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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 31, 2015 at 10:52am

that   box should be  great  in  size and top  width .  wood type  may   be a small  factor    too,  but  looks  like a great  candidate  .  and  im  gonna  be  the  guy  that  says " both"  pup and piezo, .....   but with   compromise  ..

if  you are worried about  wiring  both together with a switch ,  .  do  them  separately, no switch ,    and use  2  jacks.   as an option.

intimidation  gone  , and a cool  factor / conversation piece  added .    . ;-)

good luck. 

Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on November 1, 2015 at 12:40pm

Ever bump your guitar and here it through the amp? Those magnets in the pickups also "pickup" the vibrations from the body and neck. The difference you hear between magnetic pickups and piezo pickups is: piezo's simply project vibrations into signal and magnetic pickups can enhance/color vibrations through magnet strength, type of magnet, amount of wire and size of wire(altering the magnetic field). Then the signal is altered more through the amp.

That often leads to the though that magnetic style pickups only or mostly just get the sound from the strings cause at that point half of the people can no longer hear the wood influence. But it is there.

Permalink Reply by MadGomer on October 31, 2015 at 12:55pm

T, I'd be asking how thick the lid and bottom are, and doing some tapping around on it to get a feel for the acoustic quality. If you have a good and a bad acoustic git for comparison, so much the better. If the top is thin enough I think you'll like it.

Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on October 31, 2015 at 4:35pm

I expect it will sound pretty good due to its ample size.  What kind of box is it?

Permalink Reply by T-Gripped on November 2, 2015 at 4:03am

Gary--

I found the box at work. Evidently a small machine or some equipment came in it about 40 years ago. If you are asking what kind of wood it is, beats me. I don't know how to ID wood varieties.

Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on November 2, 2015 at 4:29am

I was just curious.  it is a good looking box.

Permalink Reply by T-Gripped on January 17, 2016 at 2:12am

I'm finally working on this one. Wondering if the string tension [3-string] will be so strong that it causes the tin lid to dimple...?? I have seen a pic somewhere of a build where there was a dog bowl underneath the lid. I wasn't planning on that and honestly don't understand the physics behind it. 

Will the lid by itself be enough?? 

Can anyone point me to some info on building resonators?

And thanks for all the good comments so far!!