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posted on May 22nd, 2008 at 06:55 PM
(not VW) My new custom lapsteel
Thought some of you might like to see this.
As some of you know, I used to be a muso for a living. Recently, a mate of mine finished building me a guitar. Thought you might like to see some of
the pics. The guitar was made of out South Coast hardwood (NSW) that I picked up off a sawmill scrap heap on my honeymoon. That was nearly 11 ago now,
so lets just say it was well seasoned.
Before I show you this, I should tell you, the guy who made it is not a tradesman or professional and literally scrounged most of the tools he owns.
His workshop is not much bigger than my back toilet and it's only semi-enclosed. I can't wait till he buys all the new tools he was telling me about
the other day.
Here's how it started...
Here's the finished product...
The front.
The Back.
The Top.
The Fretboard.
The Headstock.
Sorry, image poster seems to have squished the images. But just click on them to have a closer look.
For those who are interested, here are the specs:
Longscale Lapsteel Slide Guitar
3 octave fingerboard
Neck-through body with hollow routed wings.
Capped top
Solid strat style chrome bridge
Gibson Style geared tuners
Wilkinson P90 singlecoil pickup
Bone nut
Basic linear tone and volume controls
I don't think I need to even start telling you how amazing the tone is. It does sound very country, but that's what you get with slide guitar. If
anyone would like a custom electric guitar at very reasonable prices let me know and I'll put you in contact with my friend. The last thing he did
before this was totally restore a 69 Gibson SG (aka Angus Young).
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posted on May 22nd, 2008 at 07:58 PM
a real australian a brick a hammer bit of string and some animal hide and we can build a tank and a gitar to annoy the enemy
great job
thugbug
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posted on May 22nd, 2008 at 08:05 PM
Nice. Wish i could find the "A" who nicked my old mans slide. Built by Selmer (UK) some 60 years ago. I remember going to the 3 Swallows and The
Oasis at Bankstown watching dad and his Hawaiian band in the 50s/60s. Sweet sound.
