Got a nice Lapsteel that is giving up it's life for my bass!!!!!!
Good thinking, I have been tempted more than once to buy a rick lap. I wonder how much difference it is between the first
lap steel pickups and those on the early 4000´s. Not much info available on the different tungsten alloys from the early years, although the charlie christian unit is covered in detail. I have been in touch with factories that can cast me magnets, but it costs some.. Someday I´ll make a horseshoe for my rick, guess I have to make at least 10 units (and sell 8 of them) to cover the cost of materials.. though it would probably be cheaper to buy a 30´s rick lap.
A bad day of playing horseshoe equipped 4001 bass is still better than a good day of playing lap steel!