eBook: It's easy to Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar

By Martin Koch

Full color version!

PDF-format (2.8 MB), 119 pages, printable
40 illustrations, 225 color photos

Download time: About 15 minutes with an analog 56k modem or ISDN connection. DSL, cable, T1 or T3 internet connections will be much faster.

"This eBook explains how to make a solid-body lap steel guitar. Because building a lap steel is relatively easy, it provides an excellent introduction into the art of guitarbuilding. With 225 photos and 40 line drawings, Martin Koch shows how to make two different lap steel guitars in simple, easy-to-follow steps. He even explains how to make your own guitar pickup using the world's simplest pickup winder. The author puts special emphasis on the use of hand tools."

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Lap steel guitars made for writing the book

Everyone can wind this pickup using the very simple pickup winder described in the book.