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I believe most Rellogs were built by Musima in Markneukirchen, which was where most DDR music factories were situated.

For a brief period I owned a Rellog lap steel finished in dark grey mother-of ...

Hi; would like to pick your brains ... I’ve just gained this 50’s East German-made lap-steel. Sounds great, original case etc. However the ?bakelite? / ?perspex? fretboard is very warped. And badl ...

There are little ball bearings in a track within the pedal, but a lot of times they get hung up and even fall out. It’s fine if they fall out, and if they are causing binding its better to pull them ...

Cool looking lapsteel. I can't answer the volume pedal question. I just know the pedal is tricky inside.

Thanks Larry. I’m contemplating turning it into a 7-string and tuning it A6. The neck & ...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/19989_lapsteeletc_1.jpg

Just received today, a pretty-immaculate 70’s Fender Volume/tone pedal. Many thanks to a member (original post gone unfortunately) who suggested you need “Full volume on the instrument” which so ...

Hey Chris,
Nice work on the stand. Your build on the lap steel is a beauty! I was wondering what is the wood you used and what is the rotary switch below the bridge? Thanks for sharing
your work. ...

Nice idea. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Allan

I read a few posts about "stands for lap-steels"; can't locate the post now, but just wanted to show it CAN be done quite cheaply. I bought a budget keyboard stand and made a plywood-table t ...

I have an old Hopf acoustic (warped neck) mainly tuned to open A and the gauges currently are 42, 38, 32, 22, 18, 15. I use Pyramid acoustic strings which are available in Germany individually. I arri ...

Seems to me that 36-32-26-23-18-16 would work on an acoustic without fear of warping the neck or pulling up the top. 12 strings usually are built tougher, anyway. I’d change the top two gauges to 1 ...

Seems to me that 36-32-26-23-18-16 would work on an acoustic without fear of warping the neck or pulling up the top. 12 strings usually are built tougher, anyway. I’d change the top two gauges to 1 ...

G6 and A6 are good alternatives, may even have a little more oomph than C6 on an acoustic guitar. Being lazy, I'll tune my Dobro down from G to G6 by lowering the high strings, just the afternoon.

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Iâ€™ve just finished converting my old Hohner 12-string to a six-string lap guitar, and itâ€™s strung up with 58w, 46w, 36w, 28w, 17, 14. At the moment itâ€™s tuned a semi-tone below Op ...

Worth 5 mins of your time.

https://www.facebook.com/srfarchiv/videos/941896435973244

Inspiring!!!!!

Thanks Keith Glendinning, David Venzke, Nic Neufeld - ah! "Ben's Bars" .. found it, many thanks. The Ezzee slide looks good too, outside my price range unfortunately (for a beginner!)
Than ...

Hi - I'm trying to track down a bullet-bar maker in Wales (UK). I came across the maker's website about a week ago - however I didn't save the URL and I have been searching for it ever since with no j ...

Very nice.
My first steel guitar 20years ago was a 12string acoustic fitted with 6 strings and a nut extender. Plywood Sammick. The wider string spacing is well-suited for this type of repurposing. ...

Thanks Jeff, going ahead with it now. Good suggestion about the tuners .. they're very rattlesome anyway!

Would be nice to get back & revisit the family one of these days (Brisbane & Gladst ...

Hi Jeff; no, to use as a normal 12-string it would need a neck reset, and as lovely a guitar as it is, it's just not worth the outlay; which is why I'm thinking of converting it into a 6-string lap-sl ...

A well-worn topic I'm sure! Having just made my first lap-steel, I want to turn an old high-action Hohner 12-string into a lap-guitar ... a "dobro-without-resonator".

I'm going to build ...

That's a really nice looking guitar Chris. Did you build from plans, kit...do tell.
Thanks Cliff. No plans (well, my own) based, as you have guessed, on a New Yorker. I HAD planned to make a copy o ...

Nice looking steel!!! Quick question How do the controls work!
Joe Elk Central Ohio
The knob near the bridge is tone .. using a 1 meg pot which really gives that "boo-wah!" sound. The ot ...

