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  • Kline 12 String Lap-steel
    by Alan Cook »
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  • lap steel with a pair of knee levers
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  • Threading welding rod
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  • Gfi tuners
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  • Making new pushrods for a BMI?
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  • Keyhead Length
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  • A second pickup??
    by Foster Haney »
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  • Tool kit installed
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  • Rare Wood Steel Finished
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  • Why no bronze tone bars and parts?
    by Robert W Wilson »
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  • Bridge/Nut String Spacing and Intonation
    by Christian Wadlington »
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  • Steel & Stand
    by Bill Groner »
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  • lap steel
    by Russell Adkins »
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  • Pull release changer setup limitations?
    by Tim Toberer »
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    Last post by Jim Pitman
  • Changer Diameter Question
    by Les Ford »
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  • Fibson 10 String Build
    by Dennis Saydak »
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  • First Lap Steel Build
    by Ted Duncan »
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  • Continuously Adjustable Bellcrank - REVISON
    by Les Ford »
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  • bell crank dimensions
    by Tim Toberer »
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  • Advice for repair of GeorgeBoards Bridge
    by Noah Stid »
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  • Need rubber foam for building a pac a seat
    by Ben Godard »
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  • My Two non-pedal steel builds
    by Jim Trantham »
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  • Carter Starter Lever
    by Tyler Hoomes »
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  • New Toy in my shop
    by Barry Coker »
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  • Close please thanks!
    by Johnie King »
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  • D10 Endplates New sold
    by Jimmie Hudson »
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  • Sho Bud Mavrick sold close
    by Jimmie Hudson »
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  • Ongoing Fret Board Discussion
    by Wayne Brown »
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  • Need 4-hole Sho~Bud style bellcrank and Control Plate
    by Marty Broussard »
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  • Pedals
    by Randy Gilliam »
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  • steelguitarbuilder.com
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  • I need help
    by Matthew Murray »
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  • Plexi fretboard?
    by Tim Toberer »
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    Last post by Andy DePaule
  • Bespoke Pedal Steel
    by Paul Strojan »
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    Last post by John McClung
  • hollow steel guitar body/sound-board
    by J D Sauser »
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  • My 1st PSG Build, Making progress now.
    by Andy DePaule »
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    Last post by Sonny Jenkins
  • New 8 string - first build
    by Kim Turnbull »
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  • EMMONS LEGRANDE 600 amplifier
    by Daniel J. Cormier »
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  • Just found this on You Tube and WOW
    by Johnny Baker »
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  • Working on the 1956 Dewey Kendrick PSG.
    by Andy DePaule »
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  • Finishing up these two lap steels soon.
    by Andy DePaule »
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  • Fender Knee Lever Build
    by Paul Strojan »
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  • Changer Rod clips
    by winston »
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  • string height over cabinet and it's effects on tone (?)
    by J D Sauser »
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  • Wire Diagram for Teisco TW Lap Steel 1960's
    by Billy Garner »
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  • Supplier of fretboards found
    by Andy DePaule »
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  • Home made Pedal Steel
    by James Shenk »
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  • when did this happen?
    by Bill Groner »
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  • Rickenbacher T head plate
    by Ivo Garza »
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  • My Latest Project
    by Nicholas Thomas »
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  • What size hex rod does Sho-Bud use for cross shafts?
    by Daryl R Smith »
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  • Tolex glue?
    by Edward Dixon »
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  • Close please. Thanks
    by Johnie King »
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  • Build a Prototype to My Specs?
    by b0b »
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  • Floating Soundboard vs Cabinet Drop
    by Karlis Abolins »
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  • Sho-Bud Bell Cranks
    by Barry Coker »
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  • A quick afternoon project
    by Jerry Gleason »
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    Last post by Bob Cox
  • Parts For Pedal Steel Guitars
    by Ken Franzetta »
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  • Welding Aluminum
    by Sonny Jenkins »
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  • 3D printed keyhead?
    by Frank James Pracher »
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