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Topic: Shop made 6 string lap steel bridges |
Bob Gleason
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Hawaii, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 8:46 am |
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| I teach a class where we build solid body 6 string lap steels. Because of time constraints and cost, I have continued to use electric guitar bridges from eBay like you commonly see on Rogue guitars and the like. A long time ago I posted a question here looking for examples of relatively easy to make nuts and bridges out of brass or stainless. I'm not able to find that post. May be too old. So, I would welcome any examples of bridges and or nuts that might work for student made steels. Thanks, Bob |
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 9:49 am Low Cost Great Sound light labor
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Angle Brass 7 inches long. 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/8 Thickness $15.00 + shipping
Lowest Cost to you -- Simply cut to your lengths for both Nut and Bridge
Clean Up with a file and Steel Wool or 1000 git sand paper. This material is easy to drill holes for hold down screws and to add V Grooves for your strings as you choose your spacing. Our String Spacing fixture shown below makes this very easy and accurate.
Here are photos , of a nut and bridge each with 30 minutes of effort.
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Bob Gleason
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Hawaii, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 10:39 am
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| Thanks for the replies. Do you have metal tubing through the body to keep the strings from digging into the wood? Thanks, Bob |
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 23 Dec 2016 12:32 pm Top Ferrules
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The Holes in my photo are set up for TOP FERRULES - we get them from Stew-Mac for around 3 dollars a set.
They Press in , but I use a dab of Epoxy.
In my instruments I do a triple drill, the inside is 3/32 diameter , same as the Inside of the ferrule.
Then I do a larger drill to fit the Ferrule just deep enough for it . This makes the strings go right thru them when installing the strings.
On the Bottom I make another larger hole to accept the Ball on the String ends.
It is a detail worth the effort and any simple drill press will work.
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Maker of One of a Kind Works of Art that play music too.
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