Howdy everyone!
I just am finishing up #1 "Punch" - just need a little filler where I cut my neck slow a bit wide, and some sound ports on the side facing up as I'm playing:
This was a bit of work, being my first one - the oak came from a porch swing kit someone had done, and there was leftover wood; it's actually 7/8" thick, so I had to handsaw the headstock down (that was lots of work). Not gonna win prizes, but it's *mine*, that I build all by my lonesome!
#2 is going to be done with a pickup and scarf joint on the headstock - this is addicting!
Cheers!
Rob
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Heya Oily,
Thanks for the suggestion, I will be very careful and only make *one* soundhole. I'm not gluing the top down yet, since I want to throw a piezo into this art some point very soon. #2's scarf joint failed, mostly because cutting with a handsaw isn't nearly as accurage with flat surfaces as it would be suing a scroll/band/miter saw to make the cut. I'm making due though :)
"Punch" sounds much more full than the "BBG" I bought on a whim from Elderly. Longer scale length and fatter strings sounds so damned good!
Thank again for the advice.
Rob
Thanks for the details - it's great to find out things like this without reinventing the wheel. as it were.
The $30 pre-made rig I go is louder than Punch, but I've determined it to be the f-holes in the front surface. I'm not married to Punch remaining pristine, however, I'm wondering of a sound hole in the top will provide that acoustic bass response similar to the f-holes on the cheap rig?
Any insight before I cut is greatly appreciated.
Rob
Oily,
I like your style. Applying science to a musical instrument is right up my alley. I'll leave Punch closed up for now (I need funding to get the piezo and other goodies), and will get some baseline measurements.
I'll also get measurements of the other instrument with and without the F-holes covered up, you know, just for science! Thanks so much for your guidance, I've build other instruments, but that required a whole freakin' wood shop, and it's not practical in a 3rd floor apartment (that landlord got test with me trying to sneak in a bandsaw).
I'll report findings later (after I play around more!)
Rob
There was a link here awhile back to a good article where a university measured the sound holes, round/C/F and it turned out the narrow slit properties of an F-hole also made the air move faster through them giving more volume.
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