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  darren brown November 15, 2015 at 6:02pm

  
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  Robert Killen October 21, 2015 at 6:02pm

  Hi all!
  I am building an upright bass with an oversized resonator (utility pan). I am wondering about the reason for a cover plate. Is it merely ornamental or is there an acoustic need?
  
  Cheers!
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  Thomas "Duck" Petry April 4, 2015 at 1:32pm

  Yes.
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  White Raven April 4, 2015 at 11:34am

  Hi Guys, I'm building my first reso with a star shaped silver candy dish as the cone. Im wondering if I should run the neck thru under the dish, or terminate the neck somehow before the dish.

  Any recommendations?
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  Marcus Darwell January 10, 2014 at 8:35pm

  So I have a dogbowl reso with a disc piezo under the saddle. Great guitar in all respects. I'm thinking of adding a flat pup on a 3 way switch at the neck. Also a tone pot (currently just have a volume pot). Is there any point in doing this with a reso?
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  Jimbo Cawthron July 21, 2013 at 11:26am

  My latest reso build using a juice can! thanx bairfoot cajun for some of the ideas I have seen in your builds!

  
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  Order99 August 21, 2012 at 10:37pm

  It is absolutely possible to do this james-most banjos are stick-thru design after all. Just make sure that there is room enough between the soundboard(in this case the clock face) and the stick just like any other build.
  
  If you don't mind me asking, what kind of storebought neck do you have in mind? A neck meant for an electric solid-body guitar with bolt-on plate might be just the thing-with a strong enough stick you could just bolt it to the neck and then cut the box like you were fitting any standard neck-through design.
  
  Also, I don't see that brass clock face being any less resonant that the cookie-tin lids or pie pans i've been using (check my pics if you need to-this Browser will NOT let me attach anything to the Comment Wall until I upgtade my OS). I've been told you should get a nice, bright sound from brass, slightly more mellow from aluminum...if you don't like the result, you can always send me that clock face and i'll trade you a few shiny cookie tins or a piepan... :)
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  James Shelton August 21, 2012 at 3:58pm

  I really enjoy playing ukulele (concert size tuned G,C,E,A) but...I'm a big fan of Delta Blues and I want to learn to play slide.  I think that means steel strings so I want to build a CBG.  My first question might seem silly but here goes:  How many strings...are there pros and cons to 3 versus 4 given that I'm used to strumming and picking 4 strings on my uke.  Next silly question:  Since this is my first build, I want to buy a neck rather than build one.  However, I want to make my CBG a resonator using an old brass clock face (see below).  Is it possible to have a "through the box" neck design with a resonator if the cone depth is very shallow (about 1/2" deep)?  Thanks for any thoughts you might share!

  involves the old brass clock face in this photo.  Do you think I could use it like a resonator cone on my CBG build?  It is 6.25" in diameter.
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  Bob Lumpkin November 13, 2011 at 10:19pm

  I finished the Banjonator except for electrifing it. Pretty loud as is but sounds like a 3 string bango!
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  Bob Lumpkin November 3, 2011 at 10:04am

  I've almost finished the Banjonator neck & will post build pics soon. I may laminate some walnut side wood over the front to cover the sloppy hole & use the box after all. Also finishing up a nice little black 6 string with a Epi Special neck & will post build pics of it.