Thanks buddy (mate). When I saw yours I just had to have one for myself. I didn’t expect it to sound as well as it does. I put 46-36-26 electric strings on it and it has a fairly warm sound. I’m thinking of building a four stringer with shorter scale and use banjo strings. Thank you for posting the photos of your Pi pan. I needed a break from cigar boxes and this was a fun build. Stay safe and stay dry.
Sweet Looking Build Bob, and I agree, it doesn't need sound holes, my Pi Pan Build is sitting 2 feet to my left as I'm typing this, and has done so ever since I build it, has been my main go to Git, for trying out new Riffs & Tunes etc., and like yourself, I don't plug it in all that often, but when I do, it has the ability, to sound Sweet on the clean settings and Roars on the Grungy ones, will try and get a sound sample up soon! :-)
Thanks UJ. I didn’t put any sound holes in it. I wanted to hear how it sounded first. It has about the same resonance as a cigar box with sound holes so I’ll leave it. I put a piezo that I slightly muted in it and it sounds fine. I built it more as a novelty than the sound quality but I’ll play it often with and without an amp.
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Thanks buddy (mate). When I saw yours I just had to have one for myself. I didn’t expect it to sound as well as it does. I put 46-36-26 electric strings on it and it has a fairly warm sound. I’m thinking of building a four stringer with shorter scale and use banjo strings. Thank you for posting the photos of your Pi pan. I needed a break from cigar boxes and this was a fun build. Stay safe and stay dry.
Sweet Looking Build Bob, and I agree, it doesn't need sound holes, my Pi Pan Build is sitting 2 feet to my left as I'm typing this, and has done so ever since I build it, has been my main go to Git, for trying out new Riffs & Tunes etc., and like yourself, I don't plug it in all that often, but when I do, it has the ability, to sound Sweet on the clean settings and Roars on the Grungy ones, will try and get a sound sample up soon! :-)
Thanks, Bob. I may look for those pans at Dollar Tree.
Thanks UJ. I didn’t put any sound holes in it. I wanted to hear how it sounded first. It has about the same resonance as a cigar box with sound holes so I’ll leave it. I put a piezo that I slightly muted in it and it sounds fine. I built it more as a novelty than the sound quality but I’ll play it often with and without an amp.