Brand New Lap Steel-TAKE A LOOK!

Zane King · Post by **Zane King** » 12 Jan 2014 11:38 pm

Here is my Dad's latest creation. This is like heaven for a lap steel guitarist! I just love the traditional guitar body look of this lap guitar. I hope to get you some video demos of it up soon. Let me know what ya think.

Peter Jacobs · Post by **Peter Jacobs** » 13 Jan 2014 6:21 am

Very nice, Zane -- that's a great look. Tell us more -- scale length, string spacing, pickups, etc. Any issues having that middle pickup? Does it get in the way of your picking fingers? I love the idea of getting Strat sounds in a lap steel.

Zane King · Post by **Zane King** » 26 Jan 2014 5:49 am

25 inch scale! Yes, with the 3 pickups and the 5 positions you can have so many different tones at a single switch! I'm going to sell this beauty if anyone is interested.

Nakos Marker · Post by **Nakos Marker** » 25 Feb 2014 3:22 pm

Jon Sawyer · Post by **Jon Sawyer** » 25 Feb 2014 6:07 pm

Beautiful!

Steve Cunningham · Post by **Steve Cunningham** » 25 Feb 2014 6:14 pm

Very cool looking...would love to hear some samples!

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Feb 2014 1:43 pm

when did pickguards become scratchplates?

hey zane... is there a website fot the zking steels yet? keep them reasonable and you'll sell everyone you make!

Nakos Marker · Post by **Nakos Marker** » 27 Feb 2014 1:08 pm

chris ivey wrote:when did pickguards become scratchplates?

That's the term my luthier friend uses, so without even realizing I've been saying it too. Apparently it's what they call them in Europe.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 27 Feb 2014 4:19 pm

Having lived both sides of the Atlantic, and built instruments on both sides, I can say that "scratchplate", "tapplate" and "pickguard" are all used indiscriminately by everybody. All the terms are correct and accurate.
There is very little difference is musical terminology between the U.S.A. and Britain. The only one that comes to mind is that the British tend to use the word "pleck", short for "plectrum", where Americans would tend to use the word "Flat pick."