Ashton VSG Torpedo 4-string CBG.Maple neck; sapele peg head with maple and walnut pinstripes; walnut fret board with maple dots; walnut rod piezo bridge pickup with bone saddle; bone nut. cabinet hinge tailpiece; chrome sealed-gear tuners; 24.5" fret scale. Tuned G-D-G-B.
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Ha! I had the same ideer. So right after I wrote that ( below) I immediately grabbed a steel cat bowl & laid it on top of the box. I bought a 1/2 dozen of them for 2 bucks a pop at a surplus/salvage joint a few months back.
I have one of those too! You can use a steel cat bowl as a resonator if the Lowe cones are too big. I used a 6" total diameter cat bowl in a box that was just barely big enough for it. It's 7"x7"x4". It's loud as heck! And the cat bowls are only $5 on Amazon
That should sound good. I have an Ashton "eclipse" box that is much deeper (almost 4") I thought of using for a reso, but it is only @ 9-inches long x 7" w ...dunno if I can cram a cone in there.
I'm making a reso out of the one I have. The label wraps around the bottom so I used the bottom for the front and the cone covers the bit the label doesn't cover. I ahve more of the boxes - I'll have to try usign one non-reso. It's a thick-walled box - so it IS surprising that it's loud!
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Very sharp!!
Love it S.D.!!! Great lookin' build man!
Ha! I had the same ideer. So right after I wrote that ( below) I immediately grabbed a steel cat bowl & laid it on top of the box. I bought a 1/2 dozen of them for 2 bucks a pop at a surplus/salvage joint a few months back.
I have one of those too! You can use a steel cat bowl as a resonator if the Lowe cones are too big. I used a 6" total diameter cat bowl in a box that was just barely big enough for it. It's 7"x7"x4". It's loud as heck! And the cat bowls are only $5 on Amazon
That should sound good. I have an Ashton "eclipse" box that is much deeper (almost 4") I thought of using for a reso, but it is only @ 9-inches long x 7" w ...dunno if I can cram a cone in there.
I'm making a reso out of the one I have. The label wraps around the bottom so I used the bottom for the front and the cone covers the bit the label doesn't cover. I ahve more of the boxes - I'll have to try usign one non-reso. It's a thick-walled box - so it IS surprising that it's loud!
Thanks, Craig. I kinda can't believe how good & loud this thing sounds. These larger Ashton VSG boxes are the bomb!
Nice tailpiece! Great looking build. I just used one of these boxes...