License Plate Guitar

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A 4-string fretless with a licesne plate as a resonator. Cedar body, maple neck, oak fret board, fretless. Tuned to B b f# b for this video (the "Seasick Steve" tuning).

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  • Sounds fantastic, great looking guitar and brilliant playing. I've got to try that tuning and be disappointed with my weak ass playing!!

  • Sounds awesome .. real nice work and playing!!

  • well... that didn't work lol

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  • Thanks again, everyone.

    Here's a pic showing the piezo placement. I think it could have been louder, but I had to use some double-sided tape between the plate and pickups. They were grounding out. I guess I could have flipped them over... but I had already glued them.

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  • Nice one great sound ;-)

  • Thanks! This one is dual piezos. The distortion is just the lead channel on my Classic 30. I actually expected it to be a bit dirtier, but I like the way it sounds. Gain on the amp was about 10 (goes to 12).
  • Looks and sounds great.  Are you using a piezo or do you have a mag pup under the plate?  Is the distortion coming from fx, or is that just turning up the gain?

    I just finished my first license plate git with a mag pup under the plate and the sound is very clean.  I tried cranking up the levels to get distortion without fx, but couldn't get it high enough.  Fairly easy to do when I pickup on the strings, but not so easy from the lid vibes.  At least with my git.

  •  Nice build and playing !!

  • Much like the home run ball nailed over the center-field wall...'Long gone' is a sweet sound! :)

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