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The Best of GeorgeBoards Lap Steel Guitar Lessons are now on Blu-ray
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D String DVD
D String On Top -- NEW 2012 Instructional DVD Lap Steel Guitar Lesson
Learn A Song We Have Several Songs For Sale $9.99 per DVD
"Some Where Over The Rain Bow" "It Had To Be You" + "Crazy" -- "The Girl From Ipanema" -- "MoonGlow" -- "SomeThing"
"Song Of The Islands" -- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" -- "Steel Guitar Rag" in Open E Tuning -- "Blue Hawaii" -- "Bye Bye Black Bird" Generic Labels
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginner's Instructions and Lap Steel Guitar Lessons
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
Lap Steel -101 - Basics and Blues -- Power Rock + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
D String DVD
D String On Top -- NEW 2012 Instructional DVD and Lap Steel Guitar Lessons
Learn A Song We Now Have Several Songs For Sale $9.99 per DVD
"Some Where Over The Rain Bow" "It Had To Be You" + "Crazy" -- "The Girl From Ipanema" -- "MoonGlow" -- "SomeThing"
"Song Of The Islands" -- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" -- "Steel Guitar Rag" in Open E Tuning -- "Blue Hawaii" -- "Bye Bye Black Bird"Generic Labels
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New Up Dated DVDs and
Lap Steel Guitar Lessons For Sale @ TrueFire.com
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The Best Place to Start Learning
Lap Steel Guitar
2 Full DVD's - 1 Audio Cd
Our Best Instruction and
Lap Steel Guitar Lessons To Date
The Camera View puts you right in
the drivers seat - 6 String Guitar Played!
C6th CEGACE low to high strings
No Previous Musical Knowledge Required
EZ and Fun every one can be playing right away
Recommended by: Norbert - Mike
Lap Steel Guitar 101 -- 2 DVD's + 1 Audio CD generic label On Blu-ray
Web Site Offer includes Shipping to USA-Canada-Europe-Australia
George Teaches you Tuning-Picking-Muting-Slides-Harmonics-Scales-Positions-More!
Plus Steel Guitar Rag-GeorgeBoards C6th Version of this Classic Must Play Tune!
Our most often asked question is ----
"How do you get that sound"?
Book-1 - "How to Get That Sound"
1 Dvd - 1 Audio Cd + NEW 2012 Picking Techniques DVD
Learn to Get "That Sound"
C6th CEGACElow to high strings
EZ and Fun every one can be playing right away No Previous Musical Knowledge Required! This Lap Steel Lesson is also the best place to start learning the lap steel guitar.
Book-1 Set and the Lap Steel 101 will get you playing Right Away!
Played on a 6 string steel guitar - Tabs directly over the instructors hands in the movies - no need for paperwork every thing is on camera!
Recommended by: Norbert - Mike
All New Book - 1 -2008- Lap Steel Guitar 3 Disc Set generic label On Blu-ray
Web Site Offer includes Shipping to USA-Europe-Australia
You learn All the Major an Minor Chords one step at a time - We add an EZ great sounding move for every position!
It all teaches you "How to Get That Sound" Your Hands will know what to do.
It is amazing how ez other DVDs and videos are to learn after you complete these step by step exercises that get you sliding all over your guitar right away! All New for 2008 we have re recorded all of the Video Movies with players view camera and have added Electronic Graphic Overlaid TABS for all of the critical notes.
