The SpinDrift Series Lap Steel 2025 by Hand-Made by Luthier Baker Guitars

The Baker Guitars SpinDrift Series Lap Steel is a handcrafted UK-built lap steel guitar designed for expressive blues, rock, and atmospheric slide playing. Built from a single piece of selected straight-grain Sapele mahogany with a neck-through construction, it delivers impressive sustain, resonance, and tonal warmth. Its dual Warman Tennessee Revival humbuckers provide a versatile tonal range, from smooth bluesy neck tones to powerful bridge pickup drive suited for high-gain effects and modern slide textures. The satin Australian Orange oil finish gives the instrument a silky natural feel while enhancing the wood’s organic resonance and playing comfort. Premium appointments such as Wilkinson EZ-LOK locking tuners, a fully intonated wraparound bridge, brass nut with abalone inserts, and a treble bleed circuit make it a highly refined professional-grade lap steel. Supplied with a gig bag, chromed tone bar, picks, and D’Addario EXL140 strings, the SpinDrift is built for both studio precision and live performance reliability.

Specs:

• Model: SpinDrift Series Lap Steel
• Builder: Tim Barker Guitars
• Year: 2025
• Made In: United Kingdom
• Condition: Brand New
• Finish: Satin Australian Orange Oil
• Colour: Oiled Natural Wood
• Body Type: Solidbody, Non-Cutaway
• Body Material: Single-Piece Sapele Mahogany
• Neck Construction: Neck-Through
• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Fretboard Material: Quarter Sawn Yellow Pine
• Scale Length: 23"
• Frets: 23 Inlaid Frets (Fretless Style Layout)
• Inlays: Genuine New Zealand Abalone Shell Markers
• String Configuration: 6-String
• Hand Orientation: Right-Handed
• String Type: Steel
• Recommended Strings: D’Addario EXL140 Nickel Wound (10–52)
• Recommended Tunings: Open D, Open E, Open F
• Pickups: Dual Warman Tennessee Revival Humbuckers (HH)
• Neck Pickup Output: 7.02k Resistance / 3.79H Inductance
• Bridge Pickup Output: 13.85k Resistance / 7.53H Inductance
• Electronics: Treble Bleed Circuit, 500k Audio Pots, 22nF Tone Capacitor
• Pickup Switching: 3-Way Mini Toggle (Neck / Both / Bridge)
• Bridge: Wilkinson Fully Intonated Wraparound Bridge
• Tuners: Wilkinson 19:1 EZ-LOK Locking Tuners
• Nut: Solid Brass with Abalone Inserts
• String Spacing at Nut: 8mm
• String Spacing at Bridge: 10mm
• Output Jack: Top-Mounted 1/4" Studio Configuration
• Dimensions: 805mm Length / 147mm Upper Bout / 213mm Lower Bout / 42mm Thickness
• Included Accessories: Gig Bag, Chromed Stainless Tone Bar, Pick, Thumb Pick