my spin on the bolt on lap steel neck

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 7 Feb 2014 8:25 pm

seen a few of these. decided to give it a try and do something a little different. coming along nicely. decided to cut a ledge for the gears. leave the excess neck wood for strength. really helps the sustain. hope to shoot some lacquer if i can get a decent temp day. matching it up with an import strat body and see if someone might want it. might make up some more of these. lot of fun to make. 24" scale and 3/8" spacing both ends. that piece of maple is 30+ years old. i bought it..i should know.

Glenn Uhler · Post by **Glenn Uhler** » 7 Feb 2014 9:20 pm

Great neck design idea, Bill! I am also glad to see the "clutter" on our workbenches looks about the same.

Stephen Abruzzo · Post by **Stephen Abruzzo** » 7 Feb 2014 9:25 pm

Looks great Bill.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 7 Feb 2014 9:57 pm

Glenn Uhler wrote:Great neck design idea, Bill! I am also glad to see the "clutter" on our workbenches looks about the same.

and we know exactly where everything is...

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 8 Feb 2014 5:29 am

Looks great Bill!

Stefan Robertson · Post by **Stefan Robertson** » 8 Feb 2014 10:36 pm

Looks great. Can't wait to see mine as well.

Jim Pitman · Post by **Jim Pitman** » 9 Feb 2014 6:18 pm

Looks great.
Was one of the goals to get a sharper string an angle over the nut to the tuners?

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 10 Feb 2014 10:30 pm

Jim Pitman wrote:Looks great.
Was one of the goals to get a sharper string an angle over the nut to the tuners?

that will sure help you with sustain too! main thing was to keep all the strength in the headstock you can. easy to just cut an angle back the same thickness the machine head needs. you can take those guitars and wiggle the headstock up and down and hear the pitch change in the strings!! this eliminates that.

Jim Smerk · Post by **Jim Smerk** » 11 Feb 2014 9:28 am

This is some nice construction, great job!

Peter Jacobs · Post by **Peter Jacobs** » 14 Feb 2014 7:06 am

Awesome work, Bill -- very clean and well thought out. Did you start with one piece of wood or is that a build-up? Looks solid in the photos.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 14 Feb 2014 3:33 pm

One slab of maple and some cogitating and some tricks on the jointer.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 14 Feb 2014 3:38 pm

One slab of maple and some cogitating and some tricks on the jointer.

Jim Williams · Post by **Jim Williams** » 15 Feb 2014 3:43 pm

Nice work Bill, I talked with you at length Friday on the phone. I'll probably get back with you very in the next day or so on the project we discussed.

Don Griffiths · Post by **Don Griffiths** » 16 Feb 2014 12:50 pm

Very nice work! Pretty wood. Looks
like my work bench.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 16 Feb 2014 6:05 pm

Jim Williams wrote:Nice work Bill, I talked with you at length Friday on the phone. I'll probably get back with you very in the next day or so on the project we discussed.

thanks jim. sent you some links to some lap steel things i have recorded. hope to talk soon!

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my spin on the bolt on lap steel neck

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