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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 6, 2017 at 10:03am

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on December 6, 2017 at 10:35am

Maybe you could find a large bowl to use for the back, cut vent holes along the edge of the cookie tin so that the sound goes around to the front like a horn.

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Permalink Reply by JL on December 7, 2017 at 1:25am

Neat idea, couple the bridge to a diaphragm for a victrola-type horn, like a string between 2 soup cans for the phone in the old tree-house.  First thought is an end-cap for 1/2 or 3/4 in copper might not have enough flex to act as a diaphragm, might need something bigger...

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Permalink Reply by Br Harold F Stubbs III on December 11, 2017 at 1:21pm

Jeesh I been too busy to even look at that thing much since I posted .. .

You may have a point JL. The pipes are 1/2" ID 5/8" OD, I hadn't considered the flex part of the equation ( I wanted to say Flux Capacitor just then ).

I suppose the original patent depended more/less on a 'drum' type surface, really need to drive that air to make that portion of the build work..

thinking if the other end of the pipe ends in a horn facing up towards but not touching the front of the body it should give a good reverby sound.. going the other way should be a little louder maybe though, less energy kept within the instrument each ... cycle.. ?

is just a weird idea. .  I did get strings on the beast but not frets or really a proper bridge or nut, just enough to start working on getting everything lined up right since apparently I can't drill straight without planning first :-p

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on December 8, 2017 at 11:47am

Am I the only one who expected a Stroh's themed guitar?  Anyway, I'd suggest to build it and find out. The sound on mine surprise me half the time even with a more traditional build, I have not seen anyone making something totally new with solid predictions of how it will sound. 

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on December 9, 2017 at 7:34am

I also expected that Kigar.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on December 9, 2017 at 10:51am

being an ex-stroh's drinker, I got all excited at first...then sad lol

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Permalink Reply by Br Harold F Stubbs III on December 11, 2017 at 1:15pm

Sorry.. Not familiar with this beverage.. 

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Permalink Reply by Br Harold F Stubbs III on December 11, 2017 at 1:28pm

Without paying any attention to the 'Stroh' stuff, so far it has a rumbly resonant sound and likely one shouldn't play loud slap bass on it if their stomach is very sensitive to vibration..  That's what I get so far with quickly-mocked up bridge and nut ( had to rework the tailpiece so the durn thing matched up OK with the strings over the fret board rather than pulled off to a side.. measure twice, cut once, repeat as needed... )

Am hoping the tone just gets better somehow from there - at least currently I have something I can polish into a playable bass for sure.

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