I think this may be the very nicest sounding of the poplar-topped big boxes. Funny, because this was the one I really struggled to set up. My building method ("method"- ha!) means that it's potluck how high the saddle has to be. Usually I've got a threaded bar to fit, but this one needed a butchered rosewood bridge to make it work. By the time I got that right the strings were tensioned and away I went.Anyway, I may return to the big box later in the year, but there's a coupla things I'd like to try first...
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Thanks Dave, Don. Sound hole was nicked from some 'proper' guitar or other- feel free!
I'm STILL not sure whether I like simplicity, or whether I'm in such a hurry to play each git that I just can't be bothered to make it any more complicated...
Thanks as always UJ. You are, of course, absolutely right- #9 was a case in point. So-so acoustic; went back to it, took the top off (screwed on, natch) and fitted a lipstick. Now it's my electric three-stringer of choice- and a fetching faux watercolour.
Looks good. Glad it sounds good. We never know what we have until we are done. And sometimes we are not done for days, weeks or months after the build is first done.
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Thanks Dave, Don. Sound hole was nicked from some 'proper' guitar or other- feel free!
I'm STILL not sure whether I like simplicity, or whether I'm in such a hurry to play each git that I just can't be bothered to make it any more complicated...
I like the simple look too.
I like the simplicity, interesting soundhole.
Thanks as always UJ. You are, of course, absolutely right- #9 was a case in point. So-so acoustic; went back to it, took the top off (screwed on, natch) and fitted a lipstick. Now it's my electric three-stringer of choice- and a fetching faux watercolour.
Looks good. Glad it sounds good. We never know what we have until we are done. And sometimes we are not done for days, weeks or months after the build is first done.