Basics and Blues 2008 for the C6th Lap Steel Guitar Lesson generic label
New -- UpDated -- Widescreen 16:9
Players View Camera Angle
Recommended by: Norbert - Mike
Basics and Blues 2008 -- DVD + 1 Audio CD generic label On Blu-ray
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C6th Tuning is the Same for Both 6 String Guitars and for 8 String Lap Steel Guitars
All of George Boards Instructions are both 6 String and 8 String Lap Steel Guitars
Special - 12 Disc Combination $63.98 includes Shipping in usa - New -UpDated Titles - 7 DVD's 5 CD's ---- sold with generic labels in bubble packs
Learn A Song We Now Have Several Songs For Sale $9.99 per DVD
"Some Where Over The Rain Bow" "It Had To Be You" + "Crazy" -- "The Girl From Ipanema" -- "MoonGlow" -- "SomeThing"
"Song Of The Islands" -- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" -- "Steel Guitar Rag" in Open E Tuning -- "Blue Hawaii" -- "Bye Bye Black Bird"Generic Labels
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars
Learn A Song We Now Have Several Songs For Sale $9.99 per DVD -- On Blu-ray
"Some Where Over The Rain Bow" "It Had To Be You" + "Crazy" -- "The Girl From Ipanema" -- "MoonGlow" -- "SomeThing"
"Song Of The Islands" -- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" -- "Steel Guitar Rag" in Open E Tuning -- "Blue Hawaii" -- "Bye Bye Black Bird" Generic Labels
GeorgeBoards
Instructional DVD's
6 String and 8 String Lap Steel Guitars
Lap Steel Guitar C6th Tuning
C-E-G-A-C-E low to high strings
Let GeorgeBoards Help You Make The Transition To Lap Steel Guitar.
We Teach You The Tunings That The Pro's Use And How To Sound Great Right Away.
GeorgeBoards Instructional DVDs and Lap Steel Guitar Lessons are easy to follow and understand.
Lap Steel Guitar Lesson - For Beginners
Getting Started - Playing Lap Steel Guitar is
EZ and Fun to learn - the C6th Tuning.
No Previous Musical Knowledge Required
We learn each Chord 1 at a time and ez to play lick on every chord.
You will learn how to tune up to C6th and
We teach you how to pick the strings.
This is the Place to Start Playing Lap Steel Guitar!!
Graphic Overlaid Tabs for every lick on your 6 String Guitars
New -- Book 1 - 2008 DVD Set 
How to get "That Sound"
Start with this DVD 1st
Graphic Overlaid Tabs for every lick on your 6 String Guitars
This Instruction will get you playing and sounding good right away. After you have gone through this DVD set, you will be amazed at how much more you will understand other Tapes, Books and DVDs that teach Lap Steel Guitar.
Now Your Hands Will Know What To Do !!
On Blu-ray
C6th Tuning is the Same for Both 6 String Guitars and for 8 String Lap Steel Guitars
All of George Boards Instructions are both 6 String and 8 String Lap Steel Guitars
Lap Steel Guitar Lesson Instructional DVD and Lap Steel Guitar Lesson Basics and Blues
The Blues -Basics shows you how to play quick and ez 1-4-5 positions, and Angle Bar Slants.
New Up Dated 2008 Version Now Available --- On Blu-ray
Lap Steel Guitar Lesson Instructional DVD Minors Basics
The Minors Basics Shows you how to find Minors quickly
and a few scales used in Jazz and advanced playing.
Power Rock Blues Method Learn To Play Leads
The Method is to learn to play Leads both Clean and with Full on Distortion EFX
You will be able to transfer your licks to lap steel guitar Fast and EZ. On Blu-ray
New 2008 Up Dated
Lap Steel Guitar Lesson Instructional DVD Hank Sr.
Hank SR. - GeorgeBoards Versions of 4 Classic Tunes.
On Blu-ray
New 2008 Up Dated
Lap Steel Guitar Lesson Instructional DVD Sleepwalk
GeorgeBoards Version of the Sounds Used in the Classic Tune Sleepwalk.
On Blu-ray
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs$34.95 + 3.99shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
Basics and Blues 2008 for the C6th Lap Steel Guitar Lessons
New -- UpDated -- Widescreen -- Players View Camera Angle
Basics and Blues 2008 is our most Popular DVD.
No Previous Musical Experience is needed to understand these instructions.
Basic playing techniques movies to get you started playing Right Away!!
This DVD/CD set is geared toward musicians (in particular guitar players) who would like to add some Lap Steel Guitar music to their repertoire.
The CD contains 10 tracks played by professional musicians useful as accompaniment
when practicing the licks learned in the lessons.
