My 6-8 console steel

[Tom Wolverton]

I wanted the best of my non-pedal steels. A Stringmaster 8-string and a Supro 6-string. So I combined them into a single guitar. I ordered blank bodies from Jimmie Hudson and joined them up. 24.5” scale lengths. Stringmaster pickups by Cavalier. Supro pickup by Lollar. It works great.

[Bill Sinclair]

Fantastic and really nicely done! More pics if you get a chance. Are the necks reasonably balanced or is that not really an issue for you?

[Mark Perrodin]

you did a great job in conceiving this and then making it happen. very creative solution to wanting two completely unique and distinct guitars in one. i like it.

[Greg Forsyth]

What a well conceived idea and build. I notice one of Ryan Rukavina's bridges on the 6 string neck. Would love to see photos of your build from start to finish is you have them.

[Jerry Overstreet]

Brilliant conception and beautiful build. Very versatile setup there. Great job.

[Tom Wolverton]

I lucked out. It is well balanced from neck to neck. And yes, Ryan made a custom bridge for me that put the strings in the right spot for that Lollar string-thru pickup. There was much planning and measurements.

Here’s a few more photos:

[Stephen Cowell]

With the two dots past the 24th it would normally be a 22.5" scale... is there something funny going on? Beautiful axe btw.

[Tom Wolverton]

These are non-Fender fretboards. They SHOULD have the third dot, but don’t. They measure 12.25” from the zero fret to the 12th fret. In my thinking that’s a 24.5” scale. Right?

[Eric Dahlhoff]

Very cool
How did you join the necks? Just glue? Or dowels, biscuits, or? Excellent job

[Tom Wolverton]

Very cool
How did you join the necks? Just glue? Or dowels, biscuits, or? Excellent job

I just butt-bonded the edges with yellow wood glue. It seemed to hold ok. It will probably out last me. If it comes apart, I’ll add a spline or biscuits. But for now, it should hold.

[Bill Groner]

Can't get a bigger, better joint than that!

[Joe Cook]

That's really cool,Tom! Nice job. I made one of Jimmy Hudson's StringMaster clones (one neck) and it's great.

[Jimmie Hudson]

Looks great!!!!!!

[Tony Oresteen]

Well done! Best of both worlds.

[Dean Gray]

Hey Tom! The MasterBlaster looks great! Do you run both necks through the same amp?

[Tom Wolverton]

Dean, I have one output jack. But with an A/B switch at the guitar, I can run the signal thru 2 different paths in my pedalboard. One is a clean path, the other is more distorted (Earth Drive & compressor). I use the dirty path for the Supro neck. Then all of this comes out thru a single, mono jack. I run the cable into my amp. I have several amps I use depending on the room.

[Dean Gray]

Dean, I have one output jack. But with an A/B switch at the guitar, I can run the signal thru 2 different paths in my pedalboard. One is a clean path, the other is more distorted (Earth Drive & compressor). I use the dirty path for the Supro neck. Then all of this comes out thru a single, mono jack. I run the cable into my amp. I have several amps I use depending on the room.

That sounds like a great solution. Are you using a ToneMaster Twin? I’m thinking about getting one for the Williams.

[Will Houston]

Good thinking, nicely done, looks great.

[Tom Wolverton]

I use several amps, but mostly the Twin Reverb Tone Master for gigs. It has high utility value.

For the finish, I sent it to MJT guitars for a Fender style nitro finish. It took months to get it back and it cost a bundle. I probably wouldn’t do that again. If I ever did another one, I’d probably do it my self with ReRanch products.