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Topic: Has anyone here ever built a D8? |
Brian Hunter
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 3:48 pm |
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I want one and money is tight. I could do it but would like advice from anyone here who may have done so. I will not go all crazy with fancy binding or anything. I am thinking I should start with a maple or ash slab and going to it. Thoughts? Ideas? Advice?
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Michael Maddex
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Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 6:06 pm
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Brian, a search on the Forum here should turn up a fair number of photos of home-built steels. You might also want to check out the Steel Guitar Builder's Forum:
http://steelguitarbuilder.com/forum/
I'm glad to see that you're having so much fun with these pieces of wood and steel. HTH.
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Brian Hunter
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Indianapolis
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 6:15 pm
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Thank you, Michael! I am having a blast. And sooner than I might have thanks to you. My band is gigging out the first time with me on steel in three weeks.
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Billy Gilbert
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Texas, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2011 9:55 pm
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A few years ago I built a D-8. I bought some curly maple for the body, but it was green and warped before I tried to use it, so I ended up laminating some oak from Lowes. I got the tuner parts and nut and bridge from Jim Flynn and used Jerry Wallace True Tone pickups. It plays better than I do.  |
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Brian Hunter
From:
Indianapolis
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 2:11 pm
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| Billy Gilbert wrote: |
| A few years ago I built a D-8. I bought some curly maple for the body, but it was green and warped before I tried to use it, so I ended up laminating some oak from Lowes. I got the tuner parts and nut and bridge from Jim Flynn and used Jerry Wallace True Tone pickups. It plays better than I do. |
So the oak sounds good?
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Billy Gilbert
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Texas, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 3:40 pm Does oak sound good???
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| It sounds good to my ears.YMMV |
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Glenn Uhler
From:
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 4:19 pm Oak?
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They age whiskey in oak barrels don't they? What's not to like?
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Frank James Pracher
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 6:02 pm
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Brian, I haven't forgoten about you. I should get some time tonight to get those measurements off of my National.
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