Thanks. Yes, it is very satisfying to play on a self-built lap steel, but the actual building process is also very satisfying. That's why I have several projects on the drawing board. Have a nice day.
Not to take away from the guy's ability to make the guitar, but he's got a shop space that most of us don't and tens of thousands of dollars worth of power tools as well.
Yes, I know there are many who are envious of all the tools I have access to, and I am very grateful that as a pensioner I get to use the carpentry workshop where I have worked for more than 20 years. My job involved making doors, windows and furnishings of all kinds and I have always loved working with wood. Now I spend the last years of my life enjoying making instruments and learning to play them. Have a nice day
Wow wow wow how you joined those two boards together, rather than making a straight edge and wasting a bunch of material, exactly fitting them together. That's amazing work man!
Thank you for watching. If you intend to build a lapsteel yourself, I hope the video was of some use. If you have any questions, just ask. Yes, the belt sander jig works fine and is a cheap way to do it. Especially if you already have a belt sander. If you choose to make your own lapsteel, I wish you the best of luck.
Aloha Tom! I am on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Awesome build, woodworking skills and choice of the type of instrument you’ve made. I play guitar, ukulele, trumpet,etc. and dabble with piano and other instruments. I play by ear and self taught on most instruments. Steel/Slide Steel is my latest passion. Country music steel/ slide category is alive and well but the origin of slide steel here in Hawaii (argued by some that it was born on mainland USA)is dying out slowly. I don’t have physical working skills with woodworking but I have the knowledge from books, acquaintances and social media such as yourself on TH-cam. I am a tinkerer and have always had a mechanical aptitude….been that way since a very young age. That is what led me to join the Air Force to be an aircraft mechanic and technician. I know how to use tools correctly and have used many tools associated with woodworking as well as a good knowledge base of tools and equipment of those that I have not yet physically worked with. I not only want to be proficient at slide steel guitar but I want to make guitars….electrics, acoustics, ukuleles and slide steel, mainly for myself. I not only want to help preserve the cultural roots of the Hawaiian steel guitar but I want to do it with an instrument that I made myself. You have been a very strong source of inspiration on me since watching this video. Mahalo nui loa for sharing your time with me and the world. Aloha Braddah and God’s Blessings to You and Yours!
That is truly beautiful! Congratulations! I especially like the coloring. Were you using wipe-on poly as a clear coat and then a spray poly to finish? And which dyes did you use? I am currently building one myself and your video is a great inspiration. Keep it up!
Thanks for the nice feedback. It's nice to be able to inspire someone. I myself find a lot of inspiration on youtube. I have used water based stain and eight layers of clear coat as top layers. It turned out pretty well I think. Good luck with your project.
Thank you. There are people in my home area who have asked me to make a lap steel, but for now I have said no. I have many plans for different projects for myself, so there is not enough time. But who knows, maybe sometime in the future
Wow! I really want to make one. I need some hardware for it (tuners, bridge...) and need to figure out how to mark the frets so i can play it. Anywhere i could find fret marker templates?
I was taken as well by your tools. (never should have sold my shop). I haven't seen anyone use a folding rule or a coping saw in 40-50 years! Then you have a belt sander mounted on side instead of a horizontal belt? Must have spent too much on your Festools? Just teasing. Beautiful workmanship, I was more caught up in the process than what you were making. Nice to see people still carrying on good skills. Oh, and I liked the guitar.
I am curious about you Tele pickups, and have a couple questions. Hows does it sound using just the neck pickup? Do you get much use out of it? Ditto for the two pickups combined? Do you get that Tele chine or twang out of the bridge p/u? Can you get a "Hawaiian tone" out of it? Have you considered palm benders? What an amazing build.
I am very satisfied with the Tele setup. The neck pickup gives a crisp tone that I use sometimes. The bridge pickup gives a rounder and warmer tone and with both there is something in between. I probably mostly use the bridge pickup. To my ears, I can definitely get a "Hawaiian" tone. No, I don't intend to mount palmbenders on this one. I have previously made a copy of "Duesenberg's Fairytale" Lap steel. On this I have mounted Duesenberg's original multibender. It works fine, but it takes a lot of practice to get it right. The Fairytale lap steel can be seen on one of the other videos on my you-tube channel. Thank you for the nice feedback.
Thank you for the nice feedback. I ordered the roller nut from "Certano" (certano.fr) The pickups are a normal Fender Telecaster setup. Thanks for watching
I love to hear a steel guitar, but the only thing I don't like about steel guitars, or slide guitars in general, is that I have perfect pitch. If a player isn't exactly on pitch, i hear it. For example, the slide guitar playing "Honktonk Women" had a string out and it was driving me nuts. Your playing at the end of the video, however, was spot-on.
Of course I can share the pattern dimensions and thickness, but I'm not sure if I have the template anymore. I'll see if I can find it at the carpentry shop. Thanks for watching
@@MacNeeb do you mind if I ask why you say no? I’m assuming that you are keeping and playing all of these then. They are beautiful works of art in addition to I imagine a really nice playing instrument.
