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Permalink Reply by Doc Oakroot on June 21, 2009 at 2:30pm

A cake or pie tin will work if it's stiff enough to hold the string tension. Or buy a ukulele resonator cone.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on June 21, 2009 at 3:52pm

Mine is a 2.00 girl-scout cooking set lid. The cover is a .69 cent pot lid from the same thrift store.

Half the fun is looking for the right bits.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Lilly on June 22, 2009 at 8:56am

Try here...
http://www.fretstore.com/detail.aspx?ID=589

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Permalink Reply by bairfoot cajun on September 5, 2009 at 10:05am

the jello pan has i nice aluminum sound,got it cheap maybe a cupla dollars at most. i bought it fer looks too because it wasn,t plain looking.it could be used as well if it were flipped over. got some smaller angel food cake pans too that work real well for that aluminum sound that cones produce.

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Permalink Reply by Will Carter on September 5, 2009 at 9:51pm

Hi John,

I am about to try a reso using a milo tin lid set into the regular wooden lid, if you have a look at Shane's how2 play area you can see a Jim frets model using a paint can lid - sounds awesome! If you own a vibratory hand sander use that to thin out what ever piece of metal you choose to use. Have you tried making a CBG with a cookie tin? Sounds almost banjo like so the half metal and half wood sounds most dobro like (I think). Good luck and don't forget topost some cool pics mate.

Regards,

Will

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