J.F.R. 770 L.E. cigar box, 3 string, hand hammered bean can lid resontor, neck is laminated from an antique oak table leaf, walnut head stock wings, Gibson style green tuers, antique Co-op yardstick fretboard, barn nail fret dots w/ an upolstry tack 12th, mag pup pickup, walnut bridge, bolt saddle, onyx nut, old hinge tail piece, Maddog designed sound holes, black strap buttons, 26 1/2" unfretted scale. Tuned GDG.
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"Nice Bean Can Resonator Build", I have a few hammered bean can builds, and agree, it does alter the sound/tone, have also tempered a few after hammering, by heating to red hot & then quenching by spraying with WD40, which I think!! also alters the sound/tone a bit, but if nothing else, it does give it "Blued Relic Type Look"
Yeah, it's good to have a little time for building again.
Sat down at the old drafting table in the shop and came up with the soundhole design.....kinda fun to be drawing something other than houses :-)
I started hammering the lids recently, the thinking is it stretches the metal and increases the sound. After doing a few it is a noticable difference with the hammered being a better sound board the flat. Looks kinda cool too so that's a bonus ;-)
The dog is in a building mood. Very nice. This kind of does and doesn't look like a Maddog build. I don't recall you doing sound holes like these and it seems like the hammering is new and good. Also the pup is different - but I like those a lot.
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Thanks AGP! I tempered the flat bean can build a while back and like the look, haven't tried the WD-40 treatment but I will now....Thanks!
"Nice Bean Can Resonator Build", I have a few hammered bean can builds, and agree, it does alter the sound/tone, have also tempered a few after hammering, by heating to red hot & then quenching by spraying with WD40, which I think!! also alters the sound/tone a bit, but if nothing else, it does give it "Blued Relic Type Look"
Give her a go UJ, remember though it will raise the lid about 3/8"-1/2" when you hammer it.
Thanks CL! Finally got some time to do a few to replenish inventory before I start on a few custom builds.
Hmm. You've got me looking at my bean can guitar and thinking about hammering it.
Yeah, it's good to have a little time for building again.
Sat down at the old drafting table in the shop and came up with the soundhole design.....kinda fun to be drawing something other than houses :-)
I started hammering the lids recently, the thinking is it stretches the metal and increases the sound. After doing a few it is a noticable difference with the hammered being a better sound board the flat. Looks kinda cool too so that's a bonus ;-)
The dog is in a building mood. Very nice. This kind of does and doesn't look like a Maddog build. I don't recall you doing sound holes like these and it seems like the hammering is new and good. Also the pup is different - but I like those a lot.