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Corrugated plastic yard signs sound... better than cardboard. I was planning on using some to build something out of this particleboard bowl I've got, since I don't know what the heck anyone would want to put in it.
I think the best soundboard alternative that I've found was while looking for an alternative banjo head. I found this web site;
http://www.datatransform.demon.co.uk/CampingBanjo.htm
This guy uses a large pop bottle cut open and epoxyed in place. Then shrunk tight with some heat. I'm not sure about the epoxy I tacked mine into place, and I didn't have any problem with buzzing as mentioned on the site. I only tried it on an open backed wooden hoop, but I think it would be more at home on top of a sound box. Also 2 liter bottles here in the U.S. seem to be a little shorter than the bottle he uses.
This website has a ukulele made from a large Tupperware bowl.
http://www.geocities.com/tpe123/folkurban/uke/uke.html
The server is down right now but if I remember right it seems like they used some kind of thick poster board for a soundboard. The neck was attached to the top of the soundboard like a mountain dulcimer. The sound file on the site was impressive...
Hi, I have just had this issue myself in trying to construct a saladbowl CBG. I finally gave up on using any kind of ply and found a piece of inch thick wood I worked down to a thickness of 5mm. Realising that is too thick to resonate properly and not having the tools to thickness it correctly - I drilled a honey comb in to the base of the lid to thin it to perhaps 1.5 to 2mm. The singular pice of wood now resonates well and I will post pics later on. Happy days.
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