The DVD contains several movies including:
* C6th tune up movie
* Details on bar control that the pro's use to get that Great Sound
* 1-4-5 Chords
* 1-4-5 Angles (Slants) to get some 7th sounds
* 3 Note Angle Melting Notes
* Guitar Licks Pocket for some single note blues and power rock action
* Country Lick that works for blues and rock-n-roll too
Let our Basics and Blues instructions help you make the transition to Lap Steel Guitar playing. They will help you quickly transfer your existing musical knowledge. The C6th tuning used in these lessons is most commonly associated with Hawaiian, Hank Williams Sr., and Western Swing music. It lends itself well to modern Blues and Power Rock because of its melodic ties to Blues and Jazz Music Theory. These instructions are taught for a 6 string instrument C-E-G-A-C-E low to high strings. All of GeorgeBoardso?= lessons can be learned with 6-string or 8-string lap steels. C6th tuning is the same for both.
This DVD is designed to play on your home television set on widescreen 16:9 with good audio and behave like rental movies.
Use your remote control to select the movies of your choice.
The pause, back up, and replay features of DVDs simplify the learning experience.
NTSC standard playable in all regions On Blu-ray
Now Available on - CreateSpace - Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
To purchase a generic version of this title go to our authorized Reseller: pjsdvds123 - Ebay Auctions
Now Available on - CreateSpace - Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
C 6th Tuning on all Licks Low to high Strings C-E-G-A-C-E
Includes 10 Excellent Backing Tracks to Jam along with.
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
GeorgeBoards DVD version of our second most popular Instruction,
Minors and Jazz Basics.
Basic playing techniques movies to get you started playing Right Away!!
The DVD contains several movies including:
Minor Chord Basics,
II-V-I Chords,
Diminished Basics,
3 Note Angle (Slant)
Diminished - Diddy,
A look into Pentatonic Scales,
Major 7th sounds.
Scale-Down Lick,
Tune Up to C6th movie that covers both 6 String and 8 String Lap Steel Guitars.
$ 24.95usd $19.95 and Includes Shipping Within USA (Generic Labels)
Minors - Basics DVD
C 6th Tuning on all Licks Low to high Strings C-E-G-A-C-E
Now Available on - CreateSpace - Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
PAL Version
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
GeorgeBoards DVD Version of our - Method - Power Rock and Blues Leads
We have received numerous Requests for a "Ground Up" method and this is it, action packed with a Dozen Movies Plus.
We start with open strings and how to find Major and Minor Chords. You learn positions for Major Chords C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and Minor Chords Am, Bm, Cm, Dm, Em, Fm, Gm.
Then you learn several positions for single note Blues and Power Rock Leads used by the Pro's, all at a low clean volume.
Next we show you how to get a super lead sound with Distortion Effects using the positions you learned at a low clean volume.
GeorgeBoards shows you how to make up your own licks from all of these positions.
Movies detailing both Bar Control and Right Hand Picking Dexterity that the Pro's use to get the Great Sound.
Included is a C6th Tune Up movie that covers both 6 String and 8 String Lap Steel Guitars.
Power Rock , Over Drive playing is easier than ever Lap Steel is the New Lead Instrument.
Now Available on - CreateSpace and Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
To purchase a generic version of this title go to our authorized Reseller: pjsdvds123 - Ebay Auctions
Lap Steel Guitar Lessons On Blu-ray
Method DVD Blues & Power Rock is Easier Than Ever
C6th Tuning on all Licks Low to high Strings C-E-G-A-C-E
Now Available on - CreateSpace and Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
Includes 4 Tracks to Jam Along With
PAL Version
GeorgeBoards Method DVD -- NTSC and PAL on request
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
GeorgeBoards DVD of our Version of Sleep Walk NEW UpDated 2008
We have received numerous Requests for this Tune, and this is it, with 6 Movies Plus.
We show you several ways to play the Intro Lick,
A few versions of the Melody Line,
A really good lick to transition into the Bridge,
You Learn the Bridge with single and double notes, and more licks to get back to the Head of the Song.
I show you how to make up your own licks from all of these positions.
There are Movies detailing both Bar Control and Right Hand Picking Dexterity that the Pro's use to get the Great Sound.
Included is a C6th Tune Up movie that covers both 6 String and 8 String Lap Steel Guitars.
