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Havana Honey replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"His strings look like they're over an inch above the neck! So you think this is by design to reduce the tension a bit?"

Sep 9, 2010

GI Junker replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

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Sep 9, 2010

GI Junker replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"theres a guy out there his name is Super Chikan ( spelled just like that) in anycase he uses broom handles or something similar. You can find him on you tube. He has very unique designs and builds his own stuff. Check him out. I have one of his…"

Sep 9, 2010

Havana Honey replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"I went back, and the wood shovel handle is actually about 10" to where it splits, so that takes up about a little less than half of its length. I was thinking I could just use it as the head stock and put a broom handle through it, but then it…"

Aug 25, 2010

Havana Honey replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"I like the twisty end! "

Aug 22, 2010

Havana Honey replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"Will this work? The shovel handle is too short to run the full length...Ugh. That's a lot of wood removal by hand...I was thinking bamboo as the connector, because it is strong enough I can take a slim piece and let it be the male piece and I…"

Aug 22, 2010

Havana Honey replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"Thanks everyone! This and a trip to my local hardware store has generated a lot of ideas - I'm going to try and draw them up and post them and get your opinions. One thing I'm worried about is learning fretless and/or the best way to…"

Aug 22, 2010

J-Hob replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"I have built bass and guitar scale diddley bows from softwood broomsticks and they work just fine, no bowing that I can detect over 5 months, and seeing as you play them with a slide anyway it's doesn't really matter if there's a…"

Aug 22, 2010

David Sutton replied to Havana Honey's discussion softwood broomsticks in the group Three string guitars

"You can use a rasp to file any part of the broomstick flat that you need to fix things to, like the nut or the tuners."

Aug 22, 2010

Havana Honey added a discussion to the group Three string guitars

softwood broomsticks

So I'm having a bitch of a time finding hardwoods where I live. Seems everyone orders them on-line, sight-unseen. (I can't speak the language and nobody will help me more than two minutes to source things) I'm seriously considering just using a broomstick, (well - actually some farming tool - since brooms are woven of straw and short) if I can find one. I'm wondering if it will bow over time, thinking machine heads won't fit on them very well, and wondering how to make a nut on something…See More

Aug 22, 2010

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Havana Honey replied to BeetleJuice!'s discussion 3 string albums and videos in the group Three string guitars

"link please? "

Aug 21, 2010

Havana Honey joined BeetleJuice!'s group

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Aug 16, 2010

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Havana Honey left a comment for Steve

"not really, as I'm teaching in S. Korea right now! But I sure do miss Washington State...don't know where to source anything here...thanks for the welcome!"

Aug 9, 2010