Any "home made" steels in use out there?
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Any "home made" steels in use out there?
Here's a shot of a guy here in southeast Virginia named Dan Munford with his "home made" D-6 lapsteel. Dan plays every Saturday night in Chesapeake, Va. with the "Country Rebels" band and also some other venues on occasion. I worked with him a couple of years ago and he plays the fire out of his "creation".... He made it from a couple of 2X6 pieces of pine and a couple of stratocaster pickups. The fretboards are "drawn" right on the wood with a Sharpie. The bridges and nuts are made from angle stock. He tunes it to B6th on the outside and open E on the inside. You wouldn't think it by the looks of his guitar but this guy can really play.............JH in Va.
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Some might throw that guitar in the trash and then feel sorry for the trash, Jerry, but with steels we're lucky it's function over form, and in the hands of your friend it's like JB said "if you can't play, it doesn't matter what guitar you have, and if you can play, it doesn't matter what guitar you have".
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Check out the Homemade Guitars Showcase thread if you haven't seen it.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ight=build
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ight=build
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I was thinking of your dime store steel, Bill, when I saw the Mumford job, they're almost identical, maybe he saw your's! I'd be interested in knowing who got away cheaper for the best sounder. (yes, I just want to hear some good steel...)Bill Hatcher wrote:i made a few of those myself! and they sounded good. heres one of them.
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Here is a link to one that I made.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... +lap+steel
I dont have the pix in my computer anymore but it's still up in the for sale section.
It was fun, but working with that old maple was a bear. It was cool though, the only thing I bought new for the guitar was the strings. Everything else was recycled.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... +lap+steel
I dont have the pix in my computer anymore but it's still up in the for sale section.
It was fun, but working with that old maple was a bear. It was cool though, the only thing I bought new for the guitar was the strings. Everything else was recycled.
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You have started something here.
This is my small collection of home made guitars. The Dobro and 1954 Teisco are store bought, the rest made by me.
You can hear them all playing here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/kerrsteel
James.
This is my small collection of home made guitars. The Dobro and 1954 Teisco are store bought, the rest made by me.
You can hear them all playing here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/kerrsteel
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Some may remember when this oddity showed up with an interesting story http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... t=shrapnel It's in Hawaii now, possibly nearer where she got'r scars, and ol' Jay proved to be a special guy, not only willing to sell but after declining the $300 I offered, he countered with $200, and I accepted, quickly. Inspecting it, I found yet a 4th scar, also in line with the others. Too bad we never could track down the facts about it's history, those that could tell have passed.
No pix to post, but I also have a sweet 8 str. from the 40s which was supposedly made in the wood shop at Alcatraz prison. Unlike the Pearl Harbor dbl. 8, this one says yes everywhere, and nothing to say no, but again, no proof.
No pix to post, but I also have a sweet 8 str. from the 40s which was supposedly made in the wood shop at Alcatraz prison. Unlike the Pearl Harbor dbl. 8, this one says yes everywhere, and nothing to say no, but again, no proof.