So I was trolling ebay -> vintage guitars (pre-1980).

wanderingjew · Post by **wanderingjew** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:02 am

And I got meself a lappy. with matching amp.

Thing is, the amp is probably from the 40s, and doesn't work. Great. My friend's dad is huge into old radios and stuff and I'm going to bring it up on his variac.

Hopefully, I can get it working.

msteuk · Post by **msteuk** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:28 am

For how much?

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:58 pm

I have looked at those and resisted the urge. It's tempting though.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:38 pm

Awesome score, dude. I'll be resuming my vintage lap-steel search once my bank account recovers from the toneport and amp I've bought in the past couple months.

Zack · Post by **Zack** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:10 pm

WAY RAD.

Get yr slide on.
Good luck on the amp, do you have any idea what's wrong with it?

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:36 pm

congrats

I'm learning lap steel at the moment, from low to high, A E F# A C# E is a great tuning for playing along to hank williams records.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:56 am

that is awsome~!
mo rocca was actually talking about building a lap steal with like 8 strings or something on it.
very cool find indeed sir!

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:18 pm

Lapsteel is on my project list after the '52 Tele Custom is completed and I've squared away all the bridge bits for my new strat... I'm pretty sure I have everything I need already to make a basic one, and it seems to me like the easiest possible scratch-build for a guitar as you don't have to make a neck.
They have vintage Fender and Gretsch ones for less money than I would imagine at the used shops though, that's always tempting to the impulse-ridden electric spanish player in me.