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Topic: doing some building |
Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 2:17 pm |
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building some lap steels for some nice folks. here is a six string. headstock is angular deco design. strong as heck! will look great when lacquer is applied.
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 2:24 pm
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the back uses two "ledges" for the gears machined out of the wood. MUCH better than hoggin' out a lot of wood from the back of the head. makes for no flex in the headstock and keeps the string sustaining much better to leave the majority of the body thickness through the head area.
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 4:13 pm
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Nice design and neat work, Bill. I like the mass and set of the aluminum nut.
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 4:15 pm
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Very nice and unique Bill. Can you show us the rest of it? I know you can play very well, so when finished please give us a video of it in action.
Thanks!
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40
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Ben Birdsall
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 4:43 pm
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| You're not kidding about the strong as heck part! That's got to be the most solid wooden head I've ever seen. Looks great, too. I love the Art Deco styling. |
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 5:27 pm
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Looks Great!!!!!
Joe Elk Central Ohio |
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Travis Brown
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 5:49 pm
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Beautiful!
Do you have a website? |
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Erik Alderink
From:
Ann Arbor Michigan, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 6:05 pm
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| You do any 8 strings? |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 6:10 pm
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| Erik Alderink wrote: |
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yes. have made 6 8 9 10 12 and 14 string lap guitars. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 6:13 pm
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| Travis Brown wrote: |
Beautiful!
Do you have a website? |
dont have one. i just yak with folks here on the forum. in fact i remember when there was no forum and we all used to hang out at a steel guitar user group! lol need to contact me? use email. thx! |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2021 6:43 pm
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Beautiful work, everything looks so precise. That’s gonna be a stunning guitar. I second the motion for a video clip when you’re done.
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Clinesmith consoles D-8/6 5 pedal, D-8 3 pedal & A25 Frypan, Pettingill Teardrop, & P8 Deluxe. |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 8 Jan 2021 11:41 am
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Great Design Bill
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1949 Supro Supreme
1950 National New Yorker
2008 Highland Baritone Weissenborn
2020 Highland New Yorker.
2020 Highland Mohan Veena
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David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Posted 8 Jan 2021 2:18 pm
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Very cool indeed! Did you do it on a mill/router table/???
Dave |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2021 3:47 pm
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| used a jointer and a radial arm saw. |
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Joe Cook
From:
Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 8 Jan 2021 4:09 pm
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| Very nice, Bill! Top notch. |
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