Strum Stick Scale

Posted by Uncle John on July 17, 2010 at 11:36am

Howdy folks, 

 

  I have built a few dulcimers and will put up one photo.  I got interested in strum sticks today.  they look like fun.   I would like to build with a shorter scale.  Would a mandolin length scale work?

 

 

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  • Wichita Sam July 19, 2010 at 11:37am
    Great, I like those boxes for smaller instruments...

    John Bolton said:
    Sam, I built a mandolin scale (14 inch) strum stick yesterday using a small, thin topped Ahston box. It sounds pretty good.
    I have been dissapointed in the sound on my mando builds and this little strum stick rings out so nice, that I think I will see if I can add a 4th string and convert it to a 4 string mando.

    John Bolton said:
    Thanks. I think a short one would be comfy to play. I may try one on mandolin scale.

    Wichita Sam said:
    I regularly build them in the 14-19 inch scale lengths.... they sound nice and bright when build on a thin top box....
  • Uncle John July 19, 2010 at 8:42am
    Sam, I built a mandolin scale (14 inch) strum stick yesterday using a small, thin topped Ahston box. It sounds pretty good.
    I have been dissapointed in the sound on my mando builds and this little strum stick rings out so nice, that I think I will see if I can add a 4th string and convert it to a 4 string mando.

    John Bolton said:
    Thanks. I think a short one would be comfy to play. I may try one on mandolin scale.

    Wichita Sam said:
    I regularly build them in the 14-19 inch scale lengths.... they sound nice and bright when build on a thin top box....
  • Uncle John July 17, 2010 at 7:25pm
    Thanks. I think a short one would be comfy to play. I may try one on mandolin scale.

    Wichita Sam said:
    I regularly build them in the 14-19 inch scale lengths.... they sound nice and bright when build on a thin top box....
  • Wichita Sam July 17, 2010 at 4:29pm
    I regularly build them in the 14-19 inch scale lengths.... they sound nice and bright when build on a thin top box....
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