That is one beautiful lap steel Chris. Congrats.
Thanks Bill

Oops! Just read all your helpful replies .. sorry, somehow your answers hadn't trickled through to me! (in order) Thanks Jeff & David .. I’ve been playing it & it all seems OK, thanks. R ...

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Topic: 50's Steel - Distorted bakelite-fretboard problem
Chris Tulloch Replies: 2 Views: 1269	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 10 Oct 2024 7:33 am Subject: 50's Steel - Distorted bakelite-fretboard problem
Chris Tulloch Replies: 2 Views: 1269	I believe most Rellogs were built by Musima in Markneukirchen, which was where most DDR music factories were situated. For a brief period I owned a Rellog lap steel finished in dark grey mother-of ...
Topic: 50's Steel - Distorted bakelite-fretboard problem
Chris Tulloch Replies: 2 Views: 1269	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 10 Oct 2024 5:14 am Subject: 50's Steel - Distorted bakelite-fretboard problem
Chris Tulloch Replies: 2 Views: 1269	Hi; would like to pick your brains ... I’ve just gained this 50’s East German-made lap-steel. Sounds great, original case etc. However the ?bakelite? / ?perspex? fretboard is very warped. And badl ...
Topic: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Aug 2024 4:06 pm Subject: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	There are little ball bearings in a track within the pedal, but a lot of times they get hung up and even fall out. It’s fine if they fall out, and if they are causing binding its better to pull them ...
Topic: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Aug 2024 4:05 pm Subject: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	Cool looking lapsteel. I can't answer the volume pedal question. I just know the pedal is tricky inside. Thanks Larry. I’m contemplating turning it into a 7-string and tuning it A6. The neck & ...
Topic: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Aug 2024 7:49 am Subject: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/19989_lapsteeletc_1.jpg
Topic: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Aug 2024 7:45 am Subject: Fender volume/tone pedal
Chris Tulloch Replies: 6 Views: 1334	Just received today, a pretty-immaculate 70’s Fender Volume/tone pedal. Many thanks to a member (original post gone unfortunately) who suggested you need “Full volume on the instrument” which so ...
Topic: Lap Steel Stand
Chris Tulloch Replies: 4 Views: 3828	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Dec 2021 1:25 am Subject: Lap Steel Stand
Chris Tulloch Replies: 4 Views: 3828	Hey Chris, Nice work on the stand. Your build on the lap steel is a beauty! I was wondering what is the wood you used and what is the rotary switch below the bridge? Thanks for sharing your work. ...
Topic: Lap Steel Stand
Chris Tulloch Replies: 4 Views: 3828	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Dec 2021 2:35 pm Subject: Lap Steel Stand
Chris Tulloch Replies: 4 Views: 3828	Nice idea. Thanks for sharing. Thanks Allan
Topic: Lap Steel Stand
Chris Tulloch Replies: 4 Views: 3828	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Dec 2021 8:43 am Subject: Lap Steel Stand
Chris Tulloch Replies: 4 Views: 3828	I read a few posts about "stands for lap-steels"; can't locate the post now, but just wanted to show it CAN be done quite cheaply. I bought a budget keyboard stand and made a plywood-table t ...
Topic: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 May 2021 12:56 pm Subject: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	I have an old Hopf acoustic (warped neck) mainly tuned to open A and the gauges currently are 42, 38, 32, 22, 18, 15. I use Pyramid acoustic strings which are available in Germany individually. I arri ...
Topic: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 May 2021 12:59 am Subject: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Seems to me that 36-32-26-23-18-16 would work on an acoustic without fear of warping the neck or pulling up the top. 12 strings usually are built tougher, anyway. I’d change the top two gauges to 1 ...
Topic: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 May 2021 6:36 am Subject: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Seems to me that 36-32-26-23-18-16 would work on an acoustic without fear of warping the neck or pulling up the top. 12 strings usually are built tougher, anyway. I’d change the top two gauges to 1 ...
