Week 24 - Paisleyfrog - 2x4

Let's make something with a new instrument. Picture is from Arizona. Music sounded southwest, so I went with it. This weekend was the annual Woodworking Weekend - my friends and I have been getting together for 20+ years to build weird stuff, eat good food, and have a good time. The weekend has changed over the years, but it's always been one of my favorite gatherings of the year. I've built an assortment of things over the years, frequently musical instruments. I was casting about for what to make this year, and then remembered...I've been wanting to make a lap steel for the longest time! Had all the parts in various project boxes, so I gathered stuff up and cobbled one together, Jack White style a la It Might Get Loud. Mine's actually a bit fancier in that it has three strings and actual tuners...but it's still just a slab of wood (which is where the title came from). All guitar sounds are the lap steel. Beginning is recorded acoustically (it's pretty loud for having no resonating chamber!), and the rest is plugged in. Ran way late for time this week (life stays busy), so just cobbled this riff together on Sunday afternoon - whole thing came together in a couple hours. Bassline isn't quite right in spots, mix is maybe a little rough, and the whole thing is pretty trashy...but I had fun :) How did I not realize I did 2x4 on week 24?!? 2026 Copyright All rights reserved