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Permalink Reply by Matte Resist on January 11, 2011 at 7:55am

That looks very cool! Nice work! I love the lightning sound holes.  What did you use for the resonator?

Permalink Reply by Jason on January 11, 2011 at 7:58am

A brass cone made by Old Lowe

Matte Resist said:

That looks very cool! Nice work! I love the lightning sound holes.  What did you use for the resonator?

Permalink Reply by Pattie on January 11, 2011 at 8:02am

very nice..do we get a sound test?

Permalink Reply by Johnny Debit on January 11, 2011 at 9:47am

WOW! If I could ever make something that spectacular I would call it my swan song, hang up my tools, and then just play it until the day I die. Absolutely Beautiful. Did you build the box as well? It looks like Mahogany.

Permalink Reply by Jason on January 12, 2011 at 7:07am

Nope. My father had the box in his atic. It is solid mahogany though. so is the neck. The fretboard, coverplate, headstock overlay, heelcap, and little plate where the bribge pins go are from one piece of rosewood. There are alot more pics of it at my page. It is only my 3rd build and I would appreciate any feedback.

Permalink Reply by Dianne Woods on January 12, 2011 at 11:31pm

Very nice, great job.

Permalink Reply by John Hopper on January 14, 2011 at 3:53am

Hey Jason.  Please tell me how to build a resonator.  I started a discussion on this , but not too much response yet.  Do you  have any pics of the inside and resonator.  It really looks great.  What is the scale length?  I usually build concert scale ukuleles.  thanks, john

Permalink Reply by Jason on January 15, 2011 at 4:52am

I have no pics of the inside unfortunately and I sealed it shut. The resonator is from Old Lowe who you can friend request on this site. He is a wealth of reso knowledge. The scale length is 20-1/8 in.

Permalink Reply by Stevie Vaughn on January 16, 2011 at 4:47pm

Damn fine job. I hope to start a resonator soon!

Permalink Reply by John Hopper on January 17, 2011 at 6:30am

Hi Thanks.  Who is or what is Old Lowe?  How do friend it or him?  Thanks, jh

Jason said:

I have no pics of the inside unfortunately and I sealed it shut. The resonator is from Old Lowe who you can friend request on this site. He is a wealth of reso knowledge. The scale length is 20-1/8 in.

Permalink Reply by Jason on January 17, 2011 at 7:49am

Go to my page and look at my friends ( all 3 of them ) you will see Old Lowe click on the icon and it will take you to his page.

John Hopper said:

Hi Thanks.  Who is or what is Old Lowe?  How do friend it or him?  Thanks, jh

Jason said:

I have no pics of the inside unfortunately and I sealed it shut. The resonator is from Old Lowe who you can friend request on this site. He is a wealth of reso knowledge. The scale length is 20-1/8 in.

Permalink Reply by Alan Roberts on January 17, 2011 at 1:12pm

Hey, John! The video you were looking for on how to spin your own reso cones was by Roosterman and can be found here: Rooster's spinning cones

He uses aluminium, not copper. The copper cones didn't work.

 

Old Lowe's cones can be found here: http://smokehouseguitars.com/blognewsroll/?cat=38

John Hopper said:

Hi Thanks.  Who is or what is Old Lowe?  How do friend it or him?  Thanks, jh

Jason said:

I have no pics of the inside unfortunately and I sealed it shut. The resonator is from Old Lowe who you can friend request on this site. He is a wealth of reso knowledge. The scale length is 20-1/8 in.

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