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  • Taffy Evans January 26, 2018 at 5:18pm

    Sorry pick, I don't know what private chat is mate. But thanks for the comments anyway. It was a demanding build as the top of the tin was "bellied" like a violin top, that's what gave me the idea.

    Your welcome Shawn.

    Taff

  • Shawn McConnaughay Sr January 26, 2018 at 3:26pm

    Thanks Taffy for your suggestions

  • the anonymous pick January 26, 2018 at 3:15pm

    Taff.. tried a few times to contact you in  private chat ,  ....

     just wanted to say . i thought your entry in the tin contest was in the running for the #1 spot .. hellofa nice build .. just thought you should hear that , ;-)

  • Taffy Evans January 26, 2018 at 2:56pm

    Hi, just something to note........when putting a soundhole in a top I always brace the area inside always in wood tops and sometimes in a tin top. I try to put the soundhole in a tin top in a more structually sound area. 

    My violin "fiddletin" entry in the recent tin CBG build competition had sound holes and was braced inside for support.

    Taff

  • Shawn McConnaughay Sr January 26, 2018 at 2:09am

    thanks John for the ideas on a solid body. And thanks Erasmo. I thought it would weaken the top of a standard cigar box, and I like the box to be the art of the guitar anyway. If it doesn't improve the sound, I rather not do it.

  • John Sawyer January 26, 2018 at 12:44am

    You can always make solid body guiltars, too... I use 2 3/4" thick boards, drill and cut the top one for the pickup and a bolt on neck... use a forstner bit from the back for the electronics...  If you want to go easier, grab a license plate for a pick guard, then your top piece can be 2 solid pieces, and the neck goes all the way through...  306675373?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

  • Shawn McConnaughay Sr January 25, 2018 at 1:48am
    I appreciate your input. Really the two things I have not done are sound holes and fret boards. Looking forward in attempting my first fretted guitar. I am always looking to improve, but the improvement to me must have functionality along with character.
  • Taffy Evans January 24, 2018 at 4:44pm

    What pick said.

    Taff

  • the anonymous pick January 24, 2018 at 3:20pm

     If you don't care about  unplugged volume .  then   you don't really  need em . the difference they make is "mostly" over powered by a" MAGNETIC" pickup (it reads the strings ),  A piezo pickup would  be a slightly more noticeable difference and  "hollow-er"  tone (it reads the reverberatrion of the box .)

    PS...  in some (very rare) cases,  sound holes can sound worse or cause feedback when used with a pickup or piezo .

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