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Topic: Aluminum Frypan Lap Steel Guitar |
W. Johnson
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 1:53 pm |
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Thought I'd post some pics of my most recent six string Frypan guitar, which I just finished a couple of days ago, made from aluminum. It is 24" scale, Padauk wood fingerboard with brass fret lines, Padauk wood flatwork on single coil 12.6K pickup which I made myself, finish is brushed aluminum and anodized, weight is 13.4 pounds, tuning is C6: C E G A C E. The bridge is what I call 'Half Dome', which I theorize increases sustain and improves tone. Sustain on this guitar is quite impressive.
Wayne J.
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I am on Facebook as Innovative Guitars. Photos of all my work in photo album. I no longer make lap steels, but still make tone bars. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 7:29 pm
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| Very nice. Great work on this one. |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Terry Farmer
From:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2016 4:22 pm
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| Quite Nice! |
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2016 4:27 am
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Nice!! Nice!!! I like the "half Dome"!
Joe Elk |
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W. Johnson
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2016 9:19 am
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| Joe Elk wrote: |
Nice!! Nice!!! I like the "half Dome"!
Joe Elk |
I tried a full dome bridge once (milled down 1" aluminum bar), was extremely difficult to get intonation right, well, intonation was terrible. Saw a pedal steel employing the half dome idea on the changer fingers (cannot remember the brand,) gave me the idea to try the 1/2 dome. The 1/2 dome cut off keeps the intonation as good as any bridge, but, with the back half domed, gives a ton more contact with bridge, and to body. These aluminum frypans with the larger mass they have, have great sustain anyway, but this one seems to have even more, at least, it has more sustain then my own 8 string frypan.
Wayne
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I am on Facebook as Innovative Guitars. Photos of all my work in photo album. I no longer make lap steels, but still make tone bars. |
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