C 6th Tuning on all Licks Low to high Strings C-E-G-A-C-E
Now Available on - CreateSpace and Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
GeorgeBoards Sleep Walk DVD -- NTSC and PAL on request On Blu-ray
To purchase a generic version of this title go to our authorized Reseller: pjsdvds123 - Ebay Auctions
Sleep Walk Lap Steel Guitar Lesson DVD
Now Available on - CreateSpace and Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
Sleep Walk Audio Track
PAL Version
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
GeorgeBoards DVD version of our most Country Western Instruction,
Hank Sr. The DVD is Loaded with Licks that resemble the Sounds on the Old Recordings
New - Hank 2008 --- Up Dated !!
Jambalaya - Hey Good Lookin - Honky Tonkin
Bonus Footage: Cold Cold Heart
GeorgeBoards Helps you to get the Great Sound.
Lots of easy to play good licks that will help you to play all types of country and western music.
C 6th Tuning on all Licks Low to high Strings C-E-G-A-C-E
Now Available on - CreateSpace and Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
To purchase a generic version of this title go to our authorized Reseller: pjsdvds123 - Ebay Auctions
NTSC only , plays on most international players -- hundreds sold worldwide On Blu-ray
Hank Williams Sr. Lap Steel Guitar Lesson DVD
Now Available on - CreateSpace and Amazon.com - TrueFire.com
Hank Songs Audio Tracks
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
Older Web Pages - Photos - Stories - Endorsements
Photos of Sold Lap Steel Guitars
2005 - Steel Guitars - Sold
Photos of Sold Lap Steel Guitars
2004 - Steel Guitars - Sold
Photos of Sold Lap Steel Guitars
2003 - Steel Guitars - Sold
GeorgeBoards Owners Guitar and Stories
GeorgeBoards Owners
GeorgeBoards Older Web Pages
Stories and Sound Bites
Sold July 2004 !! Visually Stunning !!
Double 8 Super Sonic Console D8 Console - 2006 Model Blonde Goddess - Sold October 2006 - !!
New 2005 Solid KOA Hawaiian Steel Guitars All are Sold ! 2005
Ultra 8 Super Sonic Lap Steel Guitars and Lap Steel Guitar Consoles
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GeorgeBoards Original CDRoms
CDRom Instructions & Tracks
GeorgeBoards Everything Else
Stories and Sound Bites
Practice your Blues and Power Rock Licks to the Professional Tracks. 10 Separate Grooves all are Familiar progressions used in many classic blues and rock tunes.
GeorgeBoards presents a 10 Song Audio CD to be used for a practice track to play along with. Perfect for working out some new licks. The band is tight and they never complain when you make a mistake.
$ 19.95
New Blues Practice Tracks Audio CD
GeorgeBoards Instructions are intended to help you find your own style of playing. Let us help you make the Transition to Lap Steel. Power Rock , Over Drive playing is easier than ever. We Teach You the tunings that the Pro's use and how to get the great sound.
You get 2 CD Roms with 4 Separate movies on each one demonstrating the Melody notes and the Chords to the Head of the Song , the Second Ending, and the Interlude. Tunisia is easy to play, with 3 main parts to the tune, the challenge is that you have to completely know all the notes to play this song well. There is a lot of Bar movement on the single note parts to get to all of the notes, Exactly what you have been Wanting to know how to do.
A Night in Tunisia CDRom
On the 3 CD Roms are 12 movies showing you A few ways to Play the Melody, How to Play a Chord Melody, Single Note Bridge Melody, Bridge Chord Melody, Passing Chord Angle bars, Chime Solos, A Pedal Steel Lick, Plus... TUNE UP TO C6TH/D. The Backing Track is on a 4th Audio CD and plays in a normal CD player.
Cherokee CDRom
GeorgeBoards Guitars
Lap Steel Guitars that have been sold!
