I had high hopes for this one. I wanted a big bodied tenor guitar that played and sounded good with big volume. I hoped to play it acoustic at some local jams.It did not work out. First off, I did a poor fret job and had to redo it. Then it sounded 'okay' in open tuning played slide style and crappy/ boxy/ thumpy in DGBE. It was going to piss me off more than it was going to please me, so I parted it out.Well, first I smashed it on the shop floor. But I saved about every thing but the piezo, even keeping the box (top off) for shop storage.
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Thanks, Anthony. The Harmony 4 is hard to put down. And it does boom a bit. Uh oh, Old mr 3 string is on a 4 string kick. Gonna convert a good fretted 3 to a 4 this week.
whew , glad you recycled the tin sign John. that looks like itl work out for ya. my framus three string conversion pick did is an awsome boomer and i cant put it down. Nailtown ol buddy good to see you posting up some .
We've all bin there John, my very first one got scrapped and most of it recycled back to the parts box. I have nightmares of embarrassment thinking about it, it was absolute shite!
Well, I got my tenor and it plays and sounds good. It's just that it started out as a factory made six string. This is one of two landfill rescues. They both came out great. The other is still a six.
This did not work out so badly. I had 2 factory built guitars given to me after friends found them tossed at the land fill. One made a nice six stringer. The other I just finished today as a (converted) tenor. That Chief sign looks great on the landfill guitar. And it sounds and plays like just what I was after.
"So Sad!" Uncle John, I can understand the frustration, I haven't trashed one yet, but came close a few times!.
The last build of mine the "Tenor Banjo'y Thing'y" although having a Piezo Disc installed did have a reasonable acoustic volume to it unplugged, haven't played slide on it but am attempting to learn "Irish Washerwoman", the sound is somewhere between a Banjo and a CBG, the main body being a thin Aluminium Steamer with a Cedar Plate as the back.
Boo hoo, Pat. (And not all joking). LOL, Anthony. Pretty much like that guy, but I think I exceeded his power and had a concrete floor. And I screamed the F word.
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Thanks, Anthony. The Harmony 4 is hard to put down. And it does boom a bit. Uh oh, Old mr 3 string is on a 4 string kick. Gonna convert a good fretted 3 to a 4 this week.
whew , glad you recycled the tin sign John. that looks like itl work out for ya. my framus three string conversion pick did is an awsome boomer and i cant put it down. Nailtown ol buddy good to see you posting up some .
LOL, Slim.
We've all bin there John, my very first one got scrapped and most of it recycled back to the parts box. I have nightmares of embarrassment thinking about it, it was absolute shite!
Well, I got my tenor and it plays and sounds good. It's just that it started out as a factory made six string. This is one of two landfill rescues. They both came out great. The other is still a six.
Good luck on your banjo thingy, AGP.
This did not work out so badly. I had 2 factory built guitars given to me after friends found them tossed at the land fill. One made a nice six stringer. The other I just finished today as a (converted) tenor. That Chief sign looks great on the landfill guitar. And it sounds and plays like just what I was after.
"So Sad!" Uncle John, I can understand the frustration, I haven't trashed one yet, but came close a few times!.
The last build of mine the "Tenor Banjo'y Thing'y" although having a Piezo Disc installed did have a reasonable acoustic volume to it unplugged, haven't played slide on it but am attempting to learn "Irish Washerwoman", the sound is somewhere between a Banjo and a CBG, the main body being a thin Aluminium Steamer with a Cedar Plate as the back.
Oops, Patrick posted the smashing photo. Anthony, I bought that chief sign on ebay for like $10.00. I may use it again. Yeah, I think I will.
Boo hoo, Pat. (And not all joking). LOL, Anthony. Pretty much like that guy, but I think I exceeded his power and had a concrete floor. And I screamed the F word.
Flop.
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