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email: information@georgeboards.com For more informationemail: information@georgeboards.com For more informationBuilding A Steel Guitar By: John Tipka Note: This article was originally published at: www.juststeelguitar.com and is being posted with the permission of John Tipka. It is not too difficult to build a steel guitar. Probably the hardest thing to do is to apply a nitrocellulose lacquered finish on the guitar. Oct 12, 2010 i'm in the process of building a Champion-style lap steel (the thread is around here somewhere.) i couldn't, for the life of me, find any PDF's or templates for any Fender lap steels online. I ended up finding a large, high-quality front-on photo of a Fender Champion and enlarged it in GIMP until it was the correct size. I kept track of known measurements that i WAS able to find (or already. The Danelectro lap steel plan is an unusual, Art Deco style instrument. This project was built to test the plan. American tulipwood with a cellulose finish and lipstick pickup-sounds really sweet! Scale length 23' and 36 frets (markers only) Build sequence video on youtube, click on the link. Successful in building the harmonic knowledge and technique needed to play ISBN: 47 pages Nov 1, 2002 Music Inc. Mel Bay Publications, Nori Kelley pdf Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method pdf file Deluxe Pedal Steel Guitar Method Dewitt Scott Music This is the standard-bearer for pedal steel instruction books. It is extremely. Printable Steel Guitar Fretboards, Walkerton, Indiana. 638 likes 1 talking about this. On this page I offer a resource for downloading printable fret boards for lap steel and pedal steel guitars.
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Several Import Lap Steel Guitars Sell on eBay under the Brand Names including Rogue Rosetti Artisan.
These lap steel guitars are 21 scale with low quality normal Guitar bridge Saddles and Formed Plastic nuts with normal guitar spacings.
GeorgeBoards has created a DIY KIT to convert your import lap steel guitar into a playable 22.5' scale with string spacing and height found on Professionally Made Modern Slide Steel Guitars.
The C6 - A6 Kit includes a 3D Printed Tough PLA - 1/2' Tall Nut Bridge - 11/32 Nut - 3/8 Bridge spacings VGrooves for string gauges .038 - .014 and a Black peel n stick 22.5' scale Fretboard pre cut to fit the above mentioned Brands.
The Open E - D Kit includes a 3D Printed Tough PLA - 1/2' Tall Nut Bridge - 3/8 Nut - .390 Bridge spacings VGrooves for string gauges .056 - .013 and a Black peel n stick 22.5' scale Fretboard pre cut to fit the above mentioned Brands.
It takes only an hour or so - hand tools a battery drill - tape measure to quickly convert your new steel guitar into a professional paying and sounding instrument with our RetroFit Kit
1 To make the RetroFit you remove the strings - plastic nut - guitar saddles - plastic fretboard.
2 Remove the Screws and save them from the metal piece under the saddles.
3 Move the metal piece back to the edge of the end of the guitar. Blue Tape it to the edge to hold it in place.
4 Use your tape measure to place the New Nut and Bridge temporarily - use the new fretboard to help place the nut.
5 Make sure the Bridge is in front of the 3 screws at the back of the guitar not on top of them.
6 Blue tape everything for temporary alignment. Tweak all of this until it lays out nicely.
7 Mark where the Bridge hold down holes are going to go through the metal plate and into the wood below.
8 Remove the metal plate and drill holes through it on a separate area so not to drill into the guitar.
9 Return the metal plate and attach it to the guitar with the 3 little screws and 2 or the larger screws in their original holes except in their new positions.
10 Use 2 of the original larger screws to fill the holes in front of the metal plate.
11 Use your tape measure to place the nut and bridge at 22.5' - Blue tape both.
12 Use #4 X 3/4' Sheet Metal Screws to hold down the Nut and Bridge at 22.5' Make sure the fretboard fits in front of the metal pickguard plate. Measure multiple times before drilling.
