Description
Blueberry Handmade Lap Steel Hawaiian
Acoustic Guitar
Built to Order in 90 Days
A lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or lap slide guitar, is a type of steel guitar typically played with the instrument lying horizontally accross the player’s lap, usuing a steel bar (slide) to change the pitch.
Blueberry Handmade Acoustic Guitars are made on the tropical island of Bali by our experienced team of traditional wood carvers and artisans who have been practicing their craft for generations.
Our unique workshop has been creating singular objects of musical and visual beauty since 2005.
This is your opportunity to own a unique instrument or to gift someone something that can be cherished for future generations.
We can carve and inlay names, phrases and initials and we can even carve and inlay designs, faces and scenes from your photographs. Basically, if you can think of it we can get it onto your instrument.
*** THIS GUITAR CAN BE BUILT AS A LEFTY MODEL UPON REQUEST AT NO EXTRA CHARGE
A lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or lap slide guitar, is a type of steel guitar typically played with the instrument lying horizontally across the player’s lap, using a steel bar (slide) to change the pitch, rather than frets.
*** THIS GUITAR CAN BE BUILT AS A LEFTY MODEL UPON REQUEST AT NO EXTRA CHARGE
Detailed description
Top: Alaskan Spruce and Rosewood
Back and sides: Mahogany
Neck: Rosewood and Mahogany
Fretboard: Macassar ebony
Nut and Saddle: Bone
Inlay: Mother of Pearl, Colored Stone, Maple
Truss Rod: Adjustable with a 5/32 Allen Key
Tuners: Gotoh
Strings: D’Addario
Hard Shell Case: Included
Warranty: Included
Strap Pins: + $60.00
Electronic Pickup Options: LR Baggs iBeam $295.00, LR Baggs Anthem $475.00 LR Baggs Anthem $650.00
*** Note that both the iBeam and the Anthem are exceptional pickups but the Anthem is better if you play in larger rooms
Dimensions of Lap Steel Guitars (can be altered upon request)
Scale Length: 24.7 Inches / 628mm
Number of frets: 20
Total Length: 38 inches / 97cm
Nut Width: 1.9 Inches / 48mm
String Spread at Saddle: 2.36 Inches / 60mm
Depth at Bout: 4.33 Inches / 11cm
Depth at Heel: 4.13 Inches / 10.5cm
Body Width at Bout: 15.35 Inches / 39cm
Body Width at Heel: 10.63 Inches / 27cm
