I did not get the sound I thought I would out of a dog bowl. I 86d the body, gave the bowl to charity, and used the neck on another git. I had some good luck though with a 4 inch shower drain cover and a tin underneath. I thought maybe the dog bowl was just to thick and heavy. I am late in on this thread, but I say experiment. I may not have done something right, or something else. I have heard others not so happy with the bowl, and some have great luck with them. I am over resonators these days.
I've converted a scrap 12-string to a reso using a 10" aluminium ring-shaped cake tin. There's a plywood ring around the aperture, and a fair bit of extra wood work inside the box.
I shimmed the neck to tilt back by a couple of degrees, and made a trapeze tail and a biscuit bridge. Intonation is adjusted by moving the bridge.
It's big, it's loud, it's bloody heavy!
Tim
Paul Craig > Tim HooperFebruary 15, 2018 at 2:35pm
That's cool.
I've thought of doing the same before. How does it sound?
The best sounding resonators I've built have used a uke cone and cover assembly.
With the dog and cat bowls I think you need a roomy box made from thin material 1/8" ply has worked well, the best one in the group here is the simplest,no pup's knobs or switches to stop the box vibrating.
The last group work well,but again thin boxes.The exception is the hub cap, weedy sound, needs amplification
Kigar > Michael Fred JohnsonJanuary 13, 2018 at 10:41am
Love the copper ones, do you know the thickness of the copper sheets? Did you shape the bowl and cut the holes or buy it that way?
The copper came from a scrap hot water cylinder,it's 0.62mm thick.The holes were cut with a piercing saw(must have snapped about 10 blades).The bowl was hollowed on a wooden dish.
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I did not get the sound I thought I would out of a dog bowl. I 86d the body, gave the bowl to charity, and used the neck on another git. I had some good luck though with a 4 inch shower drain cover and a tin underneath. I thought maybe the dog bowl was just to thick and heavy. I am late in on this thread, but I say experiment. I may not have done something right, or something else. I have heard others not so happy with the bowl, and some have great luck with them. I am over resonators these days.
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Those look nice.
Thank you!
I've converted a scrap 12-string to a reso using a 10" aluminium ring-shaped cake tin. There's a plywood ring around the aperture, and a fair bit of extra wood work inside the box.
I shimmed the neck to tilt back by a couple of degrees, and made a trapeze tail and a biscuit bridge. Intonation is adjusted by moving the bridge.
It's big, it's loud, it's bloody heavy!
Tim
That's cool.
I've thought of doing the same before. How does it sound?
Nice collection off CBG's there.
Taff
Thanks Taff
The best sounding resonators I've built have used a uke cone and cover assembly.
With the dog and cat bowls I think you need a roomy box made from thin material 1/8" ply has worked well, the best one in the group here is the simplest,no pup's knobs or switches to stop the box vibrating.
The last group work well,but again thin boxes.The exception is the hub cap, weedy sound,
needs amplification
Love the copper ones, do you know the thickness of the copper sheets? Did you shape the bowl and cut the holes or buy it that way?
The copper came from a scrap hot water cylinder,it's 0.62mm thick.The holes were cut with a piercing saw(must have snapped about 10 blades).The bowl was hollowed on a wooden dish.
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