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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 19, 2018 at 6:23pm

Love it, Shane!... Have you tried a hammered resonator made from a #10 food can lid?  

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Permalink Reply by jeff weins on October 20, 2018 at 4:48pm

John, my current project, acoustic tin can resonator, using a hammered #10 can lid. jeff

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on October 20, 2018 at 5:58am

I made a Gas Can 4 string guitar that has an awesome reso sound to it, but after you made the "Pizza Dough-Bro" I made use of some guitar parts an a aluminum skillet that never got used in the kitchen to make my "Strat-O-Rez" guitar.

The Strat-O-Rez guitar has a hidden benefit in that the aluminum skillet actually nullifies the 60 cycle hum from the single coil pickups. I didn't know it was the aluminum doing it til I read a write-up by Bill Lawrence(famous pickup making guru) about the effects of metal base plates, covers and pickguards on pickups.

I recently stumbled upon a couple of old record turntable platters that are made of aluminum. They are around 11" diameter, but have a second inner diameter of 9" allowing you to trim away the outer material for a smaller cone. They have a spider bridge bracing already molded in and many have sound holes in them for projecting acoustically.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 20, 2018 at 8:27pm

I've made a few witch resos , using - a  goatskin tambourine (and microphone spring ) with  oven drip plate  sound holes .- A trash can bottom from the dollar store ,  - Inner  reso on the Gothicka (last pic )  is  actually a set of  brass  flowers  i found .They ring nice .

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 20, 2018 at 8:42pm

And , i cant forget.....the bachelor pad....

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Permalink Reply by Andy Main on October 23, 2018 at 2:36am

Three of my Resonator Projects I have build

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 23, 2018 at 9:03pm

;-) I hope the  relation of "soap bar " pickups , on a " wash board" guitar  .. is not lost . :-)

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Permalink Reply by Andy Main on October 24, 2018 at 5:48am

The Relation is lost...The Washboard Lapsteel is only for dirty Blues ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on October 24, 2018 at 12:31pm

Super cool horse shoe headstock!

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Permalink Reply by Andy Main on October 25, 2018 at 1:34am

Thank you.

This Fretless Cookie Tin Guitar sounds really nice.I sold this Guitar on a Blues Festival in Germany.

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