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Comment by Greg Thompson on April 20, 2015 at 9:26am

George, thanks for the suggestion of the rod piezo. I'll have to give it a try.

Comment by the anonymous pick on April 19, 2015 at 11:06am

kewl

Comment by George Forster on April 19, 2015 at 11:04am

Cool looking git!

I might try putting a rod piezo in the bridge (in assuming you put a disc piezo in the body).  I think the rods reduce the harshness (versus a disc), and give a truer tone.

Comment by Greg Thompson on April 19, 2015 at 8:57am

This was an experiment to see how using a ceramic body would work. After building canjos no gourd guitars, this was a natural next step...
It is small, so the sound is somewhere between a Uke and Banjo. It has nylon strings and piezo. I think it sounds OK acoustically, but when amped, I'm not impressed. I think I should have covered the piezo more and not glazed the inside. My feeling is that there is a lot of sound bouncing around in the small, shallow body. A bigger body will probably produce a better sound. I want to make a larger version and see. I was pleased with the overall design, but I want to refine the overall shape. It was a good learning experience.