I designed this in Fusion360, cut parts on my CNC and CO2 laser.
The body wood is Yellow Birch(I am making another in a more interesting wood
). The shape was inspired by the Gibson(shape) and Duesendburg(split level top) Lap Steels. The fretboard is made of Wenge and is magnetically attached so the fretboards cab be swapped out. The thinking there was to be able to install "helper" fretboards that would be good for a beginner to have helper guides on the fretboard as well as being able to sky change the aesthetic of the fretboard. All of the inlay is Mother of Pearl and Abalone.
The slotted headstock plate is made of Bolivian Rosewood and the inlay is a fine mica powder.
For the hardware, the bender is a Duesenburg Multibender. The nut is a Gretsch Lap steel replacement nut. The tuning keys are Schallers. The volume and tone knobs are D'angelico styled knobs.
The pickup is a Gibson P90 wired like a late 50's P90 Gibson setup.
This took while and I made a dozen prototypes out of XPS insulation foam board, 2x10 lumber and then finally Oak and Birch. Next will either be a really nice Ribbon Sapele or Paduak.
If you want to have an ongoing discussion, please email me, don't use the Forum messaging which I detest! steelguitarlessons@earthlink.net