Photos of Beautiful Guitars
All of these instruments have been sold as of 1/01/2004
GeorgeBoards Original CDRoms
CDRom Instructions & Tracks
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
For Both -- 6 String & 8 String Lap Steel Guitars On Blu-ray
Lap Steel -101- Basics and Blues -- Power Rock -- + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
email: For more information
GeorgeBoards made it's first Lap Steel Guitar in 1994. This Lap Steel Guitar was a basic copy of a Magnatone WaterFall Lap Steel Guitar Design. Soon after GeorgeBoards began to design their own Lap Steel Guitar body. Having played Pedal Steel for a few decades prior to the GeorgeBoard adventure we are friends with many pedal steel makers and as a general rule all pedal steel people are very friendly to one another. Ron Lashley at the time, was the main force behind the Emmons LeGrande Pedal Steel Guitar, among the finest pedal steel guitars ever designed. His generosity welcomed the giving of his 22.5" scale directly from his computer program he had developed to GeorgeBoards Lap Steel Guitars. We began experimenting on a Fret Board. The Magnatone Lap Steel Guitar had used a Plexiglas fret board design and we were already going after that 1950's look and sound so we tried the plexi idea. The Very first GeorgeBoard Lap Steel Guitar has a Plexiglas fret board with black pin stripe lines from an auto parts store used for the fret lines , literally stuck on the bottom of the plexi on a visual from the Magnatone Lap Steel Guitar as the pattern to go from, amazingly it works!!
GeorgeBoards made a few tracings from a National and a Rickenbacker lap steel guitars and created the "Proto Type" Design. We had a Pattern Jig Created for our home router and I cut all of the lap steel guitar body's in the back yard , At that point we had a machinist Create a 8 String Nut and Bridge System made entirely of Brass. GeorgeBoards Lap Steel Guitars became aware of machining language and the concept of dividing an inch by 1000. Before that time I had used a tape measure from the garage. In a parallel universe we were also creating the GeorgeBoards Super Sonic 8 String Custom Lap Steel Guitar Pick Up.Patent Pending. GeorgeBoards joined forces with Lindy Fralin Pickups of Richmond Virginia to Re Create the Ultimate 50's Sounding 8 String Lap Steel Guitar Pickup. Lindy Fralin Pickups send us the Alnico Magnets uncharged we make the plexi top and bottom plates and glue the magnets into the plexi which we refer to as a "Bobbin. I was getting the plexi cut at the plastics place all rectangle and the hole drilled on mills. We used calipers to get the distances.
The Bobbins are then returned to Lindy Fralin Pickups and they perform their Magic while winding the Secret Formula of wire gauge thickness, winding length core density and gauss. By creating the perfect magnet placement for the associated Brass Roller Nut and Bridge System GeorgeBoards has achieved a unique sonic quality that exceeds the clarity and tone of the commonly used commercial mass produced pedal steel guitar pickups. Next the pickups are dipped in hot wax to defeat the microphonics. The finished pickups are then shipped to GeorgeBoards for installation on the Super Sonic 8 String GeorgeBoard Lap Steel Guitar.
GeorgeBoards made about 10 of those "Proto Type" lap steel guitar models that can be distinguished by the All Brass Roller Bridge and Roller Nut System utilizing a 3/8" roller. Additionally we sold 6 other lap steel guitar Proto's with another roller system made of 3/4" brass turned down to .700 flattened to .625 and turned on the super lathe to the same exacting depth and spacing as we use on our super sonic lap steel guitar instruments. These few rare lap steel guitars sound really good and play really nice too, They all now live in nice loving homes.
At GeorgeBoards Lap Steel Guitars we are fortunate to have relatives who are wood cutters in Hawaii. On several trips to Maui we have obtained nice quality Koa with Figures and Flames for use on our lap steel guitars. Over the years GeorgeBoards has created 10 Koa Lap Steel Guitars with an Exclusive One Piece Top Plate of the "Kind" Koa with Flames. As I type this paragraph 5-3-2004 I have just sold the last single Koa Lap Steel Guitar. There are now the Pair of Opposite Identical Twin Lap Steel Guitars with the most heavily figured Koa One Piece Tops. These Extreme Works of Art are Edge Bound with 4 layer Maple inlay bindings. We now await the future owner of this Magnificent Set of Lap Steel Guitars.
