Posted by Robert Le Mal on March 29, 2016 at 11:06pm
$1 Arnotts bsicuit tin. John from Black Diamond Cigar Box Guitars gave me heaps of advice so I decided to try a lower action & fretted neck. Sounds like a grumpy monster!
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thank you for all the comments. I'm learning a lot by looking through the forum here too, really enjoying it.
I'm still unsure about the sound hole but my start with a small one on the side facing up, not the resonating top. If I start small I can always make it bigger...
My wife is trapped between my daughter playing Ukulele and the the CBG coming from the office, she says it's like living next to hillbillies (is that a racist term now?) while someone is watching a western loudly in the next room :-) Mission accomplished.
"Nice Build", it's hard to beat a good old "Aussie Arnott's Bicky Tin", they all look and sound great, have built a few, and still have several waiting to be used.
Have made quite a few different types of Tin Guitars, and have never seen the benefit of sound holes, as they all sound fine without them, (but! that's just my opinion!!!)
I think the sound holes help. I think open holes work better than grills. I like a "monitor" hole on the player side up by the shoulder. You can really hear yourself acoustic. With mag pickups it doesn't matter as much.
Love it. Looks wonderful. In some tunings, I would need fret markers some where, In some tunings (DGB or ADF#) I would not need them. Sounds like a grumpy monster. Hmm.
Some times sound holes help and some times not. I think that IF you want to try them, put one on the player side, not the top.
I'm thinking of drilling some sound holes in the top of the body, not the sound board but the side of the tin that faces up when played on the knee. Anyone had experience with tins and the benefits of adding sound holes?
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thank you for all the comments.
I'm learning a lot by looking through the forum here too, really enjoying it.
I'm still unsure about the sound hole but my start with a small one on the side facing up, not the resonating top. If I start small I can always make it bigger...
My wife is trapped between my daughter playing Ukulele and the the CBG coming from the office, she says it's like living next to hillbillies (is that a racist term now?) while someone is watching a western loudly in the next room :-) Mission accomplished.
"Nice Build", it's hard to beat a good old "Aussie Arnott's Bicky Tin", they all look and sound great, have built a few, and still have several waiting to be used.
Have made quite a few different types of Tin Guitars, and have never seen the benefit of sound holes, as they all sound fine without them, (but! that's just my opinion!!!)
Love it. Looks wonderful. In some tunings, I would need fret markers some where, In some tunings (DGB or ADF#) I would not need them. Sounds like a grumpy monster. Hmm.
Some times sound holes help and some times not. I think that IF you want to try them, put one on the player side, not the top.
I'm thinking of drilling some sound holes in the top of the body, not the sound board but the side of the tin that faces up when played on the knee. Anyone had experience with tins and the benefits of adding sound holes?
neat.,.