Acoustic Guitar to Lapsteel Mod

[FaustoB]

This morning I did a little mod to an acoustic guitar I have hanging around the house.

This mod has been done before in a million different ways but I thought it was fun to take some photos along the way and a short video to document my approach.

first I took some measurements and sketched on a piece of paper the general idea. The digital caliper is not an essential, just a little flex.


On a random piece of timber I had hanging around I sketched the model.


Using a disproportionate amount of tools I finally cut the thing


The timber nut looks like this

[FaustoB]

First dry fit... quite off actually! I'm too good at this



the next 20mins or so was about shaping it and making it not so high, until it looked like this.
no glue nothing, it just holds there


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[FaustoB]

here a clip of me playing the mod just fresh after the mod itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97A5k9JGrRY

[FaustoB]

Here a second clip, this time playing more or less the same thing but in a major key

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zygywPmjDYE

[FaustoB]

the good thing is that it sounds pretty decent, it costed nothing and it was fun to spend an hour making something

the "downside" is that I had to tune it down to open C (CGCGCD), that was the only string tension that seemed reasonable. In theory the whole idea was to make this mod to have a second lapsteel in a different key, like open D or open E since I already have a DYI made (electric) lapsteel tuned to C

in any case good fun, highly recommended, non intrusive mod


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[fender3x]

Very cool. Simple and sounds great!

[FaustoB]

Thank you! apparently this mod works fine on electric guitar but I haven't tried yet... too busy playing da bass