Topic: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 May 2021 6:09 am Subject: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	G6 and A6 are good alternatives, may even have a little more oomph than C6 on an acoustic guitar. Being lazy, I'll tune my Dobro down from G to G6 by lowering the high strings, just the afternoon. ...
Topic: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 May 2021 11:59 am Subject: C6 for acoustic question again ..
Chris Tulloch Replies: 9 Views: 3207	Iâ€™ve just finished converting my old Hohner 12-string to a six-string lap guitar, and itâ€™s strung up with 58w, 46w, 36w, 28w, 17, 14. At the moment itâ€™s tuned a semi-tone below Op ...
Topic: Jerry rigged steel - a German film from 1965
Chris Tulloch Replies: 10 Views: 2952	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Mar 2021 11:33 am Subject: Re: Jerry rigged steel - a German film from 1965
Chris Tulloch Replies: 10 Views: 2952	Worth 5 mins of your time. https://www.facebook.com/srfarchiv/videos/941896435973244 Inspiring!!!!!
Topic: Bullet bar maker in Wales (UK) ... any info?
Chris Tulloch Replies: 5 Views: 1464	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Mar 2021 2:30 am Subject: Bullet bar maker in Wales (UK) ... any info?
Chris Tulloch Replies: 5 Views: 1464	Thanks Keith Glendinning, David Venzke, Nic Neufeld - ah! "Ben's Bars" .. found it, many thanks. The Ezzee slide looks good too, outside my price range unfortunately (for a beginner!) Than ...
Topic: Bullet bar maker in Wales (UK) ... any info?
Chris Tulloch Replies: 5 Views: 1464	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Mar 2021 1:08 pm Subject: Bullet bar maker in Wales (UK) ... any info?
Chris Tulloch Replies: 5 Views: 1464	Hi - I'm trying to track down a bullet-bar maker in Wales (UK). I came across the maker's website about a week ago - however I didn't save the URL and I have been searching for it ever since with no j ...
Topic: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2021 12:58 pm Subject: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	Very nice. My first steel guitar 20years ago was a 12string acoustic fitted with 6 strings and a nut extender. Plywood Sammick. The wider string spacing is well-suited for this type of repurposing. ...
Topic: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2021 5:15 am Subject: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	Thanks Jeff, going ahead with it now. Good suggestion about the tuners .. they're very rattlesome anyway! Would be nice to get back & revisit the family one of these days (Brisbane & Gladst ...
Topic: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2021 2:15 pm Subject: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	Hi Jeff; no, to use as a normal 12-string it would need a neck reset, and as lovely a guitar as it is, it's just not worth the outlay; which is why I'm thinking of converting it into a 6-string lap-sl ...
Topic: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2021 6:47 am Subject: 12-string into a "lap guitar"
Chris Tulloch Replies: 7 Views: 2087	A well-worn topic I'm sure! Having just made my first lap-steel, I want to turn an old high-action Hohner 12-string into a lap-guitar ... a "dobro-without-resonator". I'm going to build ...
Topic: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2021 6:39 am Subject: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	That's a really nice looking guitar Chris. Did you build from plans, kit...do tell. Thanks Cliff. No plans (well, my own) based, as you have guessed, on a New Yorker. I HAD planned to make a copy o ...
Topic: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2021 6:33 am Subject: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	Nice looking steel!!! Quick question How do the controls work! Joe Elk Central Ohio The knob near the bridge is tone .. using a 1 meg pot which really gives that "boo-wah!" sound. The ot ...
Topic: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2021 6:27 am Subject: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	That is one beautiful lap steel Chris. Congrats. Thanks Bill
Topic: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2021 6:27 am Subject: Lap steel
Chris Tulloch Replies: 18 Views: 3880	Oops! Just read all your helpful replies .. sorry, somehow your answers hadn't trickled through to me! (in order) Thanks Jeff & David .. I’ve been playing it & it all seems OK, thanks. R ...