It sounds great! Thanks for sharing the vid, very nice playing - gotta love a nice Hawaiian tuneĭavid - thanks for sharing those links, nice to know about these. A nice Autumnal touch with the leaves in the pic. Love the color scheme: the white body and fretboard blend nicely into the tones on the neck and middle of body. James - beautiful build man, really dig it.

Pictures of the mentioned progress below:īill, going to be using a piece of brass angle polished for the nut. Gonna be awesome, thanks for checking it out! Richard's been experimenting with different staining options in anticipation of the finish. Once this arrives, will open the road to make some big headway on the build. Probably gonna make the switch have all three options. Really stoked to hear how this will sound: we've been talking ideas on how to wire this for selections of series, parallel, and/or coil-cut. We aren't set on these particular chrome knobs, but they will do for now as far as visual reference for the knobs.Īlso, we ordered a Lollar 'Imperial' humbucker pickup, and this will be our first choice for pickups. Richard created the cavity, looks great, and we're really happy with how these turned out. A part of this decision involved where a cavity would be created underneath the body, to house electronics and such. We had to narrow down a location for them that had a nice balance of aesthetics and functionality. Want to post an update: Richard's made solid progress on knob installation for the volume and tone knobs. Hey ya'll, thanks for the positive feedback! Wow, can't believe how this baby is turning out so far, sweet!! Really happy with how black binding turned out, can really see from this pic: Want to also post some updates/pics for some things Richard added this week, so stoked for how things are turning out so far !!Īdding the binding (chose black color - looking good with staining/color options on mahogany top, and maple body - think it will look sleek and smooth with the ebony fretboard too):įretboard after inlay added - decided to have markers for 24th fret - these, as well as the markers after the 12th fret, are scaled/tapered smaller until they to make them fit the smaller fret sizes uo the neck, and also for aesthetics:įull Body shots with Bridge (very meticulous process installing the bridge regarding measurements to get scale length right/perfect - turned out great tho : Thanks Bill! Yes, we've definitely been checking out some older posts/debates regarding the PU distance from bridge - i think we're gonna play that by ear for now, may take a little experimenting/guessing Will def try out and consider 1.5 inches, seems like a solid distance. My own preference has been ( so far !) is 1.5 inches, but the body material may have an effect on that figure also. Seems that some folks like it farther away & some like it close. Great start on a new instrument ! Very Happy The distance from the bridge to the pickup is a debatable subject. Sounds like it's shaping up nicely, this is fun! Yea, we're still undecided on the pickup(s) as well, we're hoping to put in a double humbucker of some sort - doesn't seem like there's a whole ton of options for 6string lap steel for these though suggestions anyone? Very cool, can't wait to see and follow your build as well. and make my own out of a wood that compliments the body and will take some fine fret markers.

I'll buy a Plexiglas fret board to use as a template. I've got several fine solid boards in shop to choose from: oak, mahogany, cherry, walnut, others. I'm undecided on pickup(s) and nut just now (see previous posts). For the first build, I'll go with a 22-1/2' scale, tele- or strat-style bridge. I'm in the planning stages of building a lap steel, so I'm very interested and will be following. Very nice, be sure to post pics when finished.īill, will definitely post finished pics, excited for when it gets to that stage

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