Lets see your LAPSTEEL!

[skullservant]

Amazes me that we don't have a lapsteel thread after all of these years.
I made both of these lapsteels out of steel and aluminum this summer to use at the center of a project, they are both bowed.
They have two goldfoil pickups in them, with stereo outputs, so whichever side is not the active picking side has harmonics sent to a second amp. It's neat.
The Bass lapsteel has wound strings for more string noises, and is tuned DAda. The Guitar lapsteel has flats and is tuned DAdgad.

[Chankgeez]

Those're awesome, skully!

I managed to eventually get one of these (not my actual photo, although I can take some when the light's better):

[skullservant]

ohhhh that's awesome. Is it heavy?

[Chankgeez]

It's pretty heavy. Solid chunk of aluminum (& lucite). Sounds great. Pickup's nice sounding too!

[skullservant]

Amazing. I like those tuners

[Chankgeez]

I do too. Unforunately, those weren't the ones that came on mine.

The ones on mine were also shot. So, I had 'em replaced with Klusons.

Just noticed a bass lap steel track on your bandcamp, gonna listen: https://fatherhooddrone.bandcamp.com/album/09302018

[ognoy]

Mine! This is a Recording King lapsteel upgraded with a Duesenberg Multi Bender.

[dubkitty]

so the bass one is essentially a bass dulcimer, then?

[skullservant]

so the bass one is essentially a bass dulcimer, then?

Yeah essentially

Also OGNOY that Duesenburg system seems super killer

[repoman]

The palm pedal thing is really cool, are they expensive?
I used to have a Sho-Bud pedal steel and Gibson Skylark lap but never had the patience to actually learn how to play them outside of noodling. That palm pedal seems like its a good way to get a lot of the sound without the insanity of a real pedal steel.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I wouldn't call them "cheap" but they're absolutely nothing compared to the cost of a pedal steel so a good option if you want the sound.

200 euros or something?

[ognoy]

so the bass one is essentially a bass dulcimer, then?

Yeah essentially

Also OGNOY that Duesenburg system seems super killer

It's great, but I need to practice way more with it. Haven't really out it to real use yet.

It costs about 200€ and I don't that's that bad.
Especially compared to the price of a pedalsteel as Kate said.

[Chankgeez]

Where's Dandolin?

[drolo]

I hacked this together a couple of years ago. It was the first time I ever used a router so it's really crude ...

I had been following Skully developing his on IG, they look really baddass!

[skullservant]

That is sick drolo!!

Yeah I took a break from IG, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Been going through some shit and didn’t need the distractions