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Permalink Reply by Jon on June 25, 2020 at 9:18am

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on June 25, 2020 at 11:44am

Hi Jon, its not always the size of the box but what its made of that contributes to a pleasing sound.

A small box can have a better sound than a larger box, in many cases,if made of good materials, although it may have less volume.

I have boxes like you have there, cardboard or fibreboard for the most part, I just use them for storage.

Try a hardwood bridge instead of the steel bolt, that will changed the tone.
Taff

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on June 25, 2020 at 4:32pm

Well, it looks like you have acoustic strings on it instead of electric strings so yes, the wound strings are going to sound weak. Slap some electric strings on there, crank your amp and the size of the box won't matter. : )

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on June 25, 2020 at 6:36pm

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on June 25, 2020 at 8:20pm

I’m with Korrigan, switch over to some electrics & crank ‘er up! But, you could install some bracing under the lid for better acoustic vibration, but changing the bridge like taff says will spread more vibration across the lid & give you better response than the bolt combo, I would give it a try before anything? Good luck :)

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Permalink Reply by Tom T on June 26, 2020 at 12:22am

Hi Jon.

When you say sound is not so good, are saying not so good when played acoustically? If so, its not surprising since the box is not wood but cardboard. I've used that box before and know that acoustically it is pretty weak. On the other hand, when played through an amp it usually sounds find. Don't recognize the pickup you are using, but I suggest that you switch to some nickel electric strings and consider adding a tone circuit (easy mod). With those changes you should be able to get good tone from the instrument.

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Permalink Reply by Jon on June 26, 2020 at 12:33am

Thanks for all the great suggestions! Just to show my level of naïveté, I didn’t really know changing the bridge or strings would affect that much. I’m still definitely on the front end of the learning curve:) Thanks for all the input. I’m glad I posted and asked!

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Permalink Reply by Southern Ray on July 1, 2020 at 4:34am

 We have some brilliant builders here and some, like myself, less brilliant, that are more than happy to help when we can. We are all still learning. 

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on June 26, 2020 at 11:46am

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on July 16, 2020 at 5:05am

thanx man ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Jon on June 27, 2020 at 6:24am

Anonymous, I looked up your stuff on the swamp witch. That’s some crazy cool stuff :-) I liked your comment where you said to paraphrase there a gateway to creativity :-) I wholeheartedly agree!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on July 16, 2020 at 5:04am

;-)

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