AGP #417 “Brassy Bowl”. 2 String Fretless Brass Bowl Guitar.Scale:648mm/25½”. Strings: .042NW/.032NW/. Tuned G CYet another Bowl Build, this time a Brass one, this thing has been sitting in a draw in my shed for around 6 or 7 years, with me having no idea about how I was going to use it, finally came up with this design, to try and get the most of any Resonator qualities it had, will do a Sound Sample for others to judge Aye or Nay.I think I purchased the 200mm diameter Bowl on Ebay, but can’t remember what I paid for it, the Box Surround is European Spruce Pine, the Neck is Grey Ironbark, the Fretboard and Headstock Wings are Merbau, all coated with an Oak Stain and 2 coats of British Paints Acrylic Clear Gloss, a 2.3k MGB Single Coil Micro Pup is hardwired to the Output Jack, I usually stick the Pup down with Hot Glue, but after seeing a few articles about securing them with double sided tape, I decided to use that method, but as you can see by one of the Pics, it failed, with the magnetic pull of the Strings dislodging it, back to the Hot Glue!Decided on a 2 String Chugger, because, like the Bowl, I have had 2 odd Gold Machine Heads sitting in a Box, annoying me for ages! :-D
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Yep!, that's exactly what happened to this one Jerry, the Strings popped the whole Pup, this one is now the 5th MGB Flat Pup that I've Hot Glued, and have never had a problem with any of them lifting
AGP I just had that same problem., the magnet in my little MGB is so strong it keeps lifting the treble side of the pickup till it touches the strings., hot glue sound interesting, but I think I'm going back to screws.,., double side tape was easy, but I'd hate for it to let go while I was playing...
hello Alan ,! this one is new ! special consept, brass and ringing like a bell, comes to mind, the metal on metal bridge will do the trick ,i tryéd that in one of my own and it dilivered the exspected effect, hope this one does to, when you look at it from a soundboard point of vieuw, you say that cant be! cose you have no soundboard, maybee when you seround the bell whit a sound board or sutch,it may increase the acoustic resonance even more ! just saying thumbs up AGP# 417 geeewisch!!
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Yep!, that's exactly what happened to this one Jerry, the Strings popped the whole Pup, this one is now the 5th MGB Flat Pup that I've Hot Glued, and have never had a problem with any of them lifting
"Thanks Andries", did toy with the idea of a Soundboard, but decided to go with the maximum amount of Sound Holes instead! ;-D
AGP I just had that same problem., the magnet in my little MGB is so strong it keeps lifting the treble side of the pickup till it touches the strings., hot glue sound interesting, but I think I'm going back to screws.,., double side tape was easy, but I'd hate for it to let go while I was playing...
hello Alan ,! this one is new ! special consept, brass and ringing like a bell, comes to mind, the metal on metal bridge will do the trick ,i tryéd that in one of my own and it dilivered the exspected effect, hope this one does to, when you look at it from a soundboard point of vieuw, you say that cant be! cose you have no soundboard, maybee when you seround the bell whit a sound board or sutch,it may increase the acoustic resonance even more ! just saying thumbs up AGP# 417 geeewisch!!