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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Hey we could pitch this to the gang and get a million opinions, fun!
I suspect it might help with sustain... if it's beefy and screwed to the neck it can't allow vibration to wiggle off somewhere... I'm totally guessing myself. ;)
I'll find out when I get these new bridges and replace my old thinner ones. Same exact thing, except much thicker.
Not sure, I wouldn't think a heavier tailpiece would change things though as it has no bearing on the strings sound behind the bridge other than holding them where they need to be :-) I could be wrong though.......as I often am.
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Hey we could pitch this to the gang and get a million opinions, fun!
I suspect it might help with sustain... if it's beefy and screwed to the neck it can't allow vibration to wiggle off somewhere... I'm totally guessing myself. ;)
I'll find out when I get these new bridges and replace my old thinner ones. Same exact thing, except much thicker.
Not sure, I wouldn't think a heavier tailpiece would change things though as it has no bearing on the strings sound behind the bridge other than holding them where they need to be :-) I could be wrong though.......as I often am.
I like that heavy duty tailpiece too.
I'm having a machinist friend make me a couple to see if I get more sustain over the ones I can make.
Does it help?
Thanks Danny!
I bet it screams.
I'm gonna make a fretless next. Got the odd 3 tunners left over and I see that's no problem either.
Badass gitty.
Thanks Pick!
Thanks Wes!
Thanks Jerry! Played it for a bit last night and it is indeed fun ;-)
Thanks UJ!
That looks just about epic.
tops.,.,very desirable.,,.long scale sounds like fun.. ,
yummana !