Commodore Lap Steel - Restoring a classic vintage New Zealand instrument

the Baker Brothers a.k.a the "Dough Bro's" In the Kitchen ( workshop) take a look at some vintage NZ lap steels , hand built in the 1940's. The are some of the first models made. Hand built with fabulous metal work and craftmanship

Category:

Music

Tags:

• commodore
• royal
• lap steel
• restoration
• new zealand
• bunny milne
• tony burt
• garrett evans
• dough bros
• baker brothers
• art deco

[kevykev38]

Just play the damn thing!  It's not a coffee table!

[curiofilms]

@kevykev38 Plan to play it lots when its finished.. and we were just discussing a few weeks back how you could in fact build a Lap Steel in a coffee table :-) keep you posted

[vantagestudios]

Nice tone on those things! How rare are they?

[curiofilms]

@vantagestudios They are somewhat rare ,, do come up occasionally,, mostly later models and just by chance several became available.. Yea the do sound fantastic , especiall given the hand made construction,, these ones data back to the 1940's I believe

[kevykev38]

@curiofilms Sure you were...

[frg8888]

That was cool, thanks