GregP Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Hey all, I dunno when my guitar project is ever going to get done. It's aggravating me that I never have access to the shop, and when I do, the smallest little thing that's either forgotten or not working sets me back another month or two. In the meantime, a quick hacked-together lap steel will require far less precision, and if I screw it up, I'm just screwing up scrap wood. If a prototype works out successfully, I might invest some time and effort into making something worthwhile. But for now, I just want to throw one together to get a feel for what I want out of such an instrument. So, I don't want to be buying any Lollar pickups or anything else expensive. If it comes down to it, I'll just put a GFS tele bridge rails pickup in and have done with it. BUT, I'd rather have something more like a stacked P90 (ie. P100) instead. Anybody see such a thing around? Or am I dreaming? Any other budget recommendations also accepted. Thanks! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted November 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Sorry. Gratuitous *bump*! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeegeit Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 hey greg! funny, I'm also building a lap steel. I bought some parts at Stewmac's, but I bought the pickups and tuners 2nd hand. As for the pickups, are you sure a strat singlecoil won't do the trick? that's what I use for my guitar..and first "sound"-testing was quite good actually jaap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted November 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Heck yeah, a strat single-coil would sound great. I mainly want something hum-cancelling because my apartment is littered with EMI as it is. (electro-magnetic interference). A stacked tele or strat pick-up will do the trick, but I thought I'd go for something with a bit of muscle to it, in the form of a stacked P-90 (aka a P-100). P'raps I'll just get the GFS Li'l puncher after all. Then I can switch between humbucking and single-coil, though the single-coil mode will never sound exactly the same as a 'real' single-coil. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 I'm sending you a rails strat sized pickup. It's kind of a P-90 sound when humbucking, and a vintage strat sound when split. Post here, pm me, or e-mail me only if you don't want me to send it. Have fun! Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 why don't you just get some P180 from GFS?? Stacked p90 alright... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Well, that was my question, I guess. Didn't see the P-180 there. I see a Dream 180 which is a humbucker, not a stacked P90. The rails from Frank should do the trick just fine, though! I hope the build doesn't take long. The only thing that'll hold me up will be 'engineering' the roller system. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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