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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on June 30, 2009 at 4:37pm

Deep is good up to a point... I've used R&J boxes on basses and they sound great... But, scratch the surface, I've run into some that had pressed board tops... If that's the case, just build "on the bottom"...

the best,

Wichita Sam

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Permalink Reply by steve (Roots) on June 30, 2009 at 4:41pm

The tops looks great but the bottoms sounds better like tiny said.

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Permalink Reply by Anderson on June 30, 2009 at 4:45pm

Building on the bottom!!??

Oh man! What's the difficulty level of that?

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on July 1, 2009 at 12:46am

I built one last week and made a 3 string out of it.It had a nice sound and it sold the same day I brought it in and started demo ing it.
I also used the top as the TOP because folks seem to be more responsive to looks rather then sound.But as I said it sounded fine.
And it made money,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Permalink Reply by Jkevn on July 1, 2009 at 1:52am

Don't automatically give up on a cardboard/pressboard top. I have two Punch boxes that I discovered had cardboard tops while removing the inside paper. I was heart broken, until I built them. They ended up being two of the best sounding I have done yet. You just never know sometimes til ya string them up.

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on July 1, 2009 at 3:23am

I agree with you that pressboard tops can sound great. The only thought I would have is that you'd better string them lightly/low tension, because they probably won't hold up long term nearly as well as wood...

the best,

Wichita Sam


Jkevn said:

Don't automatically give up on a cardboard/pressboard top. I have two Punch boxes that I discovered had cardboard tops while removing the inside paper. I was heart broken, until I built them. They ended up being two of the best sounding I have done yet. You just never know sometimes til ya string them up.

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Permalink Reply by Ishmaelprophet on July 1, 2009 at 4:34am

I Built one and used the top as the top and it is my best one so far...

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Permalink Reply by Anderson on July 1, 2009 at 4:38am

thanks folks, being a newb to this whole cbg life I just wantd to get some other opinions!

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