More examples of Bluestem Strings lap steel guitars

Some of the instruments produced in the past are shown here, and they serve as a way to illustrate the various combinations of headstock and body design, as well as the different pickups that I have used. Note that all of these instruments have been sold, and are only used for purpose of example. Please contact me if you are interested in obtaining an instrument, and be sure to check the "Lap Steels Currently Available" page.

Flamed maple natural finish lap steel #3329 below is SOLD:

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This lap steel features traditional body shape, modern headstock design, and is equipped with a P-90 pickup.

A short MP3 demonstration of this instrument can be found HERE.

Blue maple 6 string with Rail humbucker #4020 below is SOLD.

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This lap steel features modern body shape and modern headstock design. It also incorporates a split rail humbucker for noiseless operation that can be switched to single coil mode for more edge.

HERE is an MP3 pickup demonstration of this guitar which includes the following sounds :

Natural maple 8 String lap steel #6339 below is SOLD.

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This lap steel features traditional body shape, way more strings than I usually play, walnut fretboard with smaller gauge fret wire, walnut headstock overlay, and a Bluestem single coil pickup. I can't play C6 worth a darn, so the new owner will have to do it justice!

Birdseye maple lap steel #6889 below is SOLD.

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This lap steel features modern body and headstock design, P-90 style pickup, and thru-body string mounting for an extra clean look.

Figured maple lap steel #6463 below is SOLD.

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This lap steel features small modern body, split single humbucking pickup, and thru-body string mounting for an extra clean look.
An MP3 pickup demonstration of this instrument can be found HERE .

Seven string lap steel #5464 below is SOLD.

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This 7 string lap steel features my split single humbucking pickup and top load bridge for quick string changes.

Eight string lap steel #0857 below is SOLD.

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This 8 string lap steel features my split single humbucking pickup and thru-body string mounting for an extra clean look.

Please visit my other website designed to provide information on musical instrument construction. There are free plans as well as construction tips and techniques available at the present time.

Rudy's Sketchbook of Musical Instrument Plans, Ideas, and Inspiration

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