1965 Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar Plans – Full Size PDF Download. The plans feature a lap steel guitar with full schematics. They were scanned from the original and sent in eight different parts. We did our best to match them up into one complete PDF. Download a free copy by clicking the link below. I'm in the process of building a Champion-style lap steel (the thread is around here somewhere.) i couldn't, for the life of me, find any PDF's or templates for any Fender lap steels online. I ended up finding a large, high-quality front-on photo of a Fender Champion and enlarged it in GIMP until it was the correct size. I kept track of known.

This is one sold from RetroFret Vintage Guitars. It's a beauty. This may seem sacrilegious, but how can I build something similar myself with just hardware store parts, spare electronics, and some spare strip tuners? I'm mainly looking for some measurements or a CAD drawing or something.

Ie: Fretboard length and width, overall length, headstock length, bottom width, top of headstock width, body width at nut, all the other stuff you'd need to create a similar shape. It's quite a bit to ask, but I can't get my hands on one to measure so help would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time. Love your idea. This is my build thread. I may someday build that style too someday. I used two poplar pieces sandwiched together, but cut from the same template.

But you should use two templates for the two different shapes that I see. You can also find the string master tuning tray on Reverb. If you can't find measurements you might have to do it forensically. You know about how wide a tele pickup is, so you could use a ruler to measure it on the picture then measure the lap steel and then convert to scale. I couldn't find great dims for mine, so I sorta guessed and tried to refine the shape from pics.

Xara designer pro x full crack. My scale is 23 inches, but I've been thinking about shortening it (relocating the nut) just to see how is changes the sound. Good luck, homemade lap steels are fun and pretty cheap depending on how handy you are.

Building Your Own Lap Steel Guitar • • • • Learning to Play • • • • • • • • • • • • Biographies • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • John Tipka has an excellent at the web site. Has much information for those interested in building your own lap steel. His brochure is available for a $10.00 USD suggested donation.

More information may be obtained by writing to him at or by writing to: HSGA 45-600 Kamehameha Hwy. Kaneohe, HI 96744 USA 808 235-4742 President: Kamaka Tom email Resophonic Outfitters sells a resophonic guitar kit.

It includes full size, easy to read plans for a squareneck or roundneck model, veneered top, back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, Quarterman resonator and all the hardware you need to build a complete resonator guitar. Even the strings are suppllied. All you need is free time, tools, glue, and finishing products.