German handmade lap steel

Fred Kinbom · From: Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.

Has anyone seen (or tried) these lap steels made by a German luthier?

German lap steel on eBay

I like the concept of such a compact lap steel, and the acoustic-style bridge and string-through feature are cool too IMO. A tone control would be nice though.

EDIT: Here is the website:

http://mg-guitars.de/

(I have no connection with this lap steel builder, just stumbled across the lap steel on eBay and thought it may be of interest around here. Smile

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Fred
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Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Some nice woods but It has some fundamental problems in terms of its design aesthetics in regard to spacing and proportion.

Tom Pettingill · From: California, USA (deceased)

One thing that jumps out to me is the pickup is a cheaper ceramic magnet P90 that may sound a little brittle / shrill on a walnut body.

Another thing that caught my eye is the rear view of the headstock.
I love a good wild swirly grain, but structurally it can be a bad idea for thin headstocks, there is just too much grain runout.
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