DIY lap steel project, sound demo

This is part 3, the playing demo of a lap steel prototype I made. The first 2 videos talk more about its construction. The amps used for this video were a Prime acoustic amp and a Vox Pathfinder 15.

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[Kitinetnies]

thats a good sounding plank of wood!

[theguitaryears]

@Kitinetnies Thanks, it was a pain to make, being my first one. But once I plugged it in I was blown away at how cool it sounded for such a simple design. Last night I was watching some YT videos of others' diy lapsteels, and I think I found my answer to making the control cavity larger: don't center the fb on the plank, but off to one side.

[bluejay148]

sounds cool like to make one what strings you use 

[zach2312guitar]

Sounds wicked! Do you use standard guitar tuning and strings on this? just started making one which i plan to use on my next album and I like the tuning you've used here.

[Nicksaf]

Wow! Great sound!! What would happen if you would use a humbucker on it?

[shlomiya]

wow awesome