"howdy, sorry it took me so long to answer yer question about the area 51 resonator,where the piezo is located at the headstock....its a very weird thing to describe but i will try. so first i must say its on a slide build with no frets,and you can…"
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So who's up on instagram?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Randy S. Bretz Oct 1, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Post your username for instagram here so we can follow your build pictures. You can follow me by searching for sumnermclain
cedar neck?
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Well yesterday I spoke with a local rustic furniture builder in town and he sold me a 4"x12"x4' slab of cedar as well as more oak flooring than i could ever use and some really nice black walnut. i…Continue
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Sumner McLain replied to Josh Thompson's discussion Thought I share this"awesome little beat the guy on the cbg is playing"
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"are you building the frame?? nice! i have a couple washboards i'm planning to electrify. whats best to clean up that old brass?"
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"nice! i just built one too mine is really quiet for some reason. you say you stuffed the can with foam?"
Sumner McLain replied to chevytrucking's discussion Just finished first CBG"Extremely clean first build. Very very nice finish and everything"
Sumner McLain replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo"Randy that diddlestick is what's up! I love the natural, bark-on neck"
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"Are the elements from newish phones useable or just the big round disk type elements from the old rotary and some keypad phones?"
Randy S. Bretz replied to Sumner McLain's discussion So who's up on instagram?"Thats why you can do a blog on a build...some members have done this. Post pic`s of each stage of the build from start to finish."
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"yep you're pretty much the king of harp mics on here. so i had some trouble with the wiring on mine- it never would pick up vocals, just the static from my breath. i tried it both directly into a 1/4" jack and with a volume pot. what am i…"
Sumner McLain replied to Sumner McLain's discussion So who's up on instagram?"Clock-?? Lol
Randy- I'm just new to instagram and trying to network and find some cool people to follow. Most of the other forums I've been on have a specific builds forum where you post progress on each of your builds. The closest thing…"
Randy S. Bretz commented on Sumner McLain's photophoto (3)
"One of my first harp mic`s , this one i used an old rotary telephone element. The ones i`m making now i use a military grade cb radio mic element. Much better sound and their built like a tank...lol. I just bought some dynamic cartridge elements for…"
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- At 9:04pm on October 28, 2012,
bairfoot cajun said… howdy, sorry it took me so long to answer yer question about the area 51 resonator,where the piezo is located at the headstock....its a very weird thing to describe but i will try. so first i must say its on a slide build with no frets,and you can pluck the strings and get sound thats kinda a far away sound,but the minute you touch the slide to the strings its like a booster switch and the volume is activated---but if you remove the slide from the strings its like the volume is gone but you stil get a sound that is far away. so for playing slide in a average way its not practical because of the loss and gain of the volume but i would say for a special type sound where you would not have to remove the slide at all from the strings,it would make an interesting recording. thanks for your question.
- At 1:00pm on September 28, 2012,
bouydog 8-9-8 said… Hey Sumner welcome to my free thinking world.
- At 6:36pm on September 27, 2012,
darren brown said… the can is a bolt on .
- At 6:44pm on September 25, 2012, darren brown said…
thanks sumner the finish is air bushed layers and sanding then a clear low luster
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