I know there are very strong feelings about needing to adjust for intonation. Opinions on the roller nut would be welcome. and am thinking about a roller nut because I'm designing a pair of benders. I've found a decent adjustable roller bridge on ebay. I like the tone.Ĭorrect pots and cap will come from Stew-Mac. I've heard it and watched a number of comparison vids. I'm starting off with the pickup from the Gretsch G5700 Electromatic. no white, chrome or raw aluminum anywhere.įor a bit of color, I'm thinking about slipping a Jerry Garcia necktie under one of them clear finger boards I found on the internet. I'd like a sort of art deco Airline or Rocket shape. It is real hard and dense and seems to give good sustain. I have European Beech I used in a Bass for the body. I think it should work OK with lap Steel. I have my old Polytone Mini Brute amp from the Joe Pass days. I have a combo wood/machine shop in my basement. I'm working off a budget but think I can build a little bit better (no offense meant) than the budget Rogues, SR6 - 8's, Epiphones and Gretsch's out there if I shop wisely. I do not play fuzz tone blues, not that there's anything wrong with that. I LOVE old country (Hank Williams, and his brother Hank Snow, country gentlemen Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves are also favorites) and am building a 6 string to play C-6 country and a little Hawaiian and maybe some NRPS and suchlike. I fooled around with Joe Pass style jazz for a time. To give an idea what tone I'm looking for: I play finger style (Travis picking and other patterns) since about 1965. I've been a lurker here and another steel builder site that seems shut down and have put together a couple pages of how-to information from posts and suggestions you all have made. I've built, repaired, modified, restored other stringed instruments, banjos, canjo/banjos, guitars, upright gut bucket bass and such, but this is my first lap steel. It seems to be more pedal steel oriented, but there isn't many places left to go with a lap steel. I hope Lap Steel build discussions are OK here.
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