Lap steels, resonators, multi-neck consoles and acoustic steel guitars
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Harold Liles Jr
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Location: Denton, Texas USA
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by Harold Liles Jr » 27 Oct 2009 6:30 am
It's not for sale, I just thought it deserved to be shown. My brother built this for a man in Delaware.
The body is Walnut and Pecan.
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Comments are welcome.
Harold Liles
Therman Jones
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by Therman Jones » 27 Oct 2009 7:56 am
Beautiful instrument!
Customized 8 string Artisan lap steel....it will have to do until I hit the lottery...
Stan Schober
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Location: Cahokia, Illinois, USA
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by Stan Schober » 27 Oct 2009 8:16 am
Gorgeous !
I love the pegging and the laminates.
Tom Pettingill
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Location: California, USA (deceased)
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by Tom Pettingill » 27 Oct 2009 9:17 am
That looks great! Nice choice of woods, I've never used any pecan, but love the finished look.
I love the pegging and the laminates.
Me too, a nice touch.
George Keoki Lake
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Location: Edmonton, AB., Canada
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by George Keoki Lake » 27 Oct 2009 8:40 pm
Really beautiful ! Gorgeous. Personally, I do not care for the positioning of the vol and tone controls, however it is a fine piece of workmanship.
Chris Drew
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by Chris Drew » 28 Oct 2009 4:40 am
Walnut & Pecan?
What is he, nuts??!?!?!
(sorry)
If he'd used maple there'd be a syrup gag right there.
Beautiful work though!
Don McGregor
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Location: Memphis, Tennessee
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by Don McGregor » 28 Oct 2009 6:01 am
Love it!
Really nice.
I especially like the detail where he let in the end of the keyheads at the neck. Did he machine the keyheads and bridge, or adapt them from something store bought?
Harold Liles Jr
Posts: 48 Joined: 12 Oct 2009 9:23 pm
Location: Denton, Texas USA
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by Harold Liles Jr » 28 Oct 2009 4:56 pm
Don, I believe he bought the hardware from Scotty's Music. I'm not real sure but I seem to remember him sayin that. He does nice work. He has built guitars, basses, harps, and steels.
Harold Liles
Harold Liles Jr
Posts: 48 Joined: 12 Oct 2009 9:23 pm
Location: Denton, Texas USA
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by Harold Liles Jr » 31 Oct 2009 12:26 pm
Thanks for all the kind words guys. He will be pleased to read them. I sent him a link to the forum so he could check it out..
Harold Liles