Chords for introducing: the 2x4 lap steel diddley plank!
Tempo:
128 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Bb
Gb
F
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Hello to all my subscribers, to Cigarbox Nation, to Handmade Music Clubhouse, all you freaks
We have another plank.
like a diddly bow in the way that it's set, more like a lap steel
it's played with a pick and a slide.
I build my traditional guitars.
bolts for alignment of the strings, and then a bolt for the nut in the bridge.
in open A, AEA fashion.
Here we come to the business end.
We have another plank.
like a diddly bow in the way that it's set, more like a lap steel
it's played with a pick and a slide.
I build my traditional guitars.
bolts for alignment of the strings, and then a bolt for the nut in the bridge.
in open A, AEA fashion.
Here we come to the business end.
100% ➙ 128BPM
Ab
Bb
Gb
F
Abm
Ab
Bb
Gb
_ _ _ Hello to all my subscribers, to Cigarbox Nation, to Handmade Music Clubhouse, _ all you freaks
that like homemade music.
Here's my newest build.
_ _ _ We have _ _ another _ plank.
Except this one's more like a diddly bow in the way that it's set, more like a lap steel
in the way that it's played.
It's not played with a stick and a slide, it's played with a pick and a slide.
It's actually set up and arranged much in the way that I build my traditional guitars.
_ Eye bolt tuners, _ bolts for alignment of the strings, and then a bolt for the nut in the bridge.
_ _ Tuned the same way as well, in open A, _ AEA fashion. _
_ _ _ _ Here we come to the business end.
_ This is actually hollowed out underneath a little bit, so the piezo's glued up to the
bottom side of this plank of wood, _ and it gets a nice hot pickup from the bridge sitting here.
_ Strings pass directly through to the bottom, _ a little space drilled out where they are
_ passed through some _ nuts to keep them from countersinking in the wood.
_ The jack is wired up very simply with only two conductors, _ _ and _ it's set up with the same
kind of bolt I use for my tuners.
Just a wing nut on the bottom and an eye bolt on top, and it fits the jack perfectly. _
You just _ put it in there, thread it down, tighten it up.
It's pretty sturdy, stays out of the way.
Put a staple or two down here against the wire just to make sure it stays down out of the way.
Could have done a fancier, but I didn't feel like it.
This is a very effective method.
Takes only a little bit of time to build it, and it sounds really, really good.
_ So this is practically an electric only instrument, _ and we'll see what we can do with it. _ _
_ _ _ _ I don't even know where I can put it that you can see. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let me see.
You know what?
Maybe we'll do an interesting one this time. _
_ _ _ I'll put you right here _ [Abm] so you can watch me play it.
That'll be fun. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ Still getting used to it, wrong finger. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Love [Ab] and hate, give [Fm] it a roll Cut [Gb] me right back [Ab] down [Bb] to size
Sleep the [Ab] day, _ let it [F] fade _ [Gb] Who's there to take [Abm] your [Bb] place?
No [Ab] one knows, never [F] will [Gbm] Mostly me, _ [Ab] mostly [Bb] you
Do [Ab] you say, what do you [F] do [Gb] When it all comes down?
[Db] _ _ I don't [Ab] wanna come back down [Gb] to this cloud It's _ _ taken me [Bb] all this time [Ab] to find out what [Gb] I need
again _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ I [Ab] don't wanna come back down [Gb] to this cloud _ _
It's [Bb] taken me all this time
[Ab] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's taken me all this time to find out what I need again _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
that like homemade music.
Here's my newest build.
_ _ _ We have _ _ another _ plank.
Except this one's more like a diddly bow in the way that it's set, more like a lap steel
in the way that it's played.
It's not played with a stick and a slide, it's played with a pick and a slide.
It's actually set up and arranged much in the way that I build my traditional guitars.
_ Eye bolt tuners, _ bolts for alignment of the strings, and then a bolt for the nut in the bridge.
_ _ Tuned the same way as well, in open A, _ AEA fashion. _
_ _ _ _ Here we come to the business end.
_ This is actually hollowed out underneath a little bit, so the piezo's glued up to the
bottom side of this plank of wood, _ and it gets a nice hot pickup from the bridge sitting here.
_ Strings pass directly through to the bottom, _ a little space drilled out where they are
_ passed through some _ nuts to keep them from countersinking in the wood.
_ The jack is wired up very simply with only two conductors, _ _ and _ it's set up with the same
kind of bolt I use for my tuners.
Just a wing nut on the bottom and an eye bolt on top, and it fits the jack perfectly. _
You just _ put it in there, thread it down, tighten it up.
It's pretty sturdy, stays out of the way.
Put a staple or two down here against the wire just to make sure it stays down out of the way.
Could have done a fancier, but I didn't feel like it.
This is a very effective method.
Takes only a little bit of time to build it, and it sounds really, really good.
_ So this is practically an electric only instrument, _ and we'll see what we can do with it. _ _
_ _ _ _ I don't even know where I can put it that you can see. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let me see.
You know what?
Maybe we'll do an interesting one this time. _
_ _ _ I'll put you right here _ [Abm] so you can watch me play it.
That'll be fun. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ Still getting used to it, wrong finger. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Love [Ab] and hate, give [Fm] it a roll Cut [Gb] me right back [Ab] down [Bb] to size
Sleep the [Ab] day, _ let it [F] fade _ [Gb] Who's there to take [Abm] your [Bb] place?
No [Ab] one knows, never [F] will [Gbm] Mostly me, _ [Ab] mostly [Bb] you
Do [Ab] you say, what do you [F] do [Gb] When it all comes down?
[Db] _ _ I don't [Ab] wanna come back down [Gb] to this cloud It's _ _ taken me [Bb] all this time [Ab] to find out what [Gb] I need
again _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ I [Ab] don't wanna come back down [Gb] to this cloud _ _
It's [Bb] taken me all this time
[Ab] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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It's taken me all this time to find out what I need again _ _ _
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