Vintage American Girl ironing board. I've had this on the heap for a year or so. Acoustic sounds great with bone but and saddle. 18 inch scale. My 5 year old daughter and I built it in half an afternoon. All screws and no glue.
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My daughter put it in her lap and played a little before breakfast this morning. I wasn't sure how the thick ironing board would resonate, but it is pretty loud.
As a test, I decided to set the nut and saddle in at a 15 degree angle to get a sharp point and not need to file slots for the strings. I really like that for at least the saddle side. I do have to file the nut a bit to lower the action or cut the neck groove a little bit deeper. The action is too high to fret any notes, but it sounds good with a slide.
No problem ED, actually I saw the one MaduroBob built for Justin Johnson and scaled mine down a little. If you haven't seen the one Bob built go to his page and scope it out, a thing of beauty!
Quality time spent with your Daughter for sure ED! :-)
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Very nice!
My daughter put it in her lap and played a little before breakfast this morning. I wasn't sure how the thick ironing board would resonate, but it is pretty loud.
As a test, I decided to set the nut and saddle in at a 15 degree angle to get a sharp point and not need to file slots for the strings. I really like that for at least the saddle side. I do have to file the nut a bit to lower the action or cut the neck groove a little bit deeper. The action is too high to fret any notes, but it sounds good with a slide.
I'll go look for MaduroBob's ironing board.
No problem ED, actually I saw the one MaduroBob built for Justin Johnson and scaled mine down a little. If you haven't seen the one Bob built go to his page and scope it out, a thing of beauty!
Quality time spent with your Daughter for sure ED! :-)
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