I played this girl tonight at our circle and it is so mello. Sounds like you're in a big hall. The tone pot doesn't do much. I think the capacitor is not much good. Any suggestions?
Hi Jabes, Boy, I wish I had a great shop like yours to build in. The kitchen table has its drawbacks, sawdust in my soft boiled eggs, etc. I think Yew might work fine, but I don't really know. I've made two boxes using Tulip Poplar. They worked out great. My loudest acoustic is Tulip Poplar with an Engelman Spruce top. It's a big box with a short neck (only 9 frets to the edge of the box). Yew might be like cedar or spruce. Go for it. ... Dave
i just picked up two very nice pieces of yew, what do you think that would be like?
waiting on hardware at the mo', after a year i 've kinda calmed down on the builds but after tiying the 'shop' (garage really ) found old bits and pieces to use up, so i'm doing that.
Mahogany would be excellent! It's light yet very dense and tonefull. I'm mounting two pickups in a "Barncaster" myself. It's looking good for coming together tomorrow. Jabes, good luck on those three babies. I'll keep my eyes out.
Thanks for the nice words Jabes, Fret wise it's the same as a regular guitar although this one is a little shorter than normal. It's 32 inch scale length, same as the old Regal it's modeled after. The action should be high as you don't fret it. You slide it with a heavy steel. Played on your lap. You don't want the steel to whack the fret board. It just glides over it. I don't think oak is a good alternative for the soundboard. Oak tends to kill vibration. Use cherry, maple, poplar, spruce, mahogany, walnut but not oak. My frets are just scribed into the wood to indicate the position of the fret. The dots help a lot as playing it is a visual thing. You have to line up the slide bar with the fret position desired.
i have a lump of oak just 31 " long i reckon i could get 2 out of. Q? -a friend saw it and has since convinced me to make one, is it just the same as a regular guitar-fret wise. he has one and the action seems unnecessarily high -about 1 cm ...does it have to be?
incidentally - i want that guitar , it's brilliant
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I played this girl tonight at our circle and it is so mello. Sounds like you're in a big hall. The tone pot doesn't do much. I think the capacitor is not much good. Any suggestions?
Beautiful
Ya that's Padauk around the pickup and tone volume controls. I love that wood. The rest is cherry, maple and mahogany. Dots are MOP. ... Dave
Very Nice....bloodwood or padauk around that pup? 25.5 or something more exotic? Either ways its a shexy lapsteel...
Hi Jabes, Boy, I wish I had a great shop like yours to build in. The kitchen table has its drawbacks, sawdust in my soft boiled eggs, etc. I think Yew might work fine, but I don't really know. I've made two boxes using Tulip Poplar. They worked out great. My loudest acoustic is Tulip Poplar with an Engelman Spruce top. It's a big box with a short neck (only 9 frets to the edge of the box). Yew might be like cedar or spruce. Go for it. ... Dave
i just picked up two very nice pieces of yew, what do you think that would be like?
waiting on hardware at the mo', after a year i 've kinda calmed down on the builds but after tiying the 'shop' (garage really ) found old bits and pieces to use up, so i'm doing that.
there, all tidy now
Mahogany would be excellent! It's light yet very dense and tonefull. I'm mounting two pickups in a "Barncaster" myself. It's looking good for coming together tomorrow. Jabes, good luck on those three babies. I'll keep my eyes out.
thanks for that Dave ,i have a lump of mahog that'll do the job... not for a while tho' iv'e got 3 guits on the go at the minute
Thanks for the nice words Jabes, Fret wise it's the same as a regular guitar although this one is a little shorter than normal. It's 32 inch scale length, same as the old Regal it's modeled after. The action should be high as you don't fret it. You slide it with a heavy steel. Played on your lap. You don't want the steel to whack the fret board. It just glides over it. I don't think oak is a good alternative for the soundboard. Oak tends to kill vibration. Use cherry, maple, poplar, spruce, mahogany, walnut but not oak. My frets are just scribed into the wood to indicate the position of the fret. The dots help a lot as playing it is a visual thing. You have to line up the slide bar with the fret position desired.
i have a lump of oak just 31 " long i reckon i could get 2 out of. Q? -a friend saw it and has since convinced me to make one, is it just the same as a regular guitar-fret wise. he has one and the action seems unnecessarily high -about 1 cm ...does it have to be?
incidentally - i want that guitar , it's brilliant
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