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Topic: Steinberger Project Steel Guitar - Fretboard byTom Bradshaw |
Brian Henry
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Posted 22 Jun 2010 12:24 pm |
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What follows are some pictures of my 6 string Steinberger Synapse Steel guitar. I bought a project body without any hardware for $75 and then shortened the neck and collected some parts and made some parts and here you have it. The price sticker on the project body is $1749 - Thank you to Tom Bradshaw for making the fretboard available and explaining how to customize it to fit a 6 string guitar. Here are some pictures. It has 2 emg pickups that are dynamite in sound!
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Last edited by Brian Henry on 23 Jun 2010 5:03 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Stan Schober
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Cahokia, Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2010 1:28 pm
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Nice work, tb.
How much would you say you spent, all counted ?
How about a sound clip, too ?
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Brian Henry
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Posted 22 Jun 2010 5:32 pm
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Thank you Stan and Tom for your kind comments.
body and neck one piece $75
new msa fretboard $30
nut $60
6 string keyless tuner $75
New emg pickups $35
New Volume/tone /knobs/jack $30
Bridge $10
Total $315
Most parts came off ebay. It is an easy project and looks good and sounds good. If you check under steinberger projects you will find bodies minus hardware for sale very cheap. O, by the way Iam still waiting for the last part - one tone knob!
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 23 Jun 2010 6:40 am
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Nice job. I always thought that those types of guitars would make an interesting lap steel. So let's hear how it sounds!
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Brian Henry
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Brian Henry
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Posted 8 Jul 2010 2:25 am
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After removing
the brass frets I sanded the surface, cleaned it, and carefully placed the fretboard. There was about 3/4" overlap which I trimmed off by using a very sharp blade. I then used one of my wife's emery boards as you suggested. It doesn't have the black lines as they were cut off but still looks very professional. Iused the wood edge of the Steinberger neck to get a good clean straight cut.
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