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Sonny Jenkins
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LOL,,, well as many of you know ,,afterbeing active on the forum , almost since the beginning,,,I kinda dropped out for a while.

Also I had stopped building my very popular little lap steels (do a forum search). Now I have a new design that I hope to be able build a few,,,,even a keyed version,, LOL. Many remember me as being "keyless to the core",,,,LOL.

Can't see how to add pic in this format,,, I'll try post pics later, or if anyone is interested contact me and I'll send pics
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Glad you are back Sonny, missed your posts!
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Glad to see you back, Sonny.

You'll find detailed instructions for posting photos in this thread:

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which also includes info on the drag and drop feature that is now available.

Good luck. Looking forward to seeing what you are up to.

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Jerry Overstreet
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Good to see you here Sonny. If you want to email me a photo or two, I'm happy to post them here for you. Interested to see your new models.
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Sonny Jenkins
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Well I was able to post pics on FB Lap Steel Group,,,,I'll have to get some help tomorrow to post pics here.
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Jerry Overstreet
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Done.
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Some pics of our friend Sonny's new build!
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Bill Leff
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Wow what a beautiful looking lap steel. Super gorgeous. I don’t understand how the keyless thing works though.
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Jerry Overstreet
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Yessir! Very, very nice professionally crafted lap steel model.

If you look closely at the tuner head, you will see black screws throught the individual tuner pullers that adjust them back and forth in a straight pull for tuning to pitch.

Of course I defer to Sonny, but it appears they operate in the same way as Williams keyless tuners.
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My goodness! That guitar could not look any nicer. Very very well done sir, and nice to see you here again.
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Welocme back, Sonny. The steels look amazing!
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Very cool Sonny!
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Pretty as a picture. Lovely work.
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Nice looking guitar Sonny... proud to own one of your creations. Hope to see you in Ft. Worth in March!
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Wow! Beautiful guitar, Sonny!
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Geez a my god. It's a beauty!
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What an elegant design. Kudos, Sonny. It's stunning :D
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