Square neck Resonator/Dobro lap guitar

[Herman]

And here it is. Now learn playing.

[Kevin in California]

Beautiful Herman
Top notch as always. Thanks for sharing the build
Now practice

And Merry Christmas to you friend and Anja

[peter havriluk]

Thank you very much for sharing this with us. It's been an immense pleasure. You've made something to be proud of!

[Herman]

Finally I got the endpin jack. With a 2.5 mm mini jack input from the undersaddle piezo pickup. You can see the routing of the cable.
Also I found the fitting of the maple/ebony saddle far too wobbly. Therefore I made a new one from Granadillo, hard and resonant, with a tight fit.
The sound of the pickup is not bad at all, but the output is quite low. In time I will post some sounds.

I did not split the saddle, because I did the tightning of the cone before and I believe a one piece saddle is more stable.

[John Parchem]

Wow it looks great! I would love to hear what it sounds like. Quite an ambitious project start to end.

[Herman]

Here you find some more pictures.
Thanks all for watching and replying.
Have a healthy year.
Herman

[John Parchem]

Great pictures. I think after I finish my current, I am going to retire from commissions and build what I like. This looks like it could be a fun project.