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Aluminium or steel licence plate

Posted by Paul Said on November 11, 2014 at 3:43am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I'm planning on building a licence plate cigar box guitar and was wondering the difference in sound acoustically between the use of an aluminum licence plate or a steel licence plate. This will be my 4th build.

Regards

Paul

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Paul Said November 11, 2014 at 4:45pm

Thanks for your input guys. I purchased what I believed at the time to be a steel licence plate. When it turned up in the mail it was aluminium. As suggested I'll go ahead with the build and can always source a metal licence plate and possibly swap them over. The licence plate has a picture of the Aussie flag.
Regards
Paul.
darryl kernaghan November 11, 2014 at 6:30am

Paul,have done a few in aluminium,i've found it doesn't have the same resonance as steel,seems to sort of absorb the vibration,just my experiance,others might know more
The Phrygian Kid November 11, 2014 at 6:02am

Aluminium might be considered brighter (toppier) where steel might be considered darker (middlier)... But there are so many other variables in whatever you wind up doing. They'll both work just do it :)
Scott aka Farmer Ted November 11, 2014 at 5:00am

Light rock...aluminum...heavy metal...steel.

Just a play on words. Maybe give a listen on youtube to see if there is a noteable difference.

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