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Eight string lapper

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:06 pm
by lapsteel
Hey if anyone is interested here's my latest.
Carved out neck and body, all recycled cedar (old fence), mahogany fretboard with homade dyed black claylike markers, cherry and aluminum bridge and nut, lace x bar, volume with push pull single/humbucker.

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:14 pm
by Achtane
Ahhhh that's awesome, looks great.
I want a lap steel...

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:09 pm
by Chankgeez
¡Que interesante!

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:18 pm
by lapsteel
I gots to work on my picture skills. Maybe this one works better.

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:53 pm
by AxAxSxS
Thats gorgeous! How are you liking the alumitone? I have the deathbuckers in a couple of guitars and love em, also the P and J bass ones, are they just good across the whole line?

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:25 am
by lapsteel
The alumitone is awesome. Super clear and defined for each string. This one is a little bright so I' m glad i put it at the neck, since I put no tone control. Very quiet as well even in non single mode, and this harness isn't even insulated. When clean I get a real acoustic like tone. My x bar also sounds great with fuzz.... Definitely my favourite pickup at the moment.

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:55 am
by Dogbrainz
That looks sweet. I dig the rustic bridge

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:25 pm
by Jero
That's a neat looking piece there, very nice.

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:32 pm
by skullservant
Wow man that looks so awesome!! Good job!

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:32 pm
by lapsteel
Thanks for the kind comments! :) very much appreciated

If anyone has some tuning ideas, hit me with them. I gotta get some heftier gauge strings.

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:40 pm
by dubkitty
seems like a C6+9 tuning would be an idea, something like C E G A c d e g. or you vould try adapting E9 pedal steel tuning, B D E G# b e c# f#. the more passing tones you can get from one bar position, the better.

Re: Eight string lapper

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:58 pm
by lapsteel
Oh yeah E9, great idea.

It' s set up with open d with an extra e and f#, but I want to try some less familiar territory. I want to play in something other than major keys without stretching slants. E9. Interesting....