Hi Jamie, thanks so much! Glad you liked the video! Ooh yes that's a great idea to make it with benders! Please let me know how it goes, I'd be very interested to know! 👍
You need to go in business building those things that is the most beautiful lap steel guitar I've ever seen excellent work beautiful sound beautiful wood what a guitar are they brass strings looks like it looks pretty nice pickup I love that guitar
Hi, sorry for the late reply again! Ah yes, I’ll try and add them. I don’t remember where I got them from or which ones they were but I remember they were just some cheap classical tuners I got from EBay. They worked well with the head stock trey I used because instead of being individual ones like on normal guitar tuners, on these each side is connected together, which helps with them staying in place.
Hi, thanks for the tip! Ah yeah I think I did add a ground to it actually, it was so long ago I can’t remember but I think I just forgot to mention it in the video, thanks for pointing it out though 😊👍
A really good hard wood for any guitar is Australian gum tree. This is the wood of Australian forests. It is very common. People burn it in fireplaces. They use it for fence posts and framing houses. So it is everywhere you find bits of wood. 4 by 2 pieces make the best option for lap and normal solid guitars. You can get a really manky 4 by 2, plane it and be astounded at its natural beauty. But it is rock hard. If you're used to pine you're going to really notice the feel of your drills and saws being slower and much higher heat with power tools. Press a drill too hard and you will mar the wood with friction burns. There is a harder wood in Australia, used for up market furnature. It's called blackwood, and its so hard that if you use power tools you have to use breathing protection. When power tools started out they produced fine dust which with blackwood's hardness started producing silica lung. This is more caused by creating machining fine dust than working the wood with hand tools. Black wood is brilliant for guitars but you have to buy it, even if your source is furnature to be recycled. Gum tree, or eucalyptus, is just as good and it laying about everywhere for free
I like your choices of hardware and the overall look. For finishing, if it were mine, I would just rub it with oil. Also, I would forego making legs and just play it in my lap.
Hi, sorry for the late reply! I must have missed your comment. The spacing of the strings is actually slightly smaller at the nut than at the bridge, not sure why I did this? I think next time maybe I’ll keep the spacing the same at both ends.
Hi, thanks for the question. Yes it is. It's a hand wired pickup that's specifically for lap steel guitars. I've put a link to the pickup in the description below.
Mahogany being hard and heavy? Have you worked with maple or walnut? Mahogany may dull a blade being as oily as it is but it is relatively soft and easy to carve. I'm curious of the species you used
Hi, I’m not sure of the species? I got it on ebay and it just said 40 year old mahogany, they could have been lying of course, no way to tell, but it feels like a decent solid piece of wood.
Wow my comment came off super judgy I'm sorry about that 😅 I may be accustomed to the type of mahogany here in the states, which is very soft. Age will also definitely harden up the board. Looks like mahogany tho, grain pattern seems right--but there are a lot of types that are similar in appearance like oak and eucalyptus.
Hiya mate, absolutely gorgeous instrument there! Really, very impressive work. Definitely good enough to make a business as a luthier. Just wondering, do you reckon those Kluson headstocks would be compatable with regular electric guitar tuning pegs?
Hi, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. There might be a way you could use regular electric guitar tuning pegs with this? But it would depend on the thickness of the wood around the headstock. Because I wanted it to be all one long plank like a pedal steel I had to use these tuning pegs. I think Kluson also do their own tuning pegs for their headstocks but I couldn't get my hands on them around the time I was building this so I just used these instead. Hope that helps?
Hi, thanks so much! I probably paid around 200€ for everything which is around $213 US-Dollars. But the pickup cost around $80 by itself so I could of saved a lot if I went for a cheaper pickup.
Not entirely true. Lots of lap steels have leg sockets which allow them to be played either way, and a lap steel stand does the same. Been playing and collecting them for years.
Build another one exactly but a little longer and with a bender on it! And let’s hear how it sounds. This one has a nice solid sound to it!
