It S Easy To Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar

Because building a lap steel is relatively easy it provides an excellent introduction into the art of guitarbuilding.

It s easy to build your own lap steel guitar.

Champ style kits price is 349 95 string master kits price is 319 95 a hard case kit for champ or string master style is 90 00 all prices are plus shipping. Hudson steel guitars is now offering lap steel guitar kits. The book describes the building of two lap steel guitars. In this my first instructable i will attempt to chronicle the construction of a simple lap steel guitar.

Power tools and sharp cutting tools will be used and i take no responsibility for people who use these things carelessly read and. The simple one shown on the left and a more conventional lap steel guitar. Gibson century lapsteel plan project is another easy to build instrument. The lap steel plays great too.

He even explains how to make your own guitar pickup using the world s simplest pickup winder. It s set up with a standard 23 inch scale just like the store bought lap steels. 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. 32 800mm scale length 22 5 571 5mm 19 16 40mm 4 100mm.

Anybody can build this 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. Classic art deco style instrument and a very unusual lap steel. Excerpt from the book it s easy to build your own lap steel guitar.

As you can tell i m still learning how to play this properly. See more ideas about lap steel lap lap steel guitar. Scale length is 22 5 as per the original and the pickup is by entwistle p90 type. All you need is a little patience some supplies and a desire to craft your own instrument.

Building a lap steel guitar. For more fun projects please visit my youtube channel. Building a basic lap steel guitar. Ours is made from english oak with a sycamore fretboard and ebony black plastic inlay.

Here s a quick video below. I have a champ style kit in right handed or left handed and a string master style single neck only kit. The whole thing feels great on your lap and looks absurdly cool.