Comments on: Ask the Expert: Modifying a Standard Flattop for Lap-Style Playing https://acousticguitar.com/ask-the-expert-modifying-a-standard-flattop-for-lap-style-playing/ lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Peter https://acousticguitar.com/ask-the-expert-modifying-a-standard-flattop-for-lap-style-playing/#comment-3336 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:06:39 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145180#comment-3336 Don’t forget 16 gauge strings too and an open tuning to your voice . I used a key finder app, sang into it, it told me my voice key , which is B. Tuned it into open B . Perfect.

]]> By: Peter https://acousticguitar.com/ask-the-expert-modifying-a-standard-flattop-for-lap-style-playing/#comment-3335 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:01:42 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145180#comment-3335 In reply to Geoff Wood.

Yes and I also needed a resonator and just bought an extra nut , and lossened the strings , put the new nut behind the original nut and on top of the fretboard right behind it . Marked the sides with removable stickers as they lined up to the guitar tuner A thru g etc . Easy, the shop didn’t have a steel nut extender. so there you go too .

]]> By: Geoff Wood https://acousticguitar.com/ask-the-expert-modifying-a-standard-flattop-for-lap-style-playing/#comment-3214 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:49:51 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145180#comment-3214 Use a 12 string and remove the paired strings. It should be able to handle the additional tension resulting from an increased nut height. Then purchase a steel nut height extender for under $10 – voila!

]]> By: Bill Payne https://acousticguitar.com/ask-the-expert-modifying-a-standard-flattop-for-lap-style-playing/#comment-3209 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:37:02 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=145180#comment-3209 If it’s a guitar that you care about, just say NO. Go buy a square neck.

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