Hi, oh yeah a bender would be nice! 👌 thanks for the comment 😊
So awesome! Sounds beautiful and looks stunning. Great playing as well! Im about to make one of these with benders. cant wait!
Hi Jamie, thanks so much! Glad you liked the video! Ooh yes that's a great idea to make it with benders! Please let me know how it goes, I'd be very interested to know! 👍
@@FabianHollandGuitar Awesome will do! Might make a video on the process.
You need to go in business building those things that is the most beautiful lap steel guitar I've ever seen excellent work beautiful sound beautiful wood what a guitar are they brass strings looks like it looks pretty nice pickup I love that guitar
Hi, thanks so much! I really appreciate you saying that. The strings are Phosphor Bronze so they have a bit of a brass look to them. 😊
@@FabianHollandGuitar Hello, would you be willing to build me one?
Wow! You did that with hand tools? You're awesome....well done..
Yep, it took a little while to do by hand but yeah. 😊 thanks 🙏
Wow - i need to build exactly this! Question: i don't see what tuners you're using.. could you add them to the description? Thanks!
Hi, sorry for the late reply again! Ah yes, I’ll try and add them. I don’t remember where I got them from or which ones they were but I remember they were just some cheap classical tuners I got from EBay. They worked well with the head stock trey I used because instead of being individual ones like on normal guitar tuners, on these each side is connected together, which helps with them staying in place.
A real master at work! ;-)
Thanks so much!! 🙏
Hi Fabian, beautiful beautiful work and it's inspired me to do something similar! Did you end up putting a finish on the wood at all?
Hi, thanks so much!!! Glad it inspired you! No I still haven’t put a finish on, I will at some point when I finally get round to it. Thanks ☺️
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Really nice build! My only comment would be that the metal pickup surround will only block noise if you add a ground wire to it.
Hi, thanks for the tip! Ah yeah I think I did add a ground to it actually, it was so long ago I can’t remember but I think I just forgot to mention it in the video, thanks for pointing it out though 😊👍
A really good hard wood for any guitar is Australian gum tree. This is the wood of Australian forests. It is very common. People burn it in fireplaces. They use it for fence posts and framing houses. So it is everywhere you find bits of wood. 4 by 2 pieces make the best option for lap and normal solid guitars. You can get a really manky 4 by 2, plane it and be astounded at its natural beauty. But it is rock hard. If you're used to pine you're going to really notice the feel of your drills and saws being slower and much higher heat with power tools. Press a drill too hard and you will mar the wood with friction burns. There is a harder wood in Australia, used for up market furnature. It's called blackwood, and its so hard that if you use power tools you have to use breathing protection. When power tools started out they produced fine dust which with blackwood's hardness started producing silica lung. This is more caused by creating machining fine dust than working the wood with hand tools. Black wood is brilliant for guitars but you have to buy it, even if your source is furnature to be recycled. Gum tree, or eucalyptus, is just as good and it laying about everywhere for free
Hi, thanks so much for the wood suggestions! 😊👍 I’ll have to look into all of these!
I like your choices of hardware and the overall look. For finishing, if it were mine, I would just rub it with oil. Also, I would forego making legs and just play it in my lap.
Hi, thanks!! Yeah I think just some oil would look nice! Yeah true, on the lap is nicer to play. Thanks!🙂
Did you use the same Bridge piece in the beginning and end of the guitar? meaning, the string spacing is the same for the whole length of the guitar?
Hi, sorry for the late reply! I must have missed your comment. The spacing of the strings is actually slightly smaller at the nut than at the bridge, not sure why I did this? I think next time maybe I’ll keep the spacing the same at both ends.
Looks Amazing
Thanks :-)
Hello, i'm new on your channel. What is the microphone you're using ? Best regards ❤
Can you take a fretboard off a normal guitar and use that?
Hi, yeah I guess you could 👍
It's cool!
