my home built lap steel in the white

Jim Pitman · Post by **Jim Pitman** » 19 Jan 2014 7:02 am

Burney,
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Jim

Jim Williams · Post by **Jim Williams** » 19 Jan 2014 9:54 am

Beautiful guitar. What type bridge is that, or is it custom made?

Jim Pitman · Post by **Jim Pitman** » 19 Jan 2014 10:18 am

The bridge is custom made from angle aluminum and brass rod.
I just realized the soap bar dimarzio pickup has a shorted coil. One coil reads 8K and the other reads 5K. Quite sure they both should read 8K.
That may account for some objectionable tone I'm hearing.
Gonna change it before I give the tone a final verdict.

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 19 Jan 2014 1:35 pm

Jim,,,,I LOVE that body design,,,,I may have to try something similar as a Keyless,,,(I'm "keyless" to the core,,,,LOL). What is your scale length? Is the string spacing tapered to the nut?

Jim Pitman · Post by **Jim Pitman** » 19 Jan 2014 8:29 pm

Sonny, the scale length is 22.5". The string spacing is not tapered. I think it's easier to do slants if the strings stay parallel.