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Comment by Ernest Gusella on September 1, 2015 at 5:54am

The celluloid guitar pick position markers were glued in with carpenter's glue- which seems to set up in 10 minutes and holds everything.  I have used different color celluloid guitar picks in the past, and they work great- just a small indentation with a Forstner bit is all it takes.  Regarding the build, I have been an artist for my whole career, so I always try to 'design' what I build and move the colors and design elements around. I see other builders on cigarboxnation do it naturally.  The BEST thing about this box is the first use of the zero fret!  When I used Atchison's included bridge with the resonator, I found it to sit too high, so I lowered the action with a bone nut bridge and it worked out great.  I INSIST that my boxes have to be playable up the neck- even without a truss rod!  I also am dropping the neck running thru the body as Charles Atchison suggests, so that the top can vibrate more. He even suggests trying a sound post between the top and bottom like violinists use, which I will try in the future.  As a childhood violinist, it makes a lot of sense to me!

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on September 1, 2015 at 4:05am

Beautiful resonator, Ernest!  There's a reso on my radar as well, having picked up a couple Atchison reso cones recently.  Not sure what if anything I'll use as a cover plate.  Yours came our very clean looking!  I have been buying 'fake inlay' markers on ebay, which function pretty well.  Did you just superglue yours in place on the surface, or inlay them?  Well done!