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  • Ron "Oily" Sprague July 26, 2013 at 4:34pm
    I'd add some stabilizing feet to a through neck, screw into them from the other side to attach (panhead screws). I'd make sure I had some down angle on the neck. Being me, I might even attach the parts tray beneath the neck, kinda like that Thai Phin pia thang Keni Lee was showing last coupla weeks. I would install sympathetic drone strings across the diameter of the hub cap, parallel to the neck, for a harp look and sound.

    But that's just me.
    • jawbone > Ron "Oily" Sprague July 26, 2013 at 8:34pm

      That could work!!
      I was thinking of maybe a wood spider attached to the back of the neck to hold the hubcap.

      • Ron "Oily" Sprague > jawbone July 26, 2013 at 11:16pm
        Gonna be kewl, whatever you decide...
        • jawbone > Ron "Oily" Sprague July 27, 2013 at 8:56am

          I'm wondering if the neck would hold up if I build it out enough, to accommodate a 3" hole under the parts pan and then match the radius of the parts pan. This would allow the sound to go thru. I'm not sure if the sound needs to travel thru (as in nothing in the way) or travel thru (as in something to cause to vibrate)

           

          • Ron "Oily" Sprague > jawbone July 27, 2013 at 9:50am
            You want that parts pan to resonate. That's why I suggested attaching the parts pan directly to the neck, as only one possible solution. If you look at a commercial reso cone, or dog / cat bowl, there is usually a biscuit bridge floating atop the cone. The cone is attached to the soundboard along the rim, and floats freely otherwise. Strings press down on saddle, which presses on bridge, which presses on cone, causes cone to resonate, amplifying sound mechanically, like a speaker cone.
            • jawbone > Ron "Oily" Sprague July 27, 2013 at 11:05am

              Ahaw - that's the info I need - now, if I was to use the pan, the way I show in the pic, now imagine that stick of wood much larger, as the neck and the bridge sitting in the middle of the pan...do you think the hubcap would bounce the sound back or simply absorb it.

              I'm just thinking out loud....
              I think I need to build two... one with the hubcap and one in a wood box...see what the difference is.

              I got the parts pan at the Dollar store for $2, took the big magnet off the bottom so it's no big deal to get a few and try different stuff!!! 

              • Ron "Oily" Sprague > jawbone July 27, 2013 at 4:16pm
                At $2, you can afford to experiment. I personally think the sound would bounce back from the hubcap, whether the parts pan was atop the neck with a biscuit bridge floating on top as you're showing, or attaching the parts pan beneath the neck, with the string vibrations going through the neck to the pan, per my alternative.
                • jawbone > Ron "Oily" Sprague July 27, 2013 at 5:04pm

                  OK - Time to stop thinkin' an' start cuttin' - mayhem must ensue!!!!

                  and usually does!!!

                  • Ron "Oily" Sprague > jawbone July 27, 2013 at 5:52pm
                    Looking forward to hearing the solution...
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