So I got that 1950 lap steel project for $75, right? I just scored a case for it for $22. I couldn't believe my luck. I am such a rat fuck.
The body is painted and curing. THing is--it's never going to be worth anything, since it had a neck split and makeshift parts. I am using a bass bridge cover and tele knobs. I can get a repro Esquire pickup for $60 or use an old Mustang pickup I had laying around. The blonde has to go on pretty opaque to hide patches and stuff, but it's kinda cute. I am also spraying the flat (silkscreened) fret board with clears just to protect it. They used to use nitro on cars, so it should to the trick.
Last edited by DGNR8 on Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I git this thing all ready to go, in spite of missing parts. But so far I have had to wire it up three different times and still not right. I am getting a faint signal and feedback. This is what I had to go on, so I may just use a Musicmaster setup, but I still have something wrong in the ground.
Since I couldn't get this plate, I used a bass bridge cover and a 51 cavity plate. I had to flip it around a few times, and eventually do some bending to get it to work. I will post pics tonight.
