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Topic: A Cool Old Homemade Lap Steel... |
Bruce Harvie
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Orcas Island, Washington, USA
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Michael Greer
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 13 May 2015 2:53 pm |
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Bruce
thanks for posting
I just have great appreciation for and love to see these old "homemade type " lap steels. |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 13 May 2015 4:03 pm
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Nice piece of wood! Very funky guitar.
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 13 May 2015 5:06 pm
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I love it! Is it yours?
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Bill Sinclair
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Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 13 May 2015 5:07 pm
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| Very cool looking guitar - except it looks like somebody shook out their rug before the lacquer dried! I'm usually in favor of not refinishing but this one might be an exception, especially with that beautiful wood. What's that extra slab of wood in the case? A neck riser? A dulcimer fretboard? |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 13 May 2015 5:42 pm
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Rustic but cool!
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 14 May 2015 5:36 am
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Cool find! I love those old homebrews 
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| ... I'm usually in favor of not refinishing but this one might be an exception, especially with that beautiful wood. ... |
I'd too be tempted to give it a bit of a refurbish. Hard to tell from just pics, but if I had to guess, that finish looks like it could be shellac. An old varnish or lacquer should look more amber and less orange. What throws me though is shellac dries super quick, so if brushed on, I'd expect to see brush marks. It could be sprayed, but in either case, it dries so fast that I'd not expect it would have enough time for so much dust / gravel to settle on the wet finish.
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Bruce Harvie
From:
Orcas Island, Washington, USA
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Posted 14 May 2015 7:04 am
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| John Rosett wrote: |
| I love it! Is it yours? |
Yep...
I picked it up a few years ago at Steel Guitars of North County, for not a lot of $$...
I had forgotten about it, and now am trying to bring it back to life...
| Bill Sinclair wrote: |
| I'm usually in favor of not refinishing but this one might be an exception, especially with that beautiful wood. |
I think a good rub-out will do the trick, making the places where the case stuck to the finish "wear marks"...
Should be OK...
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| What's that extra slab of wood in the case? A neck riser? A dulcimer fretboard? |
You're gonna love this...
It's some sort of homemade guide to the fretboard...
The slats slide so that you can line them up according to the tuning...
Folk art...
Can someone date this from the 15 cent price, or ??...
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 14 May 2015 7:15 am
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Folk art indeed but soooo cool and interesting!
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 14 May 2015 7:21 am
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| dont ever change one thing about that guitar. it is perfect. the wooden fretboard guide is priceless! do each of the 6 wooden inserts move?? if so, you can detune a string for a different tuning and slide the strip to match. amazing if this is correct. |
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Bruce Harvie
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Orcas Island, Washington, USA
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Posted 14 May 2015 7:37 am
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| Bill Hatcher wrote: |
| do each of the 6 wooden inserts move?? if so, you can detune a string for a different tuning and slide the strip to match. amazing if this is correct. |
Yep, each strip moves...
You can't really fit it under the strings if you move a slat, which is how I thought it was supposed to work...
The pickup is what interests me...
Never seen one like this before, so I'm assuming it's built from scratch...
I'm going to rip this apart soon, and will post pics if I see anything interesting....
The tuners:
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Bruce Harvie
From:
Orcas Island, Washington, USA
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Posted 14 May 2015 11:08 am
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| Can someone date this from the 15 cent price, or ?? |
Rickenbacker (spelled with a K) dates the strings to post-WWII |
Ahh yes, thanks! |
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Bruce Harvie
From:
Orcas Island, Washington, USA
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Posted 25 May 2015 11:36 am
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Under the pickup cover...
Didn't want to unscrew the pickup to see what's under there, but will have to when I rewire it, I guess...
Lousy pics of the shot wiring...
Raised dots...
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