This one is pretty cool folks...At 49, I was dragged into skateboarding by a very persuasive kid I know who talked me into boarding into town for lunch. In addition to skateboarding, he knows a few licks on the steel guitar. I thought "how cool would it be to combine the two worlds!" The result: The S.B. MacDonald SkateSteel. Yes, it is a functional skateboard, and when the upper deck is removed, a quality and toneful lapsteel guitar! It uses the same humbucking pickup as my Resonator Electric, so tone and vibe are plentiful. I made this on a Sunday, and finished it before breakfast the next day. Hey...it's an oak board, skateboard trucks, wheels, a pickup and some electronics...no biggie! My new milling machine made quick work of drilling, boring alignment holes, etc... Here's some photos of it in use!
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I don't know which one is better -- the slide board or the pic of Connor playing it. Wonderful, Scott. Way to go.
Posted by: Martha Trachtenberg | March 24, 2009 at 01:12 PM
I must say that ranks right up there with some of the craziest things I have ever seen.
Post a video of him playing if you could, I would like to hear it.
Posted by: Cheap Guitars | April 09, 2009 at 05:21 AM
Scott, I heard of this from David Bartow, and today Connor showed me the photos. Cool! Jay W and Josh
Posted by: John | April 26, 2009 at 06:24 PM