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Welcome to the insanity Art. I have used clear rattle can Lacquer with success. Not a fan of poly, but I can't see why it wiuldn't work as well.
New member here with his first question. I am working on my first cigar box dulcimer--a guitar will be next----and I was wondering how you folks finished the boxes that are paper covered. I finished the neck in clear poly but I am not sure what to put on the paper cause I don't want to ruin it. Thanks in advance for your help, Art
Finish the box is the last thing I do just before final assembly.
After. For same reasons as listed by Dani.
After Ricky. Then all the splinters, chips, dents and imperfections from tooling are covered without the need for touch up afterwards.
Hey everybody!!! Those of you who finish your boxes, do you finish before cutting/drilling or after?
Thanks Jim. I think MusiciansFriend is an American company but I'm sure I could do the equivalent with a website over here in the UK.
I don't know what sizes I need but I've figured out that I could do D-Aa- Dd with a single set after some more thinking. Thick E down a whole step to D, thick A to pitch with the b down a whole step to a, and then thick D to pitch with the thin e down a while step to d. Doesn't give me the double course on the low D but should still work without buying a set of 12 strings.
Thanks for the help. If anyone has a better suggestion that gets me double course on all three sets of two from a single pack I'd really appreciate the advice. As always, you've been marvellous and generous in the help given and it's greatly appreciated.
Bear :0)
If you figure out what sizes work, you can buy packs of a single size at MusiciansFriend.com.
6-Pack Plain: Single Electric Guitar Strings - Plain
3-Pack Wound: Single Electric Guitar Strings - Wound
You can get just the sizes you need. This is how I buy strings for my electric ukulele. I like the Ernie Ball strings I linked, but they also have Rogue brand in a 12 pack for even less...
These COMMENTS may help. http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/3-string-cbg-double-cour...
I did mean double course. I always heard it as double cores when people said it. Funny English language getting the better of me again. Three sets of two strings is what I meant, in 1-5-1 tuning. I.e. Gg Dd Gg.
Thanks for helping and thanks for correcting my Pick. If we're never corrected then we're always wrong, right? :0)
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