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Topic: Homebuilt 10string lapsteel |
Cory Dolinsky
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Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2010 10:49 am |
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I couldn't afford a clinesmith as of yet so i built this guy out of spare parts. The body is walnut (from a tree my neighbor cut down) and the fingerboard is maple. I always like seeing pictures of steels that you guys on the forum post so i thought i show one of these.
I still have to put in some fret markings, and a couple more coats of finish. but the thing sounds great.
Cory
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Jason Hull
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Posted 14 Feb 2010 11:23 am
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| Did you install fret wire? |
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Leroy Beal
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California, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2010 9:34 pm
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Very nice.
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Don Barnhardt
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2010 4:29 am
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| Beautiful craftsmanship but why no tone or volume controls? |
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 15 Feb 2010 1:33 pm
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Looks great, where did you get the key head? Did you have one machined up for you?
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Cory Dolinsky
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Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2010 6:42 pm
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Thanks for the kind words.
Tom your steel's are awesome..
Jason, I actually used some kind of chrome dish rack, that i randomly found and it worked perfect. I cut them to length and i used a hand saw to cut an 1/8 inch groove in the fretboard to seat the fret in and gorilla glued them in. Probably not he best idea but it worked, i think if i was to make another one i would give fret wire a try.
The keyhead i took off my sho bud (the c6th side) and one day ill have to find a replacement for this lapsteel so i could put this one back on my shobud but im slightly impatient.
I didn't put a tone and volume control because i use a volume pedal and i have a nice revelation preamp whcih seems to have alot of tone control. I just kind of wanted to keep things as simple as possable.
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 16 Feb 2010 9:10 am
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| Cory Dolinsky wrote: |
I didn't put a tone and volume control because i use a volume pedal and i have a nice revelation preamp whcih seems to have alot of tone control. I just kind of wanted to keep things as simple as possable.
Cory |
I admire your sense of economy.
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***WARNING: the above commentary is probably Chris' OPINION, and therefore, he thinks he's right. |
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Chris Watkins
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Eastern North Carolina
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Posted 16 Feb 2010 4:29 pm
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Very nice and creative.  |
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Kenneth Caine
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2010 10:25 am
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| You say the walnut is from a neighbors tree. How, or did, you dry the wood? |
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Cory Dolinsky
From:
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2010 4:49 pm
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hi Kenneth,
My neighbor had cut the tree down a couple of years ago so it had been sitting for a while. Luckily it was cut in 40 inch pieces and the tree was about 14 inches in diameter. So I did a rough cut with a chainsaw to about a 2 inch thick piece and left it in my house for a year. Then three weeks ago i started milling it to the thickness and cut out the shape and built the guitar.
The ends cracked a little in the drying process but i still had enough left to cut them out and make the guitar. I had never made anything like that before usually i just buy the wood. I'm not totally sure about the whole drying process but this worked for me.
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Jason Hull
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Posted 18 Feb 2010 6:19 pm
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| The rule of thumb for drying is one year per inch of thickness. Your two-inch plank cracked because it had not dried adequately. You can get a moisture meter, but the rule of thumb works most of the time. If it feels cool, it's wet, so don't mill it yet! |
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Chad Winn
From:
Knoxville, TN
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Posted 18 Feb 2010 7:53 pm
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| I think it's awesome that you built such a great instrument from your neighbor's tree - I'm a big fan of this guitar. |
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