nice looking lap steels

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 21 Jul 2009 9:00 pm

I saw these on the Premier Guitar website, they look very interesting. Pricey, but tasty. http://www.demersguitars.com/scarecrowe ... que_en.htm

Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 22 Jul 2009 3:55 am

That body style is close to what I have had in my head for years, even the right pickups- just not hollow. And not the price of a used car.

Fontaine Burnett · Post by **Fontaine Burnett** » 22 Jul 2009 4:31 am

Oh so tasty

!! Oh so pricey

!!!

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 22 Jul 2009 8:10 am

That may be a left-handed lap steel; but if it's a right-handed one
is seems the position markers would be covered by your hand.

The markers would be OK on the outside edge.

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 22 Jul 2009 8:42 am

Rick Collins wrote:That may be a left-handed lap steel; but if it's a right-handed one
is seems the position markers would be covered by your hand.

The markers would be OK on the outside edge.

I was thinking the same thing. When I do offset makers I put them on the far side.

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James Inkster · Post by **James Inkster** » 22 Jul 2009 11:24 am

Hey guys... Long-time listener, first-time caller...

This guitar has me intrigued, as I've been hoping to build something similar.
If I'm reading the text correctly, this guitar is fully hollow... Being an electric, wouldn't this lead to massive feedback problems with those pickups?
What i've been planning to build would be similar, except the pickups (and bridge) would be mounted to a routed-out solid body.

Thoughts?

thanks!

Rocky Hill · Post by **Rocky Hill** » 22 Jul 2009 11:30 am

I would think if was a left handed guitar, the bass strings would be reversed. i don't think the markers really matter where they are, you cover them up with your hand no matter what when you get there.

You only need to see the markers when your headed there. And for the price of a six string, it's not that tasty!

Rocky

Mark Bracewell · Post by **Mark Bracewell** » 22 Jul 2009 11:42 am

James - that they call this a 'monoshell' suggests to me that it's exactly as you describe, one big block of mahogany routed out in various places so as to make it hollow, it's probably solid under the pickups at least (since p-90's mount with screws straight through rather than mounting to the sound board). At 4 lbs., quite a bit of material has prolly been routed out.

The design would lend itself to automation very well, I'm thinking it would take under 12 hours to build one (minus finishing).

Astonishing price.

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nice looking lap steels

nice looking lap steels

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