05-03-2004 GeorgeBoards has just released our most recent Console Steel Guitar ,
09-03-2008 Wow it's been a long time since George Mr.Boards has updated this Long Winded Story!!
A lot of lap steel guitar water has gone under the bridge - so to speak. From April 2004 to March 2006 GeorgeBoards ramped up production to 80 lap steel guitar console necks in the 2004 series to made into both Double Neck and Single neck instruments. In the 2005 series GeorgeBoards Lap Steel Guitar Console was upgraded to having the control potentiometers on the leading side to provide a shorter distance from the picking hands fingers to the controls for quick action.
At the introduction of the 2005 series lap steel guitar consoles GeorgeBoards upgraded the brass roller bridge and nuts; we had been using 3/8" round bar stock and discovered that at microscopic levels of measurement the bars were not round. The GeorgeBoards lap steel guitar is precision made and we can split an inch into 1000 divisions making every tiny detail an important reality. The grooves for the smallest gauge strings are .005 deep so that the top of the string is upbove the top of the roller pin, this makes the lap steel guitar able to allow the player push or pull off of the open position with no "Clank" from hitting the Nut.
The answer was to take 1/2" bar stock and lathe it down to 3/8" to tighten the roundness to witnin our .002 tolerances. After turning the bar to precision round it is then grooved and finished out. Once the brass pins are done at the CNC Lathe Shop then the intense finish is done by hand at our shop. The pins are sanded with 600 grit and then micro buffed with micron abrasves starting at 600 and graduating down to 3000 grits, the final buff out is done with compounding polishes at 2 more levels to mirror shine. This entire 6 step process takes 30 minutes per brass pin. A GeorgeBoards lap steel guitar values this extra fine detail in their precision quality control.
This upgrade of the Brass Pin increased our raw material cost from 4 dollars per pin to 15 dollars per pin that equalls a 52 dollar cost. GeorgeBoards lap steel guitars absorbed this cost and did not pass the expense to the final list price that has remained the same from 1994 --- 2008.
2006 -- another 80 lap steel guitar consoles were milled with all of the best upgrades.
On the Lap Steel Guitar side of GeorgeBoards -- we like to call them Hula Bodies -- The Brass Pins and top parts we call String Receivers and Nut Trays fit both the Hula Body style and the Console style.
2004 we produced 80 Hula Body lap steel guitars, 2005 we produced 80 Hula Body lap steel guitars, 2006 GeorgeBoards produced 80 Hula Body lap steels.
June 2006 George Mr.Boards Retired and relocated from Sandy Eggo California to an Original Land Run Homestead in the Hills of NE Oklahoma. All of the Remaining GeorgeBoards lap steel guitar consoles and lap steel guitar Hula Bodies relocated too in various states of completion.
September 2008 Mr.Boards is finishing out the last of the GeorgeBoards lap steel guitar consoles and Hula Boys lap steel guitars. As of this posting 9-3-2008 we have 1 Hula Body at DISCOUNTED PRICING and several Private Reserve Stock lap steel guitars made at Museum Quality for sale. We have 6 lap steel guitar consoles at DISCOUNTED PRICING and several Private Reserve Stock lap steel guitar consoles made at Museum Quality for sale.
Once the remaining series 2008 lap steel guitar consoles and hula bodies are sold we will re-evaluate our standing in the current market place and determine the future plans to continue making precision Retro 50's Lap Steel Guitar Consoles and Hula Body's.
GeorgeBoards foward focus is on our Instructional DVDs and Lap Steel Guitar Lessons for begining lap steel guitar players. We currently have 8 titles for sale both on this web site and through our network of professional sales sites including -- Createspace.com -- Amazon.com -- pjsdvds.com
12-29-2017 -- My How time fly's.
The latest news update is; 2012 GeorgeBoards went back into production of Console and Lap Steel Guitars here in Oklahoma. We located a company with CNC Router and made a lot more GeorgeBoard Instruments.
In this effoert we made and sold another 200 instruments made from Poplar - Walnut - Birch - Alder - Sepelle - and a few other exotic hardwoods.
