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Posted by Maury Dickson on March 9, 2015 at 10:58am

Hi,

I am working with a customer that wants a lute (8 string) washtub instrument.  I am looking for a builder that can build the neck.  Any ideas would be great.  I would like to see pic. of their work.

Thanks,

Maury Dickson

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  • Maury Dickson March 10, 2015 at 10:20am

    By the way great looking stuff.

  • Maury Dickson March 10, 2015 at 10:19am

    I think that 17 frets will work.  No matter how great the headstock looks .. I would not build that again as well.  As to scale I'm in a little deep water.  Trying to build a "lutetub" (I don't know what else to call it) I think just a cbg neck with eight strings in a lute configuration would work?

    Let me know your thoughts.. by the way what was the cost of the neck on the cbg shown without the extreme angle.  

    Thanks,

    Maury

  • Bad Finger (Eric) March 10, 2015 at 8:37am

    What scale length and how many frets?  Here's some of my octave mando.  All my headstocks are twisted up, but this one is an extreme angle that I won't repeat.

    68983_517808358322642_3430928967632066663_n.jpg?oh=05866bae90c8b42053b5cca47a764377&oe=55B9E9E2&__gda__=1433458847_14d092d9148030c9ed1f3b71da2b1eaa

    10491094_474884795948332_6236166002239854002_n.jpg?oh=f0c367c1e67b9c703ee9ca79177044f7&oe=5573CA90&__gda__=1434078760_20e31100cc1507c8caa0caf002eb7fdbJust for fun, here's a 1/4 scale upright bass my daughter and I made this summer.  Pic just before assembling the neck onto the "body."

    10599262_488720977898047_5308542100349767959_n.jpg?oh=edca797aa01bed06917472b45157ad73&oe=55B9B718

    PM me here if you want to discuss or e-mail badfingerguitar at gmail dot com.

    More pics and stuff here too:  www.facebook.com/BadFingerGuitars

    http://www.badfingerguitar.com

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