building lap steel book ?

Kristen Bruno · From: Orlando, Florida, USA

Although building a lap steel seems relatively straightforward, and there is also info available on the web, are there any recomendations for a book for building a lap (preferably a double neck).

thanks
super kristen

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

http://www.well.com/~wellvis/diy.html

Here's an article from Popular Mechanics on how to build a doubleneck steel guitar.
http://www.vintageprojects.com/woodshop/SteelGuitar.pdf
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Roger Shackelton · From: MINNESOTA (deceased)

Here is the 12 string tuning of the build it yourself
steel guitar from POPULAR MECHANICS.

What is the name of this tuning?

Is it as playable as the article indicates ?

ROGER

1 E
2 C
3 A
4 E
5 C
6 A#
7 G
8 F
9 C
10 A
11 F
12 D

STRINGS 1---3 ARE "A MINOR"

STRINGS 4---7 ARE "DIMINISHED 7th"

STRINGS 8--12 ARE "F MAJOR 6th"

Twayn Williams · From: Portland, OR

G Strout · From: Carabelle, Florida

I am not sure if they have any info on double neck consoles, but I purchased a CD on the subject sometime back from Randy Cordle at Bluestem Strings.
http://www.bluestemstrings.com
the CD has a lot information and helpful photographs, plans etc on it.
As I remember there was a lot of free information available at his website as well. Have a look you will not be disappointed.

Rick Alexander · From: Florida, USA, R.I.P.

Some excerpts from the Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar book:
http://buildyourguitar.com/resources/lapsteel/

and here is the ordering page on Amazon.

You could build a double neck based on these directions.

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