Hello! The magnet of the pickup magnets is more than a simple elctric guitar pickup? cause the separating of the strings?? thanks
Hi, thanks for the question. Yes it is. It's a hand wired pickup that's specifically for lap steel guitars. I've put a link to the pickup in the description below.
@@FabianHollandGuitar Thanks. Today i listened "under the red island bakery". amazing sound!
@@juancruzfiad8001 ah great! Thanks so much for listening. Glad you enjoyed it. ☺️👍
It's beautiful!!!
Thanks so much!! I see you make guitars as well 😊 they look way more professional than mine!
@@FabianHollandGuitar I wouldn't say that. We all build them a little differently, that's all. That's what makes it fun! Have a great weekend!
Wow, amazing! What tuning are you using here? Sounds out of this world, maybe I’ll build one myself soon. Beautiful
Hi, thanks so much! I’m using D minor tuning. DADFAD 😊👍
Mahogany being hard and heavy? Have you worked with maple or walnut? Mahogany may dull a blade being as oily as it is but it is relatively soft and easy to carve. I'm curious of the species you used
Hi, I’m not sure of the species? I got it on ebay and it just said 40 year old mahogany, they could have been lying of course, no way to tell, but it feels like a decent solid piece of wood.
Wow my comment came off super judgy I'm sorry about that 😅 I may be accustomed to the type of mahogany here in the states, which is very soft. Age will also definitely harden up the board. Looks like mahogany tho, grain pattern seems right--but there are a lot of types that are similar in appearance like oak and eucalyptus.
What is the overall length of your diy
steel
Hi, thanks for the question. The length 77.3cm. I think I put all the dimensions in the video description. Cheers
Where did you get the wood? Is that one solid piece?
I got on EBay. Yeah it’s one solid piece, that’s the great thing about Lap Steels, they can be made out of one piece of wood.
@@FabianHollandGuitar Yeah, I just can't seem to find a piece that big. I'll check ebay.
Beautiful guitar and playing. What string gages and tuning are you using?
Thanks! I’m using medium gage strings but I change the 1st and 2nd strings to be a little thicker, so 014 - 018 - 026 - 035 - 045 - 056
I take it you are in standard tuning then? EADGbe ?
@@Niven42I think it's DADFAD
Hiya mate, absolutely gorgeous instrument there! Really, very impressive work. Definitely good enough to make a business as a luthier. Just wondering, do you reckon those Kluson headstocks would be compatable with regular electric guitar tuning pegs?
Hi, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. There might be a way you could use regular electric guitar tuning pegs with this? But it would depend on the thickness of the wood around the headstock. Because I wanted it to be all one long plank like a pedal steel I had to use these tuning pegs. I think Kluson also do their own tuning pegs for their headstocks but I couldn't get my hands on them around the time I was building this so I just used these instead. Hope that helps?
Looks great. Definitely don't paint over the beautiful wood.
Great work and great sound ! (And very delicate playing, btw...)
How much did you pay for all the pieces you bought ?
Hi, thanks so much! I probably paid around 200€ for everything which is around $213 US-Dollars. But the pickup cost around $80 by itself so I could of saved a lot if I went for a cheaper pickup.
Use walnut or maple
The wood is actually a piece of old Mahogany
@@FabianHollandGuitar it is beautiful, but I was making a suggestion for it being lighter. Great build, your a great woodworker.
@@Vigilante-k4q Ah okay I understand. Yeah I'll definitely try some different woods next time. Thanks 😊 🙏
If there is no video, it never happened. 😮
I think you misunderstand something. A _lap_ steel guitar is no longer one if you put it on a stand ;-)
Hi Nick, haha true! But stand steel doesn't have the same ring to it 😂
Not entirely true. Lots of lap steels have leg sockets which allow them to be played either way, and a lap steel stand does the same. Been playing and collecting them for years.
It's technically a console steel but thats usually referred to steels with multiple necks, but everyone knows what you mean by saying lap steel.
Who cares.
@@Johnson-ks6og you missed the winking face smiley