Posted by Bill Ludeman on February 25, 2010 at 4:20am
This has a piezo pickup and standard jack, plus my hollow indian bone bridge flattened on one side and notched for strings on the other. Makes a really nice tone - Pretty box too.One of my all time favorites and best builds.
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Thanks so much Jeff for the nice comment. The fish hook soundholes has only been done once!! If you look close you can see I had to brace the cutout on the back side to be strong enough. The worst sound hole cut out I have done yet is the baltic birch plywood on my banjo like three string. That stuff rattled my teeth - I cut all of them out with a coping saw by hand too..... Can't quite get the stuff together to try it by machine. One great thing to note is that all the sound seems to come out just fine from two three quarter inch diameter holes so one nice forstner bit is all a fella really needs. Bill
I was just reading about your lack of success on ebay. It's hard to believe you didn't sell out. You certainly do some pretty builds. I really like the fishhooks. I'm lucky to get a circle with a hole saw. Intricacy is something other people do.
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