Mounting resonator cones - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-29T12:25:42Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/mounting-resonator-cones?commentId=2592684%3AComment%3A3340257&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Robert, yes to what Blind…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2019-06-06:2592684:Comment:33402572019-06-06T22:07:21.901ZTaffy Evanshttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TaffyEvans
<p>Hi Robert, yes to what Blind Doughboy has said. I also place the cone in position, push down on the centre (bridge position) so simulate string pressure, then with the other hand I tap around the cone where it contacts the top using a finger, so as to highlite any areas of none contact.</p>
<p>Taff</p>
<p>Hi Robert, yes to what Blind Doughboy has said. I also place the cone in position, push down on the centre (bridge position) so simulate string pressure, then with the other hand I tap around the cone where it contacts the top using a finger, so as to highlite any areas of none contact.</p>
<p>Taff</p> I personally wouldn't use the…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2019-06-06:2592684:Comment:33401412019-06-06T17:36:02.867ZBlind Doughboyhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/BlindDoughboy
<p>I personally wouldn't use the type of cone that screws to the top. The whole point of a reso cone is that it floats on the lip of a tone ring (or sound well). Not being connected - screwed or glued to anything - allows the cone to do what the name implies . . . resonate.</p>
<p>A tone ring is very easy to build out of baltic birch plywood, and easy to install. Here's a link with far more info than you could ever want. Though aimed at traditional guitars, the same principle applies to putting…</p>
<p>I personally wouldn't use the type of cone that screws to the top. The whole point of a reso cone is that it floats on the lip of a tone ring (or sound well). Not being connected - screwed or glued to anything - allows the cone to do what the name implies . . . resonate.</p>
<p>A tone ring is very easy to build out of baltic birch plywood, and easy to install. Here's a link with far more info than you could ever want. Though aimed at traditional guitars, the same principle applies to putting a reso cone in a cigar box.</p>
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<p>Some years back when people started making them, I did experiment with one of those cones that screws to the top. Was not impressed. The tone and volume level is night day between those and a traditional cone/installation</p>