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Permalink Reply by Pete Turner on January 29, 2014 at 4:13am

Amazing!

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on April 10, 2014 at 9:14pm

The preferred term is eccentricity but yeah you're probably right.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 10, 2014 at 10:09pm

Creativity is the preferred term. >:-E

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on April 11, 2014 at 2:38am

And all this time I just thought the term was psychologically disturbed.

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Permalink Reply by Marc Brode on April 11, 2014 at 2:10am

Beautiful and inspiring! Well done everyone!

Question: does all the hardware on the box affect the sound much? Do those add-ons rattle or buzz?

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Permalink Reply by Marc Brode on April 11, 2014 at 2:39am

Thanks, Wayfinder. I would gladly give up some sound quality to end up with one of these creations! (I just didn't want to find out the hard way that the things buzz so badly they cannot be played).

Some day, I will build one of these. 

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on April 11, 2014 at 2:45am

Anything added to the box does. Sometimes good sometimes bad. The "radiators" on my "Vudu Steam" tend to resonate giving a growl to the sound or in some cases, depending on where the amp is located they can be a great source of feedback.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 11, 2014 at 2:57am

It was my primary concern when building my entry.  So I made sure what I added had great resonance.  Old Lowe copper resonator cone.  Now if I had only added a few more sprockets and fiddly bits. . . .

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Permalink Reply by Primitive Acoustics on April 11, 2014 at 4:55am

I was surprised that mine turned out to be audible considering the box was encased in metal tape and coated with carnuba wax.  I think it sounds pretty good for an acoustic, a bit subdued, but with decent tone.  It took forever to eliminate the rattles, especially with the warped brass drawer handle sitting on top of a watch gear.  Now it plays without rattles but mostly hangs on the wall.

I have a couple of videos where you can hear it on my page.  I recorded through an ADK mic into my computer and tweaked the sound using Sound Forge but it gives you an idea.  (Excuse the playing, still a beginner with the slide)

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