Nice shop ! The only thing I don't like , in fact makes me crindge , is when you pass your hands over the cutting head of the jointer . First time was the 8/4 stuff , I wasn't too uncomfortable , but when you ran that squirley 4/4 spalted stuff , I prayed for you . Still gots all mine . Great video , might be anew project for me .
Thank you for watching. On this Lap steel I have chosen the 25.5" (648 mm) scale. Yes, I am satisfied with the roll nut from Certano. It is sturdy, and works perfectly. Have a nice day
Sorry, but I don't quite understand the problem. A Lapsteel can be made from most types of wood and in many different sizes and designs and it can't be that difficult to see that this is about two inches thick. I chose beech for this lap steel with a thin layer of birch for appearance. The fretboard is also made of beech with the fretmarks painted on. The scale is 25.5 inches. The lap steel is 11.5 inches wide and 35 inches long. If you have any questions, please just ask. Thanks for watching and have a nice day.
That was amazing to watch!
Thank you 😃
Beautiful guitar and sounds wonderful great build can see the hard work that you put into making it and it certainly was worth it.
Thanks. Yes, it was certainly worth putting in a lot of work on the lap steel. I am very satisfied with the result
What is the value?
hard to say
You are a true Craftsman. Building such a great looking steel. It must be so satisfying to play it when you're done.
Thanks. Yes, it is very satisfying to play on a self-built lap steel, but the actual building process is also very satisfying. That's why I have several projects on the drawing board. Have a nice day.
Not to take away from the guy's ability to make the guitar, but he's got a shop space that most of us don't and tens of thousands of dollars worth of power tools as well.
Yes, I know there are many who are envious of all the tools I have access to, and I am very grateful that as a pensioner I get to use the carpentry workshop where I have worked for more than 20 years. My job involved making doors, windows and furnishings of all kinds and I have always loved working with wood. Now I spend the last years of my life enjoying making instruments and learning to play them. Have a nice day
Wow wow wow how you joined those two boards together, rather than making a straight edge and wasting a bunch of material, exactly fitting them together. That's amazing work man!
Thank you for the nice feedback. Beautiful wood is not always easy to find, so I have to make the best use of what I come across.
I watched because I'm thinking about making a lap steel too. I love the belt sander jig! I'm gonna make something like it!
Thank you for watching. If you intend to build a lapsteel yourself, I hope the video was of some use. If you have any questions, just ask. Yes, the belt sander jig works fine and is a cheap way to do it. Especially if you already have a belt sander. If you choose to make your own lapsteel, I wish you the best of luck.
1. You got more ways a making sawdust in your basement than nearly anybody else I know.
2. You sure do build a pretty Lap Steel!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
Looks great sounds great
Thank you
Aloha Tom!
I am on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Awesome build, woodworking skills and choice of the type of instrument you’ve made. I play guitar, ukulele, trumpet,etc. and dabble with piano and other instruments. I play by ear and self taught on most instruments. Steel/Slide Steel is my latest passion. Country music steel/ slide category is alive and well but the origin of slide steel here in Hawaii (argued by some that it was born on mainland USA)is dying out slowly. I don’t have physical working skills with woodworking but I have the knowledge from books, acquaintances and social media such as yourself on TH-cam. I am a tinkerer and have always had a mechanical aptitude….been that way since a very young age. That is what led me to join the Air Force to be an aircraft mechanic and technician. I know how to use tools correctly and have used many tools associated with woodworking as well as a good knowledge base of tools and equipment of those that I have not yet physically worked with. I not only want to be proficient at slide steel guitar but I want to make guitars….electrics, acoustics, ukuleles and slide steel, mainly for myself. I not only want to help preserve the cultural roots of the Hawaiian steel guitar but I want to do it with an instrument that I made myself. You have been a very strong source of inspiration on me since watching this video. Mahalo nui loa for sharing your time with me and the world. Aloha Braddah and God’s Blessings to You and Yours!
Thanks for watching
Beautiful instrument and shop!
Thank you 😃
Dude.... you nailed it
Thanks…….Yes I did
Fascinating to watch!!
Thank you
Nice build, and nice playing at the end
Thank you
This is great! Thanks for the inspiration
Thank you. Nice that someone is inspired by my projects
Heck of a build.
That looks like a massive jointer you have! Someday I'm gonna by a jointer. Someday... haha
:-)
That is truly beautiful! Congratulations! I especially like the coloring. Were you using wipe-on poly as a clear coat and then a spray poly to finish? And which dyes did you use? I am currently building one myself and your video is a great inspiration. Keep it up!
Thanks for the nice feedback. It's nice to be able to inspire someone. I myself find a lot of inspiration on youtube. I have used water based stain and eight layers of clear coat as top layers. It turned out pretty well I think. Good luck with your project.
Thank you! @@MacNeeb
This looks absolutely fantastic! Would you ever take a commission to build one?