In 2014-2015 we built our last run of Lap Steels I made 15 pieces of 6 string lap steel guitars with P90 pickups designed for over hand bottle neck Open E or D tunings. We made a few super ones in laminated superior Walnut with loads of extra goodies like multiple Edge Bands - super finishes and much more coolness.
On the 8 String Lap Steel Guitars we produced what I call the Great Hurrah.
The basic story is; I had been saving up a lot of exotic KOA and Walnut wood for the Some Day , well that some day was 2014 - 2015.
I made about 36 of my best of the best with the exotic Woods - My latest Nut and Bridges we had CNC Milled by a retired Lockeed Martin Machinist, teamed them with a new modern run of my original Single coil super pickups.
As of 12-29-2017 you can see photos of many of the Great Hurrah Steel Guitars at the top of this page.
I made new plexi acrylic top and bottom plates with 3/8 mgnet spacings and got together with Tom Brantley Rewinds to make comtemporary versions of the original Lindy Fralin Designed GeorgeBoards Custom Overwound Single Coil Pickups.
Tom Brantley was one of the Fralin Employees that did the winding for my originals. He went on to form his rewind service and my pickups are good as ever.
George Mr.Boards has retired from Wood Work one more time for the last time, -- Ha. He is starting to age out and now is entering his 65th year on earth, still has some health and stamina remaing. He went through some serious health conditions and came out the other side in pretty good shape -- all is well.
The Oklahoma Land Run Homestead has run it's course and provided 12 wonderful years of seclusion and success. We are now selling out and Relocating to New Mexico to Retire once again. I still have about 35 lap steel guitars that are my personal Great Hurrah Colletion. The plan is to sell them all to ease into the retirement.
On the Educational Side of GeorgeBoards
Mrs.Boards we call the Brain has repackaged our numerous Instructional DVD Lessons into Blu-Ray - On Line Streaming Versions - ITunes App Versions and some Android Versions. You can find links to all of these over on
SteelGuitarCamp to view our Apps DVDs Blu-Rays On-Line Streams and YouTube Videos and Educational C6th lap steel guitar lessons.
Our new Educational web presence is SteelGuitarCamp Please visit SteelGuitarCamp to view our Apps DVDs Blu-Rays On-Line Streams and YouTube Videos and Educational C6th lap steel guitar lessons.
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 The Best of GeorgeBoards Lap Steel Guitar Lessons are now on Blu-ray
Special deal: Get several DVD courses combined on 1 Blu-ray disc
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Get even more courses on our 3 Blu-ray combo containing over 15 hours of lessons and practice tracks.
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D String DVD
D String On Top -- NEW 2012 Instructional DVD Lap Steel Guitar Lesson
Learn A Song We Have Several Songs For Sale $9.99 per DVD
"Some Where Over The Rain Bow" "It Had To Be You" + "Crazy" -- "The Girl From Ipanema" -- "MoonGlow" -- "SomeThing"
"Song Of The Islands" -- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" -- "Steel Guitar Rag" in Open E Tuning -- "Blue Hawaii" -- "Bye Bye Black Bird" Generic Labels
Combination Special !! You Get Both DVD Courses 3 DVD's - 2 Audio CD's - 1 CDRom
GeorgeBoards has Combined Our two most popular Beginners Instructions and Lap Steel Guitar Lessons
Special Discount Price all 6 Discs $34.95 + 3.99 shipping to USA-Europe-Canada-Australia
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Lap Steel -101 - Basics and Blues -- Power Rock + Audio CD with 10 Tracks - Generic Labels
D String DVD
D String On Top -- NEW 2012 Instructional DVD and Lap Steel Guitar Lessons
Learn A Song We Now Have Several Songs For Sale $9.99 per DVD
"Some Where Over The Rain Bow" "It Had To Be You" + "Crazy" -- "The Girl From Ipanema" -- "MoonGlow" -- "SomeThing"
"Song Of The Islands" -- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" -- "Steel Guitar Rag" in Open E Tuning -- "Blue Hawaii" -- "Bye Bye Black Bird"Generic Labels
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On Blu-ray
S8 Lap Steel Figured Walnut 12 Star #2
DG-03BC, classic size single resonator guitar
DG-03BBG, classic size ,matt antique finish
