lap steel legs?

Delvin Morgan · Post by **Delvin Morgan** » 5 Nov 2008 5:10 pm

I just seen the thread about lap stands back in Sept. But, how about legs you would screw to the bottom of your guitar. Does anybody sell leg kits? Or would table legs that screw to a metal plate work?
I am talking about putting these on a home made or inexpensive guitar now, would never want to deface a classic.

Eldon Cangas · Post by **Eldon Cangas** » 5 Nov 2008 6:10 pm

I'm thinking of making a case for my lap and attaching the legs to the case. I purchased 3 - 3/4 inch NPT to plastic pipe fittings that will screw into the case. 1/2 inch EMT (electrical tubing) that will slide into the pipe fitting. Haven't done it yet but it should be sturdier than the old keyboard stand I'm using now. Just some thoughts. Screwable legs are available. A pedal player I talked to suggested using mic stand pipes upsidedown for legs since they are adjustable the only problem I see is the fine pipe thread. Good luck!

Rich Hlaves · Post by **Rich Hlaves** » 5 Nov 2008 8:49 pm

Delvin,

On of our forum members, Gary Sill, sells Fender style legs and sockets on ebay. Gary is a nice guy, I have done business with him.

RH

Blake Wilson · Post by **Blake Wilson** » 7 Nov 2008 5:42 pm

Delvin Morgan wrote:I just seen the thread about lap stands back in Sept. But, how about legs you would screw to the bottom of your guitar. Does anybody sell leg kits? Or would table legs that screw to a metal plate work?
I am talking about putting these on a home made or inexpensive guitar now, would never want to deface a classic.

Delvin: I recently put regular table legs, using metal plates, on my Artisian:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... highlight=

Each leg/plate was about $7, so about $20 total from my local hardware store. Works fine.

Regards,

Blake

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 7 Nov 2008 8:10 pm

Bobbe Seymour (Steel Guitar Nashville) also has legs and sockets. I've used his in the past.

Delvin Morgan · Post by **Delvin Morgan** » 14 Dec 2008 4:15 pm

Well since that thread, I was looking around the house and right under my nose I found the answer.

My other hobby is nature photographer, so I have several photographic tripods around, hence:

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 14 Dec 2008 8:08 pm

Hey, that looks very sturdy

James Harrison · Post by **James Harrison** » 14 Dec 2008 8:28 pm

Here is one I made.

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 15 Dec 2008 6:44 am

I just use an old walker which you can usually find in a thrift store for under five bucks. What's great is they have rubber around the top part on which your hands rest which are very good to keep your steel stable. I use this one for both my National D-8 (pictured) and my Chandler six stringer.....JH in Va.

Roger Palmer · Post by **Roger Palmer** » 15 Dec 2008 7:32 am

A cheap folding keyboard stand is also ideal

Jim Mitchell · Post by **Jim Mitchell** » 15 Dec 2008 8:28 am

I am making up a joke Lap Steel guitar out of A [ 2 BY 4 ] with dry wall screws for tuners and I am going to make the legs out of RE-BAR that is the steel bars you put in concrete forms.

Paint them yellow with three toes coming out

CHICKEN FEET

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Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 17 Dec 2008 9:10 am

Jim, that ain't no joke! There's a guy in my area who plays every Saturday night in Chesapeake, Va. in an old classic type hillbilly band. His name is Dan but I can't remember his last name. He made his steel out of two unfinished pieces of 2 X 6 pine. It's a double six and he uses a couple of Stratocaster pickups on it, some cheezy tuning pegs, and these small pieces of angle stock for the nut(s) and bridge(s) of each neck. The fretboards are just drawn right on the wood with a Sharpie. What's amazing, is the guy can actually play it pretty good and sounds fine with the band. He said he'd never played pedal steel so he bought a Carter Starter and finally decided he didn't like it so he got "rid of the thing" as he said, and went back to the "plank" as he calls it.........JH in Va.

Jim Mitchell · Post by **Jim Mitchell** » 17 Dec 2008 9:29 am

This is going to be a classis

NOT PLAYABLE JUST COYOTE UGLY

This will have a 2x4 up the middle OSB on the sides with white peg board

The pick up is a bolt wound with wire, a chicken bone for the NUT.

The bridge may be a big turkey bone

The off and on switch is going to be an old barrel bolt locks you know the one that slides back and forth.

This is going to be a conversation piece I will keep in my basement as my first Steel Guitar.

Who knows I could sell it on EBAY

I should have it done during the holidays

Jim Mitchell · Post by **Jim Mitchell** » 17 Dec 2008 11:17 am

I see E-BAY has some

Type in

LOOK HERE
http://stores.ebay.com/Sill-Music-Supply

LAP STEEL LEGS

They have sockets also

Gary Sill · Post by **Gary Sill** » 20 Dec 2008 5:57 pm

I just noticed this thread and see that my store on Ebay, "Sill Music Supply" has been mentioned. Yes, I do sell , have in stock some great chrome legs for steel guitar 1/2" thread #13 is the thread type. Matching sockets that I have made here in the U.S.A.

Put them together and you can build legs for about any lap steel. Just give me a call and I can let you know what I have to help in regards to your project.

I ship the legs with FREE SHIPPING in the 48 states. I have the regular weight and construction legs and also some new , light weight ones that will help cut down the weight of your heavy pedal steel guitar. You can not tell the difference in looks versus the heavier legs.

Thanks all for mentioning me and my store on the forum.
Gary Sill
Sill Music Supply
445 N. State Hwy 121
Mt. Zion, IL 62549
Tel: 217-433-7455
email: sillmusicsupply@gmail.com

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 20 Dec 2008 8:25 pm

You can buy leg sockets from the hardware store. Just make sure you get the right size, the right screw, and the right angle.

Josh Cho · Post by **Josh Cho** » 23 Dec 2008 3:26 am

Delvin,

Just want to weigh in on the legs....I purchased Gary Sills' legs for my Georgeboards Blackburst and they are fantastic--very sturdy. You just have to angle out the player side ones roughly 20 or 30degrees.

The guitar is always up on the legs now and I've done many gigs with them and they've held up well to traveling.

However, it is best to keep the legs screwed in all the time, the aluminum is pretty "soft" and I started losing the beginning threads, making it hard to re-install the legs at a recent gig, very stressful.

Now the guitar travels with the legs installed all the time. Here's a shot of the guitar:

I also did a short demo video of the lap on legs here on my site:

http://www.steelguitarmojo.com/georgebo ... sole.shtml

Boring the holes in the bottom of the guitar was a huge leap of faith, but I knew the benefits far outweighed my fears, let me know if you need any more info...

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