My favorite skater growing up was Steve Caballero. His dragon skateboard stands out in my memory as my favorite. I had been toying with the idea of making a lapsteel out of a skateboard for some time, when I saw this Caballero model on Facebook marketplace for $20. When I went to pick it up I noticed it had a 6″ crack starting at the nose. “Perfect,” I thought, knowing that this skateboard was never to be ridden again. As I gave the guy the $20 I detected a sly smirk, like he thought he was tricking me out of my money. He had no idea what I was going to do with the skateboard…and I didn’t tell him.
This was my first time using an electric pickup and didn’t really know what I was doing. I embedded the pickup in the board, which resulted in it being too far away from the strings. I eventually removed the bolts to lower the action a bit.
The finished product I love all the scratches Inverted jack plate Frets and fret markers are glued in place Flush mounted single coil pickup. Check out how the string tension is bending this bolt! The strings I used
