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Terrie Brewer

 

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Alabama, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2025 10:23 am    
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Hello, my name is Terrie Brewer my friends call me “Mr. T” I’ve followed STEEL GUITAR FORM for the last six months now and like the way you ‘all teach and comment. I’ve been in the music business since 1963, yep 62 years. And they have been good to me. I play about every instrument with strings and recently I had an urge to try the Dobro and now Lap Steel. I am particular about my sound however; I purchased an inexpensive Double neck six string Lap Steel from Amazon. It really sounds good after I did some luthier work to it. But now I am in the prosses of rebuilding my lap steel. I want to use the EMG system as my pickups. I can’t seem to find what I really want, so I’m reaching out to those in the steel guitar community to get some input. Attached you will find my lap steel design and my desired EMG pickup system. Can anyone help me to achieve my goal? Thank you for taking the time to read this and to look at my rebuild. Respectfully, Mr. T
The attached is what I’m trying to achieve.
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Dave Mudgett


From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2025 6:23 pm    
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Moved from Forum Feedback. It looks like this is entirely about the pickups and electronics, so I moved to Electronics.
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2025 11:31 pm    
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Nothing to do with electronics, but there's no discernable advantage to an adjustable 6-saddle Telecaster-style bridge on a lap steel (in my opinion).
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David Irving

 

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South Australia, Australia
Post  Posted 20 Jan 2025 12:26 am    
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Terrie, you could do a lot worse than getting the George Boards kit to replace the bridge and extend the scale.

https://www.georgeboards.com/kits.html
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