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- Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:41 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Alternative to X/Parallel bracing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11617
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:24 am
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Alternative to X/Parallel bracing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11617
Re: Alternative to X/Parallel bracing
Nice. Looks very interesting. That kind of fan bracing also came out pretty well, also a bit more mellow, but still projecting: https://www.mimf.com/phpbb/download/file.php?id=9542&mode=view The background of this structure was a different one: i wanted additional support on the previously delam...
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:16 am
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Archtop as a concept for acoustic bass guitar?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 55862
Re: Archtop as a concept for acoustic bass guitar?
well i did what i had in mind, it resulted in a 4 string barititone guitar and it really came out well. i think i can easily fit it with bass strings as well. Cool. That is still the original guitar scale, isn't it? (i hope i can come back to actually make complete guitars as soon as i retire (in a...
- Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Spacers on the back of a guitar?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6689
Re: Spacers on the back of a guitar?
The extra air space adds a lot of complication when it comes to the way the back vibrates, with the usual solution being vent holes on one or the other back. Obviously. But anyaway: as soon as i move away the bass a few cm from my body, a similar situation arises there will be a gap which will of c...
- Tue May 31, 2022 7:44 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Spacers on the back of a guitar?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6689
Re: Spacers on the back of a guitar?
So here's my prototype - two stripes of poplar, the spacers made of XPS, and all temporarily fixed with double sided tape. It actually works as indended, and that's sufficient for testing and getting experience over longer time. DSC_4821.JPG Quite interestingly, tapping the top shows pretty large st...
- Tue May 31, 2022 7:18 am
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Do I need a body mold?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38470
Re: Do I need a body mold?
Yes, i do. Again, that was meant as a question.
- Sat May 28, 2022 7:10 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Spacers on the back of a guitar?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6689
Re: Spacers on the back of a guitar?
But that fortunately sounds as if my idea was not completely crazy ... encouraging.
- Sat May 28, 2022 7:06 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Do I need a body mold?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38470
Re: Do I need a body mold?
Hi Beate - glad to see your still alive and kicking! Unfortunately i still lack energy for even making the neck of my Bass VI or repairing my amps. Reasons: an old house - isolating and more - still cannot be userd for living and restoring and improving an old velomobile (see attachments if Youre i...
- Fri May 27, 2022 9:20 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Spacers on the back of a guitar?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6689
Spacers on the back of a guitar?
Maybe that sounds strange, but at least some guitars have more volume or simply play louder if there is no contact (or as little as possible) between the bottom and the player's body. That's the case with my cheap ABG - which is, btw, surprisingly loud and well sounding. I want to play the instrumen...
- Fri May 27, 2022 9:02 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Do I need a body mold?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38470
Re: Do I need a body mold?
I don't know if the question is still relevant, but i would like to add that i put together an archtop body without using any mold. In my case the rims had been cut from massive wood (it is an electric thinline, and i wanted to try out that approach although it is a waste of material), so keeping th...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:09 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: SIX ...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 57881
Re: SIX ...
Minor update - access to the electric cavity from the back:
- Fri May 15, 2020 6:35 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Overhang values for a bass
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5224
Re: Overhang values for a bass
Yes. Maybe slightly more, especially toward the end of the fretboard.
- Fri May 15, 2020 2:10 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: SIX ...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 57881
Re: SIX ...
In the past there was very little prograss on this project, and it is still far from finished. The top cracked multiple times when i carved the inner part of the top - and thanks to insufficient sharpness of my tools the precision lacks a lot. Even the joint broke up over ~7cm. I was actually short ...
- Fri May 15, 2020 1:43 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Tap tones for archtop top-plate, help needed
- Replies: 21
- Views: 32364
Re: Tap tones for archtop top-plate, help needed
Beatiful. Especially for the 1st archtop.
- Tue Feb 04, 2020 10:59 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: CE marking for electric guitar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10937
Re: CE marking for electric guitar
I'd be surprised if the German instrument makers apply CE marking. That would actually individual procedures for every single instrument (if custom built). But i can ask, if You like.
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: It's Been a While
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18185
Re: It's Been a While
My condolences and best wishes for you!
Beate
Beate
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: about using an eggbeater drill
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23451
Re: about using an eggbeater drill
That thread finally did inspire me to look for an old eggbeater drill (i was thinking about that a while ago) - the recent ones seem to be mostly toys. And it looks as if i was lucky - that one looks pretty decent, doesn't it? DSC_4251.JPG So, thanks for the posting, thanks for the inspiration. Now ...
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:06 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: about using an eggbeater drill
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23451
Re: about using an eggbeater drill
But You can also use it vertically as i did in a recent project - a recumbent bike seat:
I used my chin to hold at the top. Or drilled really slow and used just my two hands.
I used my chin to hold at the top. Or drilled really slow and used just my two hands.
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:52 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Low Impedance pickup - prototype
- Replies: 20
- Views: 35850
Re: Low Impedance pickup - prototype
The main reason why a currently not use them is that they are pretty large preventing from e.g, making hexaphonic humbucking pickups or very narow or very flat pickups. This seems to be better done with traditional low impedance pickup designs. From my prototype i conclude that the narrowst shape wi...
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:21 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: about using an eggbeater drill
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23451
Re: about using an eggbeater drill
Not an eggbeater, not old but a chinese copy of an old 2 gear drill. Quality "chinese prejudice", i.e. not very usable in fast gear, but really nice in the slow gear, takes normal drill bits. I have already used it for pickup winding (actually bought it for that purpose...)