Thank you. There are people in my home area who have asked me to make a lap steel, but for now I have said no. I have many plans for different projects for myself, so there is not enough time. But who knows, maybe sometime in the future
Awesome brother 😃
Thank you
Wow! I really want to make one. I need some hardware for it (tuners, bridge...) and need to figure out how to mark the frets so i can play it. Anywhere i could find fret marker templates?
Thanks for watching. There are many fret mark templates on the web. Good luck.
that looks so badass
Thank you for watching. Have a nice day
love it... shes a beauty and sounds fantastic
Thank you 👍🏻
Proper piece of woodwork that but you do have all the gear to make a good job of it but well done looks amazing where do get the fret board from????.
Thanks. I made the fretboard myself.
I was taken as well by your tools. (never should have sold my shop). I haven't seen anyone use a folding rule or a coping saw in 40-50 years! Then you have a belt sander mounted on side instead of a horizontal belt? Must have spent too much on your Festools? Just teasing. Beautiful workmanship, I was more caught up in the process than what you were making. Nice to see people still carrying on good skills. Oh, and I liked the guitar.
Thank you for the nice feedback
I am curious about you Tele pickups, and have a couple questions. Hows does it sound using just the neck pickup? Do you get much use out of it? Ditto for the two pickups combined? Do you get that Tele chine or twang out of the bridge p/u? Can you get a "Hawaiian tone" out of it? Have you considered palm benders? What an amazing build.
I am very satisfied with the Tele setup. The neck pickup gives a crisp tone that I use sometimes. The bridge pickup gives a rounder and warmer tone and with both there is something in between. I probably mostly use the bridge pickup. To my ears, I can definitely get a "Hawaiian" tone. No, I don't intend to mount palmbenders on this one. I have previously made a copy of "Duesenberg's Fairytale" Lap steel. On this I have mounted Duesenberg's original multibender. It works fine, but it takes a lot of practice to get it right. The Fairytale lap steel can be seen on one of the other videos on my you-tube channel.
Thank you for the nice feedback.
This steel lap Guitar looks great and sound really nice as well. I was wondering where you got the nut and what are the pickups you used?
Thank you for the nice feedback. I ordered the roller nut from "Certano" (certano.fr) The pickups are a normal Fender Telecaster setup. Thanks for watching
@@MacNeebThank you for the information about the parts you used.
Beautiful! If I may ask, where did you get your fretboard?
Thanks. I made the fretboard myself
Super🎉🎉🎉🎉Master!!!!!
thank you
Could you tell me where you got the fretboard?
I made the fretboard myself.
I love to hear a steel guitar, but the only thing I don't like about steel guitars, or slide guitars in general, is that I have perfect pitch. If a player isn't exactly on pitch, i hear it. For example, the slide guitar playing "Honktonk Women" had a string out and it was driving me nuts. Your playing at the end of the video, however, was spot-on.
Thanks for watching
Do you share your pattern dimensions and thicknesses?
Of course I can share the pattern dimensions and thickness, but I'm not sure if I have the template anymore. I'll see if I can find it at the carpentry shop. Thanks for watching
Do you sell these?
Many people have asked if I sell, but so far I have said no.
@@MacNeeb do you mind if I ask why you say no? I’m assuming that you are keeping and playing all of these then. They are beautiful works of art in addition to I imagine a really nice playing instrument.
Now you need to install some Certano Benders.
I have previously made a copy of Duesenberg's Fairytale with Duesenberg's multibender. It works perfectly.
Nice shop ! The only thing I don't like , in fact makes me crindge , is when you pass your hands over the cutting head of the jointer . First time was the 8/4 stuff , I wasn't too uncomfortable , but when you ran that squirley 4/4 spalted stuff , I prayed for you . Still gots all mine . Great video , might be anew project for me .
Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I still have 10 fingers. Thank you for watching
His shop, his rules....
Beautiful guitar. Too bad your cable wasn't plugged in at the end of the video so I could know it was what I heard.
Thanks for watching
Tuyệt vời 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for watching
This is a nice build, Tom. What is the scale length? Is the Certano roller nut pretty sturdy? Take care!
Thank you for watching. On this Lap steel I have chosen the 25.5" (648 mm) scale. Yes, I am satisfied with the roll nut from Certano. It is sturdy, and works perfectly. Have a nice day
très belle réalisation mais c'est une histoire sans parole et sans dimensions pour essayer de fabriquer un lapsteel
Thanks
Just the finish, the pickups' wooden mounts... what a pity
Thanks for watching
Sorry I don't like the video. There's no information on the type of wood. Or dimensions he uses.
Sorry, but I don't quite understand the problem. A Lapsteel can be made from most types of wood and in many different sizes and designs and it can't be that difficult to see that this is about two inches thick. I chose beech for this lap steel with a thin layer of birch for appearance. The fretboard is also made of beech with the fretmarks painted on. The scale is 25.5 inches. The lap steel is 11.5 inches wide and 35 inches long. If you have any questions, please just ask. Thanks for watching and have a nice day.
You can use just about any wood you'd like. Experiment, have some fun!