My CATBRO Resonator

Posted by Tom Walters on December 27, 2012 at 12:20am

I realized I posted this in another discussion on piezos.  Sorry for that.

I am building a resonator guitar for my neighbour from a cedar box that had salmon in it (and a painting of a salmon), an old guitar neck and a cat food bowl.....hence the catbro.

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Put some stain on it tonight and hot glued the wires in place.  Should be able to put the back on tomorrow and then get the bridge and the nut on.  Hope you like it.

 

Tom

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  • Rand Moore January 2, 2014 at 12:19am

    Hi Tom Walters,

    I finally noticed the hole cutter you used to cut the hole for your cat bowl resonator "cone". Can you tell us more about it? I have to resort to pretty primitive (and clumsy) means to cut such large holes (so I rarely do it). It would be nice it there was an easy and safe way to do it w/o spending big bucks. Tell us how it works.

    -Rand.

  • Joe Caruso December 27, 2013 at 12:57pm

    Thanks for posting the pics!  Neat recycling of the salmon box and the final product looks great! 

  • Tom Walters December 28, 2012 at 3:49pm

    Order 99,  I did put a piece of 1/4 plywood under the dish and two cross braces for support - one on the end and one in the middle.  I drilled holes through the middle brace so sound could come out to the soundholes.

     

    The build is done.  Here is my son holding the finished product.  Corian for the nut and bridge.

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    Now I will try and post a video of my son playing it.  Never done this before.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOvBZe_Fqcs&feature=youtu.be

  • Order99 December 28, 2012 at 2:46pm
    That is one drop dead gorgeous build-i'll bet it plays as good as it looks when you're done!

    Quick question if I may-did you need any reinforcement of the box for the cat dish or was the soundboard sturdy enough to just epoxy it in? Do you forsee any trusses in the Catbro's future?
  • Tom Walters December 28, 2012 at 10:45am

    Here's an update.....put on the back and sprayed on some finish.

    Tom

     

     

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  • Ron "Oily" Sprague December 27, 2012 at 1:05am
    That's nice, Tom! Send a vid or audio file when you get 'er strung up.
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