Except for the wooden bridge and lipstick pickup this looks more like a Valco-built, Wards"Airline" lap steel. I saw an actual vintage Danelectro lap steel at a musical instrument auction once and the cover of the lipstick pickup was used as the actual bridge saddle, with the strings resting directly on the pickup cover (it didn't have notches to keep the string spacing from shifting or to fine-tune intonation). That vintage dano probably didn't sound very good because there would be very little string motion to drive the pickup at that point; it would probably function more like an undersaddle contact pickup....
Tulip wood.... Very expensive but stunning. Smells good when cut too! Never heard of hyedua. Looks very nice. If you are using laquer, you can first seal the wood with tung oil. Laquer will stick to tung oil just fine. I used to make flutes and made a drying box because with some woods, it took the tung oil too long to dry. Drying box was lined with alum. foil and heated with 2, 150W bulbs controlled with a heavy duty light dimmer. Works great too!!!
Thanks for that! never used Tung oil-will have to give it a go. Tulip wood is really nice timber, just cut a 51 P Bass body from a nice piece of it-natural finish so will try the Tung oil Trick.
I went to your website and got the 2 string diddly bo plans,, thank you heaps for them its very generous of you,, but it says on the plans that we can buy the dog house tin from your store, but I cannot find it anywhere?
Muito legal o homem com paciência no SENHOR , as quatros cantos do mundo. Produz algumas coisas diferentes a dizer muito mais que é bênçãos de Deus. J mamede Violão balido de minha autoria , vai também assim , fazendo com que seus sons ressoam .
Except for the wooden bridge and lipstick pickup this looks more like a Valco-built, Wards"Airline" lap steel. I saw an actual vintage Danelectro lap steel at a musical instrument auction once and the cover of the lipstick pickup was used as the actual bridge saddle, with the strings resting directly on the pickup cover (it didn't have notches to keep the string spacing from shifting or to fine-tune intonation). That vintage dano probably didn't sound very good because there would be very little string motion to drive the pickup at that point; it would probably function more like an undersaddle contact pickup....
Tulip wood.... Very expensive but stunning. Smells good when cut too! Never heard of hyedua. Looks very nice. If you are using laquer, you can first seal the wood with tung oil. Laquer will stick to tung oil just fine. I used to make flutes and made a drying box because with some woods, it took the tung oil too long to dry. Drying box was lined with alum. foil and heated with 2, 150W bulbs controlled with a heavy duty light dimmer. Works great too!!!
beautiful
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São muito importantes para esta cultura se manter atravéz das gerações. Não é só para música havaiana.
Well that came out dang nice!
Hyedua for the bridge and nut, American Tulip wood for the rest- i like the tulip wood ,its nice to work with but absorbs a lot of laquer!
very cool sound!!
Beautiful!
Thanks for that! never used Tung oil-will have to give it a go. Tulip wood is really nice timber, just cut a 51 P Bass body from a nice piece of it-natural finish so will try the Tung oil Trick.
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Decals from our website, john anthony guitars
I went to your website and got the 2 string diddly bo plans,, thank you heaps for them its very generous of you,, but it says on the plans that we can buy the dog house tin from your store, but I cannot find it anywhere?
May I ask where you got the fretboard decal? Thanks
Decal from our website, john anthony guitars.
hi, nice lap steel! What Tuning are you using? Thanks
What you got there? Canary wood and padouk?
Where did you get the decal with the fret markers on it?
Looks well-made but I don't have the tools to construct it. I think it would require a master woodsmith.
Thanks,open Gbut i dont really play slide....i know it shows!
Muito legal o homem com paciência no SENHOR , as quatros cantos do mundo. Produz algumas coisas diferentes a dizer muito mais que é bênçãos de Deus. J mamede Violão balido de minha autoria , vai também assim , fazendo com que seus sons ressoam .