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Topic: Strat-O-Bro...Strat/Dobro Neck |
Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 7:59 am |
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My American Strat with the Lapdancer Redneck is now put together. The neck is from Lapdancer Guitars...I can't wait to get this onstage.
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Keith Glendinning
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 8:22 am
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Hi Terry,
I too made a Lap Steel from a Strat body, however I cut of the horns (painful) and fitted an acoustic neck from an Eko Ranger folk guitar! The fit up was so easy as the pocket/neck matched perfectly. I dispensed with the Strat pickups and fitted an Ibanez jazz pickup which is unbelievably bluesy. I can't post a sound clip because my son grabbed the guitar as soon as he heard it!
I can show a pic of it, along with another two I still have. One is an old Gibson BR4 brought up to 21st Century playability (although I LOVE vintage sounds). The other one is a home made using a piece of scaffold board and a redundant Strat neck.
Regards,
Keith.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 8:45 am
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Terry, Loni Specter sells the Big Ass Bridge for Tele conversions that fits into the tray but I don't believe he has anything like that for a Strat.
It's difficult to tell from your photo but the strings appear to be really low over the pickups. Do you have sufficient clearance to where you don't have to sweat this?
And Keith, those are some nice guitars!
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 9:02 am
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Here's what mine looked like after I added a Hipshot Trilogy and roller nut to it.
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 9:07 am
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It's not going be a prob Mark. This picture was taken just after the neck was put on, and the bridge has been evened up, and the extra raise for the nut makes for plenty of room. If Loni, who made the neck has something for a Strat bridge, I will be checking on that also.
Since I use a Strat onstage a lot, I am hoping that this one will fit in nicely with my band. And, I am looking forward to having the 5 way Strat switching to have many diff sounds with one lap steel guitar. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 10:56 am
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i make some of these.
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 11:02 am
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Wow...that one almost matches my #1 Strat...
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2014 6:42 pm
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 26 Jul 2014 7:16 am
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I've always thought those Strat / Tele conversion necks were a cool idea. Tons of great possible pickup combos / options too.
Another possibility I have not seen yet is a conversion neck for some of the bolt on short scale 3/4 size mini's. You have the Fender styles, but also the Gibson style bodys like these $99 Epiphones.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 27 Jul 2014 9:32 am
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Tom, just slip a nut riser under the nut and it has the same effect. I've never seen the point of putting a new, squared neck onto a regular guitar when a nut riser does exactly the same thing.  |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2014 9:34 am
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| Much easier on the neck if you're going into high G Dobro tuning. Lotta tension there. It also doesn't slide around on you lap. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2014 12:16 pm
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| Plus, the added mass really makes a diff in the sustain. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2014 12:24 pm
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| And, without the fingerboard and frets, the Redneck only sits about 1/16" above the body. Really no angles that have to be adjusted, just bridge a little higher, and pups a little higher. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2014 1:39 pm
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| the neck size makes a HUGE difference in the sustain. |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 27 Jul 2014 1:55 pm
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| Bill Hatcher wrote: |
| the neck size makes a HUGE difference in the sustain. |
I will "second that emotion."
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Peter Jacobs
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Northern Virginia
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Posted 28 Jul 2014 5:55 am
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| Tom Pettingill wrote: |
Another possibility I have not seen yet is a conversion neck for some of the bolt on short scale 3/4 size mini's.
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What I've been looking for is a neck that will convert a standard Tele body to a 24" scale lap steel. Should be possible, but it would have to be designed to work with the stock bridge placement. Would this be practical?
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2014 6:16 am
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| Tom Pettingill wrote: |
Another possibility I have not seen yet is a conversion neck for some of the bolt on short scale 3/4 size mini's.
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What I've been looking for is a neck that will convert a standard Tele body to a 24" scale lap steel. Should be possible, but it would have to be designed to work with the stock bridge placement. Would this be practical? |
the neck i made was 24". you can use any scale you want. |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2014 8:07 am
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The Lapdance neck fits on a Tele or Strat body.
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 28 Jul 2014 8:17 am
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True enough that the Lapdancer "Redneck" works on either a Tele or Strat, but according to Loni's website he only has them available in the standard Fender 25.5" scale.
So I guess Peter can ask Bill to make one in 24" or maybe Loni will do a short scale custom neck?
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2014 9:06 am
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| Yep, my bad. The Fender/Lapdancer scale is 25.5, while I thought it was the same as my Asher Lap, which is 25. That would have been a little closer, but as it is, it's an inch & 1/2 diff for what you want to do Peter. |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2014 10:06 am
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| Bill Hatcher wrote: |
i make some of these.
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Nice going Bill. I suppose I should be flahtered. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 2 Aug 2014 10:30 am
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If you're going to change the neck of a regular solid electric, then why not build your own neck, then you could have the option of 8 strings?
Building a rectangular neck is very easy. When I build instruments from scratch I have to spend a lot of time on the neck, getting the curve exactly right and getting the frets at the right height with the right curve, then building a bridge of the right height. But building a squared neck you don't to worry about the curve because there isn't one, and you don't have to worry about fret heights because you're going to use a tone bar. A squared neck is basically a plank. In fact, because you're not worried at all about neck warping, you could get away without a steel brace, even though routing out the channel is a simple job.
How long it takes to build depends on what tools you have, and whether you're going to be doing the whole thing with power tools or by hand. With power tools the basic neck could be produced in about ten minutes. The longest part of the job is doing the measurements, waiting for the glue joint between the fingerboard and the neck to dry, and waiting for the varnish finish to dry. In fact, you don't even need a separate fingerboard. It's only cosmetic. Just paint the frets directly onto the wood. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2014 8:45 pm
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Onstage at last...and it played great.
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