13 Make sure the little ground wire is under the metal plate you moved back. The plate is your string receiver.
14 Fill the holes from the plastic fretboard with chalk - putty - spackle - whatever.
15 Clean off any debris or oils with rubbing alcohol and peel n stick down the new fretboard.
16 Replace the original strings with new gauged strings for your choice of tuning the VGrooves will fit lighter and heavier gauges.
17 Remember this:
- for the C6 - A6 tuning Spacings 11/32 nut - 3/8 Bridge VGrooves for .038 - .014 gauges or similar.
- for the Open E - D tuning Spacings 3/8 nut - .390 Bridge VGrooves for .056 - .013 gauges or similar.
18 Bring it up to pitch and adjust the pickup height to taste.
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22.5' Retrofit Conversion Kit Black with White Rectangles Fretboard with 6 string nut and bridge.
Tough PLA
22.5' Retrofit Conversion Kit White with Black Rectangles Fretboard with 6 string nut and bridge.
Tough PLA
22.5' Retrofit Conversion Kit Black with Islander Markers Fretboard with 6 string nut and bridge.
Tough PLA
22.5' Retrofit Conversion Kit White with Islander Markers Fretboard with 6 string nut and bridge.
Tough PLA
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21' scale
22.5' scale
3D Printed Pre-Notched Nut and Bridge Sets
6 string versions will fit many imports.
Right and Left hand versions.
Notched for string spacing and gauge depths
100% infill.
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Lap Steel Guitar Lessons
Only in Tough PLA
$24.99 USD per set, includes shipping worldwide.
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Nut and Bridge dimensions, string spacings, and gauges:
6 string nut Open E - .375 (3/8) spaced, approximate gauges - .055 to .013 (fat to thin).
and
6 string bridge Open E - .390 (standard guitar pickup spacing) approximate gauges - .055 to .013 (fat to thin).
$24.99 USD per set, includes shipping worldwide.
6 string nut C6 tuning - .340 (11/32) spaced, approximate gauges - .038 to .014 (fat to thin).
and
6 string bridge C6 tuning - .375 (3/8) spaced, approximate gauges - .038 to .014 (fat to thin).
$24.99 USD per set, includes shipping worldwide.
These free plans come from our sister website, www.CigarBoxNation.com (the #1 resource site for cigar box guitars)
Cigar Box Nation’sArchive of
Homemade Musical Instrument Plans
Building Lap Steel Guitar
From the simple 3-string cigar box guitar instructional that started the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution to historical plans dating back to the 1800’s…we’ve collected them all.
These are easy-to-follow plans that started the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution. Build a simple 3-string CBG using an empty box, a plank of wood (easily found at your local hardware store) some strings and tuners.
Once you’ve downloaded these plans, join these Cigar Box Nation discussion groups for building and playing tips:
Brian Lemin’s Cigar Box Guitar Plans
Brian Lemin presents his own take on building a cigar box guitar. Pictures, descriptions and more. .pdf format (Thanks Brian!)
Need more help? See links above for Cigar Box Nation discussion groups.
Smokehouse Guitars presents Advanced Course in Cigar Box Guitar Building and Design
- Pt. 5 Necks – Scarf Joints
- Pt. 5 Necks – Carving
- Pt. 5 Necks – Fretboard
- Guitar Wiring Basics
From Guitar Player Magazine, 1976. These are the plans that inspired Shane Speal to build his first cigar box guitar. These plans are based on the cigar box guitar that rockabilly legend, Carl Perkins played as a child.
5-String Cigar Box Banjo– Oldest known cigar box instrument plans
Build an Uncle Enos Banjo first published circa 1870 The oldest known plans for a cigar box instrument, the Uncle Enos Banjo plans were written by Boy Scouts founder Daniel Carter Beard for a childrens magazine. The finished product is a very playable 5-string banjo.
Cigar Box Violin
Build a Cigar Box Violin first published 1949.
