Tas. Blackwood/ebony

Because I am an avid pedal steel player, make lots of solidbody electric lapsteels and resonator guitars,listen to mainly instrumental music, with real musicians, then, occassionally I get to make an acoustic lapsteel. These guitars just ooze sweet tone, and until you stop and listen to one, you won’t know what you’ve been missing. My pic here does not do the wood justice. It is the most extraordinary figured wood. Tasmanian blackwood has the ability to turn heads, and make you have that second look. Except I can stare at it all day long. The tuning that I chose was dgdgbd, from thick to thin. Gauge was 13-61. There is an L.R. Baggs element under the saddle, with a volume wheel at the soundhole. Battery replacement is through the soundhole.

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