The Steel Guitar Forum

Ah thanks! I'll take a note of that. Model J

Check this out: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Rickenbacker-Lap-Steel-Guitar/233696958467 To my eyes this is an experimental rickenbacker lap steel. The tuning knobs and the volume/tone knobs are from an early model. The shape is somewhat like that of the SW6. But its made of galvanized steel!?! (an...

Wonderful clip! Thanks

Thanks for the replies!
I found the solution on ebay: A used Soundseat black leather top mounted on a Roc'n'Soc base!

Gotta love the names they come up with for these chairs

Hi! Can any of you recommend the chair for playing called Soundseat? Their website is [http://soundseat.com] I have been wanting to buy a nice chair to sit in while playing for a long time now. The price for one of these (including customs+shipping) is the same as the price of a made-to-measure offi...

Hi! Thought I'd share my own trick for holding on to the steel!: I made a small leather case for the bar and used waxed string to sow it together. The tiny amount of wax in the leather case touches the steel and gives it a surface with a nice grip. You can't see any wax on the steel, it just makes i...

That's the best setup I´ve seen! Great job! Smoooth!

Hi!
I already have one of these. But thought I'd let you know about this I found on american ebay:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1038669570

I don't have anything to do with the seller, but this is a good price for a fine guitar.

No, actually I think I'll hang on to it. I can fix it up later.

At least I only have one project. Clearly labelled zip-lock bags is the next step I think.

And now: back to actually playing!

Thanks for the feedback! I have all the parts including fretboards (minus 4 screws). It's just a paradox the way that all the parts are pretty rare in themselves, but when I try to sell them together as a guitar, the price is somehow lower. The pickup-selector is an early brass version of a switch a...

Hi everyone! I bought this Rickenbacker DW16 a couple of years ago with the idea of restoring it. I received it covered in gold spray paint and wood filler. However he only work I have been able to do on this guitar is stripping.One pickup has been rewinded by Lollar. Now it appears as in these phot...

Hi Kurt!
Very nice lap steel you have there! What scale is it?
B.r.
Rune

Hi Paul! I had the same problem a while ago with a broken tuner for a Rickenbacker DW16. I have searched everywhere that I could think of and couldn't find 4-on-a-plate tuners. The closest thing I found was 6-on-a-plate that are still in production like these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-KLU...

Hi everyone, I too started playing spanish guitar. And I have never really stopped with that right hand position. However, I switched completely to thumb-pick, when I tried the Fred Kelly regular pick, as seen here: http://fredkellypicks.com/regular/delrin-regular-pick-24-pcs.html The curve of the p...

Arrrgh! Hehehe, amAzing.

And bullseye on all harmonies, good job! Thanks for sharing!

Hi everyone! I tought I'd share a design for a leather tone bar cover I made. I play with the Ernie Ball chrome tone bar (the lighter one of the 2 variants). The trouble with chrome is that its softer than most other surfaces around, so it will get dings and scratches easily. So I came up with this ...

Hi! And thanks for the encouragement! Ok, now I have tried mailing Rickenbacker. Would be great to get an answer. Plus I ordered the nearest thing to the original from the Rickenbacker homepage. Not the same at all, but it'll hold everything in place. I got an IM about the welding I had done. The ma...

Thanks Michael!
A bit optimistic to simply hope to find the old screws somwhere. If I had the money, I'd buy the DW16 wreck on ebay at the moment. And steal the screws from there.

I'll get some new screws in any case. Hope it'll look alright

Hi everyone, 2 years ago I bought a Rickenbacker DW16 as a "project". I love the wooden Ricks and bought this one as a study-piece to fix up. When I got it, I removed the last traces of gold-spray paint, etc. and welded one of the aluminum leg-mounting-plates. A long time has passed and no...

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Hi!
This is a video of a guy restoring a Finnish lap steel pickup from the war. Funny video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J_ocV0fWET0

PLUS:
If you go to japan, you'd have to pay a whole lot more

This DW-16 costs around $3300...
http://www.kurosawagakki.com/items/detail/124071.html

Hi,
this model SW-16 has sold on US ebay for over $1500.

What they're asking is a very fair price. It looks all original from looking at the pictures. A nice instrument if you ask me

Haha, great to hear the deal worked out!
Good luck with it!

So funny: When I see the sellers picture, I realize that I used to go to go to the same swing dance courses as the girl he plays with when he's not playing solo... This was when I lived in Copenhagen. Small world

Hi, I don't know the seller of this guitar. But it has been for sale for some time now and I keep wondering if someone would be interested on the forum here. It's a Harmos Model One. Not in production anymore, but you can read about the brand of guitar here. (Please notice that this particular model...