, etc.. I shot two light coats of T-O ...

Thanks Steve...
I hope I can find something locally.

I just shot of an email to Bob to see about getting some mailed out for Christmas.

I wanted a blues machine (Open E tuning) that would give me a WIDE variety of tones. I have one of Tom's teardrop lap's in the 8 string configurations that I am giving my son for Christmas. Basically, my son will be using it for the same type of application. What gauge/set of strings should be used...

Thanks Brad,

It is an eight string.

Tom Pettingill is building a 8 string lap steel for me to give as a Christmas gift to my son. He is just learning to play slide. He has a couple of 4-5 string slide guitars that I built and just uses standard strings on them. He is an accomplished 6 string Strat player. His style is moderate rock an...