Lap Steel Guitar Fretboard Template

My newly designed fret boards.

Lap steel guitar fretboard template. This is the same engineered head stock shape we use on out non pedal steels. These were designed for use on our 2x4 lap steel kit just but the top edge up against the nut and use small screws like these to screw it down this piece is 1 8 clear acrylic peel off the blue film to expose the clear plastic and measures 2 75 wide by 17 5 long. Lap steel fretplate fretboard template plans the fretboard meister unregistered. In this my first instructable i will attempt to chronicle the construction of a simple lap steel guitar.

Can be trimmed to fit the width of a 6 or 8 string lap steel or a 10 string lap or pedal steel guitar. They are 24 1 4 and 23 scale. The fret markers are screen printed onto anodised aluminium just like the early fender and rickenbacker steel guitars for that authentic vintage look. Can be trimmed to fit the width of a 6 or 8.

These are available to buy from our shop pages. The pdf download file available now. With the guitar blank on its edge cut the thickness of. However that doesn t mean that the instrument lacks anything a lap steel guitar needs and it can be played just as well as any other lap steel instrument.

Power tools and sharp cutting tools will be used and i take no responsibility for people who use these things carelessly read and. They are 24 1 4 24 and 22 5 scale. 32 800mm scale length 22 5 571 5mm 19 16 40mm 4 100mm. Use 2 sided tape to press it down and go at it with your trim router and a follow pattern bit.

If you are looking for a down loadable fret board this would be a great deal for you. Simple lap steel guitar i call this lap steel guitar simple because it is basi cally just a blank with strings attached. This is a clear acrylic fretboard laser engraved with fret markings for a 23 inch scale. 8 on the template bore or cut out the marked locations of the pickup and the volume tone control cavity 9 trace the body shape from the template to the blank wood stock.

Headstock router template for an 8 string lap steel guitar 1 4 thick acrylic laser cut cnc. Steel guitar fretboards we ve designed some new fretboards for our console steel guitars. In the early days of the java. See more ideas about lap steel guitar cigar box guitar.

The guitar blank must be at least 1 1 2 inches thick 40 mm. 10 cut out the body with a band saw. Jul 24 2018 explore steve storms sr s board lap steel cbg guitar plans on pinterest.