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Comment by Monterey on June 29, 2015 at 11:02am

That's great Alan! I love recycling wood. The tablesaw sure makes life easier!

Comment by Alan Garrett on June 29, 2015 at 10:46am

Monterey, your post inspired me to do a little recycling.  I might build a dulcimer out of the wood.

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Comment by Monterey on June 27, 2015 at 3:11pm

That Cherry sure is beautiful...I am bookmatching a Spruce 2x4 for the Dulcimer I'm working on now and the Ohio LPG. I ripped it on the tablesaw, got 4 pieces out of it. There's enough left over for another Dulcimer. Don't know how good it is, but I'm bracing it really well, and the price sure is right. Also it was a particularly nice 2x4. I'm real fussy choosing wood!kinda knotty, but It's OK if you like the rustic look!

Comment by Alan Garrett on June 27, 2015 at 2:40pm

Thanks Gary and Monterey.  I am happy with it for my first dulcimer stick.  I have a cell phone tripped coming of e-bay so I can put a few clips of it on line.  I got the wooden rosette from http://www.folkcraft.com/padauk.html They sell them for about five bucks a pop and have different woods.  I found a good source for nice inexpensive wood for fronts and backs athttp://ocoochhardwoods.com/scroll_saw_lumber.php  The neck I bought at home Depot.

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on June 27, 2015 at 12:00pm

Wow!  Way cool, Alan!  I tend to agree with Monterey that the bridge placement looks pretty balanced, but guess it'd still work nicely a smidgeon back.  My gitties are typically a 25" scale, and I think that beautiful curved taper also accentuates the slender neck.  Well done!

Comment by Monterey on June 27, 2015 at 6:51am

Well it looks great Alan. The bridge looks to be nicely symmetrical with the rest of the instrument. Although the headstock does look long, it adds to the overall effect of the long slender neck. I think it's Rad! Look forward to seeing a video or hearing a soundtrack!

Comment by Alan Garrett on June 27, 2015 at 6:35am

It was my first one.  I measured incorrectly in my planning and put too much length in the neck.  I did not figure it out till I got to building the fretboard.  So, I quickly changed to a 25 1/2 scale length and had to compensate by making the headstock longer than I wanted.  The bridge is also not as far back as I wanted.  Works great though.  She sounds great plugged in to an amp.

Comment by Will King on June 27, 2015 at 3:50am

Hi Alan....Great looking stick.....What is the scale length?....Looks to be about 3 feet....Nice chair too!

Comment by Uncle John on June 27, 2015 at 3:23am

Very nice!

Comment by Monterey on June 26, 2015 at 2:48pm

That's really cool Alan! She looks like she has a really long neck. What's she like to play?