Build a playable 4-string violin. Also includes plans to make your own fiddle bow, too. Get more help, tips and join the discussion at Cigar Box Nation’s group, Cigar Box Fiddles
1920’s Cigar Box Ukulele
Vintage cigar box uke plans – fully detailed. Ukulele geeks and cigar box freaks unite!!! It’s time to get your strum on. Plans are a high res .jpg scan. Once you have downloaded these plans, join the uke discussion in our Cigar Box Ukulele Group
1910 Cigar Box Ukulele
From the article: “The one-string banjo, cigar box guitar and similar Vaudeville favorites are giving way to the tantalizing ukulele…” Oh yeah, baby! (Plans download in .jpg file)Once you have downloaded these plans, join the uke discussion in our Cigar box Ukulele Group
Popular Mechanics, September 1923 (pdf file). Get additional tips, secrets and more in the following Cigar Box Nation Groups:
- Dulciworld (cigar box dulcimers)
Cigar Box Tube Amplifier
Way cool vintage plans from a 1954 issue of Science & Mechanics Magazine. Plans are in a 2 page .pdf Please note: the pages are mistakenly reversed in the .pdf. Get more cigar box amp tips, designs and ideas at the Cigar Box Nation group It Goes To Eleven (Cigar Box Amps)
Discovered in an old 1936 patent. The instrument uses a cigar box like a slide on a fiddle made from a pitchfork. This picture features proof that someone actually made and performed with this style instrument. Anyone wanna attempt this? Get more tips, ideas and join in the fiddle discussion at the Cigar Box Nation group, Cigar Box Fiddles
Vaudeville Fiddle
Build a Cigar Box Violin first published 1949 Create a 1-string cigar box “cello” violin, similar to instruments used by the great Yiddish vaudeville performers of the turn-of-the-century. W. C. Fields appeared in a movie playing this instrument. Get more tips, ideas and join in the fiddle discussion at the Cigar Box Nation group, Cigar Box Fiddles
Shane has just discovered a lost set of plans for a one-string “Cigar Box Jazzolin,” originally published in Popular Mechanics in 1920. With help from Cigar Box Guitar Museum curator, Bill Jehle, we have these plans available for you to download right now. We encourage you to build your own “Cigar Box Jazzolin” and post pictures. Learn to play it and post videos, too! Let’s bring back the great tradition of Yiddish vaudeville fiddle playing! Once you’ve downloaded the plans, join our Diddley Bow (1-string instrument) Group and our Cigar Box Fiddles Group.
Dr. Oakroot’s Diddley Bow
Dr Oakroot’s plans for a great Cigar Box Diddley Bow The diddley bow is a traditional one string instrument fundamental to the early blues. You can easily make a diddley bow using a cardboard cigar box, a guitar tuner, and a few other things. Get more help, tips and secrets at our Diddley Bow Group
Vintage Lap Steep Plans (link broken…we’re working on it)
How to build this ultra-hip LAP STEEL GUITAR! (pdf document). Once you download the plans, join these groups to discuss building secrets for this instrument! VINTAGE LAP STEEL PLANS GROUP. (dedicated to these vintage plans) and Lap Steel World (a great group discussing all aspects of lap steel construction)
Vintage Rebek Fiddle Plans (link broken…we’re working on it)
Build this cool world-music Rebek Fiddle and crank out some one-string goodness. (pdf. document). Need more help? Cigar Box Nation has discussion groups for Cigar Box Fiddles and Diddley Bows (One Stringed Instruments)
Fun With a 2×4 Bass (link broken…we’re working on it)
Cool plans found in a 1960’s Popular Science magazine. Build your own solidbody electric bass from a standard 2×4!!! Get your thump on and join the discussion group Cigar Box Basses
Building Lap Steel Guitar Pdf Pic Download
Funky and primitive cigar box bass that uses a lever tuning/playing system. From an old children’s book. Download is a 2 page Word document. More help at Cigar Box Nation’s group Cigar Box Basses
Lap Steel Guitar Tablature
Not a cigar box instrument, but cool nonetheless. Check out these plans, originally posted in the old Cigar Box Guitar Yahoo!Group. (Thanks to Jim “Gutbucketeer” Bunch for compiling and archiving the information.) Download is a Word document. Bass tips and inspiration at Cigar Box Nation’s discussion group, Cigar Box Basses