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Old jazzbox is a fine lap steel guitar now
Willie
HamburgNew
Definitely no Selmac mentioned here, but I couldn't resist sharing this afternoon's work with the best guitar forum in the world:
For my 70th birthday I got this old Musima Archtop from my wife. As the neck is slightly twisted, I put an adapter over the nut and had a lap steel guitar. Almost. Because of the radiussed bridge the shubb could not match more than 2 strings, so I finally decided to make a leveled bridge.
My luthier had a piece of hard wood (nut) for me, and I started work with a small saw, sand paper and a stinger.
Here we are:
And this is what it sounds like:
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That's great Willie!!
@Jangle_Jamie Thank you!
I really have seen bridges that look more elegant than this one - but I am glad that my first try is working.
The guitar looks great and the slide sounds full and authentic.
@BillDaCostaWilliams
Thanks and howdy, Mr. Mandolin, let's start a blue grass band!
Looks great, sounds great, more of that please! With vocals.
@Buco thank you, I'll do my best, there's already an idea for a tune. Tryin' to find time these days.
Willie goes to the Crossroads!