2 lap steels, 3 necks

this is Buddy. Buddy is the Knotwells collectively owned double neck lap steel. 

brian of the Knotwells came up with the idea to build it as well as the idea for the name and the built in ashtray.

 we got the ashtray (which is now long gone. anybody got one of these i can have?) at a restaurant in ashevlle, nc. on our first tour

buddy is built out of plywood and formica from the original counter from the original Harvard Market, with a vinyl covering on the bottom

this is my second lap steel, built for Jason of the local band Myrrh

 like buddy this one is a plywood body covered with formica and vinyl backing on the bottom.

 jason told me i could have free reign in designing so i of course went overboard with everything.

 the fingerboard is plexi with the fret lines and marker dots cut into and coloured from the underside. the top surface is smooth

 i worked in a few construction design improvements over buddy. the nut on buddy is a big chunk of corian. the single neck nut is an adjustable bridge saddle, recycled from the shop.

 i also used a stop-tailpiece as opposed to the string-thru style on buddy. both lap steels have "shop special" no-name humbuckers, and ric style bridges with the saddles cut down to have no neck radius.