How loud can we make it?

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Comment by Order99 on August 21, 2012 at 10:37pm

It is absolutely possible to do this james-most banjos are stick-thru design after all. Just make sure that there is room enough between the soundboard(in this case the clock face) and the stick just like any other build.

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of storebought neck do you have in mind? A neck meant for an electric solid-body guitar with bolt-on plate might be just the thing-with a strong enough stick you could just bolt it to the neck and then cut the box like you were fitting any standard neck-through design.

Also, I don't see that brass clock face being any less resonant that the cookie-tin lids or pie pans i've been using (check my pics if you need to-this Browser will NOT let me attach anything to the Comment Wall until I upgtade my OS). I've been told you should get a nice, bright sound from brass, slightly more mellow from aluminum...if you don't like the result, you can always send me that clock face and i'll trade you a few shiny cookie tins or a piepan... :)

Comment by James Shelton on August 21, 2012 at 3:58pm

I really enjoy playing ukulele (concert size tuned G,C,E,A) but...I'm a big fan of Delta Blues and I want to learn to play slide.  I think that means steel strings so I want to build a CBG.  My first question might seem silly but here goes:  How many strings...are there pros and cons to 3 versus 4 given that I'm used to strumming and picking 4 strings on my uke.  Next silly question:  Since this is my first build, I want to buy a neck rather than build one.  However, I want to make my CBG a resonator using an old brass clock face (see below).  Is it possible to have a "through the box" neck design with a resonator if the cone depth is very shallow (about 1/2" deep)?  Thanks for any thoughts you might share!

involves the old brass clock face in this photo.  Do you think I could use it like a resonator cone on my CBG build?  It is 6.25" in diameter.

Comment by Bob Lumpkin on November 13, 2011 at 10:19pm

I finished the Banjonator except for electrifing it. Pretty loud as is but sounds like a 3 string bango!

Comment by Bob Lumpkin on November 3, 2011 at 10:04am

I've almost finished the Banjonator neck & will post build pics soon. I may laminate some walnut side wood over the front to cover the sloppy hole & use the box after all. Also finishing up a nice little black 6 string with a Epi Special neck & will post build pics of it.

Comment by Bob Lumpkin on November 3, 2011 at 9:57am

Started the "Banjonator" a 3 string CBG using a 6" tamborine (sp?) as the resonator. I stole the idea. Since I'm old, shakey & don't see well, I screwed up cutting the hole, could have been the beer. I'm waiting on a new Cigar box. Any ideas on cutting a neat 6" hole? Holecutter?

Comment by Bob Lumpkin on September 22, 2011 at 3:52pm

Finished my reso build. Pics are on here somewhere. On my page, I think. Check it out.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 18, 2011 at 2:13pm

Kyle,

Oops! Accidentally hit Add Comment. Anyway, a wooden biscuit is often made from thin hardwood, or sometimes from thin plywood. So a biscuit bridge is, typically for a , a round thin bridge that sits directly on the center of a resonator cone. The saddle then sits directly on this bridge.

Oily

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 18, 2011 at 2:10pm

Kyle,

Don't know if anyone answered your Q, so I'll have a go. A biscuit is a thin, either oval or round, piece of wood that is used to help hold two pieces of wood, usually planks or boards, together. A slot or mortise is cut in several places in the edge of both pieces, a biscuit is fitted into one slot, and then into the corresponding slot on the other side. The two planks or boards are glued, butted together, and clamped until dry. This is method typically used to make large tabletops, or other wide

Comment by Kyle on August 22, 2011 at 4:41am

Hey Guys,

 

Could somebody please explain exactly what a biscuit bridge is (made of, purposes etc)

 

im not far off starting my first reso build and i think i know how it all works but not 100% sure

closeup pics would be sweet.

 

thanks guys

Comment by bouydog 8-9-8 on July 6, 2011 at 2:56pm

Should finish it in a day or two mostly done, will let you know how it sounds.

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