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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on February 10, 2009 at 10:30am

Me too. I'm just building a resonator using an aluminum camping cook-set.

Permalink Reply by Matte Resist on February 10, 2009 at 10:36am

I've been trying to find one of those mess kits so i could use the little bowl/pan thing for a resonator.

Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on February 13, 2009 at 6:14am

The one I found is almost perfect; I used the top or "lid" part. Cost me a buck at a thrift shop. My wife told me these are normally girl-scout items.

Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on March 26, 2009 at 6:07am

just finished this build, turned out quite well. I fixed the piezo to a point just ahead of the bridge using 3M silicone. put down a layer of silicone and stuck the piezo on and let it dry, then put another layer over the whole thing.
This is the first time I tried a volume control; a standard 250K volume "pot" wired in. Also seems to work very well, no noise, nice progressive action.

So far, quite pleased with this camping-tin resonator; sounds pretty good both plugged in and acoustic. Still need to put on a cover of some sort, but that's just cosmetic. I'll probably just end up making one from aluminum sheet.

Permalink Reply by Matte Resist on April 29, 2009 at 5:42am

I'm gonna answer my own question now. I epoxied my piezo to the underside of the resonator sort of near the "eye" of the eyebolt where there's no holes (& where it can't be seen). You can see what it sounds like here:
Please forgive the terrible playing. I'd only been playing about a week at this point.