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#25 red reso tail

Posted by Diane in Chicago on September 13, 2009 at 6:01pm

15", tuned AEa. .023, .016, .010 strings. Paint can lid "resonator", hinge tailpiece, slotted peghead, oak trim bridge. Paint lid hammered to convex shape. Guitar pick position markers. Painted with red exterior opaque wood stain.

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Diane in Chicago June 15, 2010 at 12:40am

The bridge is free-floating, so you can move it a bit to adjust your tuning. I hammered the paint lid to it was convex.
Diane in Chicago September 14, 2009 at 7:36pm

Hey, Juju, I should have known you'd know a way! When I was doing those ladles I used a friend's form he'd carved out of the butt end of a log -- sort of like a table and mold all in one. Pull up a chair and start hammerin! I'll try the sandbag idea -- we've got leftovers from laying a path.
surffrogg September 14, 2009 at 6:59pm

very kool build di
JUJU September 14, 2009 at 6:12pm

a sand bag is good for shaping plate , them real leather ones are quite expensive , but the sand bag works just the same and it's cheap !
juju.
Diane in Chicago September 14, 2009 at 5:55pm

I should have pounded it even more! I made some hammered copper ladles once, and you really have to wail on those to get the shape. but then I had a mold into which I was pounding, and I didn't want to go that much trouble. Maybe next time!
JUJU September 14, 2009 at 5:46pm

Another fine build Diane , nice work on the headstock , and the paint can lid looks so much better convexed , sweet build
juju.
Cogdell boy (Robert J.) September 14, 2009 at 8:43am

Really nice work ..
Doug Thorsvik September 13, 2009 at 6:03pm

You won't get lost in a crowd playing this one! I like the sound hole pattern!!!