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Welcome to the Bluestem Lap Steel Guitar pages.
Here you will find information related to electric lap steel guitar construction, related accessories, and ordering information if you wish to purchase a custom instrument.Please select from the links above for further information.
Bluestem lap steels commonly feature:
- Figured maple body overlay
- Ebony headstock overlay with mother of pearl "Bluestem" script logo
- 22-1/2" scale, 24" and other scales available on request
- Gotoh enclosed deluxe tuners
- Solid brass nut
- Ebony fretboard with mother of pearl position markers
- Standard string spacing of 1-3/4" or 1-7/8" at nut and 2" at bridge, other spacing available on request
- 24 wide profile 18% nickel-silver frets
- Solid brass bridge with integral string through body stainless steel bridge plate
- Standard Bluestem split single coil pickup (high output and rich tone, but without the hum), high output humbucker or P-90 style pickup available
- Single 500K quality audio taper volume control with integral treble bleed circuit and large custom volume knob
- 1/4" Switchcraft output jack side mounted in custom polished stainless steel recessed jack plate
- Stainless steel screws used at all body locations
If you desire to contact me about Bluestem Strings products:
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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:
Rudy's Sketchbook of Musical Instrument Plans, Ideas, and Inspiration