It S Easy To Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar

It s set up with a standard 23 inch scale just like the store bought lap steels.

It s easy to build your own lap steel guitar.

32 800mm scale length 22 5 571 5mm 19 16 40mm 4 100mm. The simple one shown on the left and a more conventional lap steel guitar. Excerpt from the book it s easy to build your own lap steel guitar. He even explains how to make your own guitar pickup using the world s simplest pickup winder.

The book describes the building of two lap steel guitars. Simple lap steel guitar i call this lap steel guitar simple because it is basi cally just a blank with strings attached. Gibson century lapsteel plan project is another easy to build instrument. In this my first instructable i will attempt to chronicle the construction of a simple lap steel guitar.

For more fun projects please visit my youtube channel. However that doesn t mean that the instrument lacks anything a lap steel guitar needs and it can be played just as well as any other lap steel instrument. Oct 14 2019 explore pat mitchell s board lap steel plans on pinterest. A lap steel guitar is an easy instrument to make since it requires none of the detailed shaping and fretwork required when building other types of guitars.

Building a lap steel guitar. With 225 photos and 40 line drawings martin koch shows how to make two different lap steel guitars in simple easy to follow steps. As you can tell i m still learning how to play this properly. I have a champ style kit in right handed or left handed and a string master style single neck only kit.

Here s a quick video below. Hudson steel guitars is now offering lap steel guitar kits. Scale length is 22 5 as per the original and the pickup is by entwistle p90 type. Anybody can build this lap steel guitar.

Because building a lap steel is relatively easy it provides an excellent introduction into the art of guitarbuilding. Power tools and sharp cutting tools will be used and i take no responsibility for people who use these things carelessly read and. Classic art deco style instrument and a very unusual lap steel. Ours is made from english oak with a sycamore fretboard and ebony black plastic inlay.

All you need is a little patience some supplies and a desire to craft your own instrument. The whole thing feels great on your lap and looks absurdly cool. The lap steel plays great too.