Post by keithambridge on Feb 27, 2014 19:08:20 GMT
Due to popular demand (well 2 members) I have been talked into reposting the pictures of my Blue Resonator build.
I hadn't realised that the posts I did do were on the old forum, therefore some members here will have seen it before, but others not.
The colour is in honour of the Greek flag, a place that I have lived and loved for 20 years now. And since this style of guitar took off in depression times in the U.S I called it the Greek Austerity model.
Kind of based on the National Triolian, biscuit bridge single cone. National made these with wood bodies and metal ones, since I'm a carpenter I went for wood, (although I am thinking of a metal one as we go to press)!
The idea was to build this using router patterns so I could reproduce it in the future.
The body is all cut from good quality plywood.
The neck has a neck stick attached like old style banjo's
And the only things that hold the neck on are tension on the neck stick
And 4 screws through the fingerboard dots!
Neck geometry took some messing with, this was very wrong, the action was low but the strings nearly touched the hand rest.
I started work before the metalwork arrived (serves me right)! The strings should pass about halfway between the hand rest and the biscuit.
At this stage I was getting some very good advice from Michael Messer on his forum.
One thing I did was change the cheap Chinese cone (on the right) for a "Continental" cone (left) these are used in Messer's guitars and "Busker"guitars (Busker supplied the cone).
With the new neck geometry this is perfect, worth noting is that you don't need alot of break angle on a reso, it just overloads the cone.
One thing that Michael Messer pointed out seeing this picture was the gap between the tailpiece and the cover plate, (wrong), they must be in contact with enough pressure not to buzz.
Slap some paint on and enjoy
I am absolutely hooked on slide guitar now, infact I hardly play my acoustic (shame on me).
I hope you enjoy this brief photo log
I hadn't realised that the posts I did do were on the old forum, therefore some members here will have seen it before, but others not.
The colour is in honour of the Greek flag, a place that I have lived and loved for 20 years now. And since this style of guitar took off in depression times in the U.S I called it the Greek Austerity model.
Kind of based on the National Triolian, biscuit bridge single cone. National made these with wood bodies and metal ones, since I'm a carpenter I went for wood, (although I am thinking of a metal one as we go to press)!
The idea was to build this using router patterns so I could reproduce it in the future.
The body is all cut from good quality plywood.
The neck has a neck stick attached like old style banjo's
And the only things that hold the neck on are tension on the neck stick
And 4 screws through the fingerboard dots!
Neck geometry took some messing with, this was very wrong, the action was low but the strings nearly touched the hand rest.
I started work before the metalwork arrived (serves me right)! The strings should pass about halfway between the hand rest and the biscuit.
At this stage I was getting some very good advice from Michael Messer on his forum.
One thing I did was change the cheap Chinese cone (on the right) for a "Continental" cone (left) these are used in Messer's guitars and "Busker"guitars (Busker supplied the cone).
With the new neck geometry this is perfect, worth noting is that you don't need alot of break angle on a reso, it just overloads the cone.
One thing that Michael Messer pointed out seeing this picture was the gap between the tailpiece and the cover plate, (wrong), they must be in contact with enough pressure not to buzz.
Slap some paint on and enjoy
I am absolutely hooked on slide guitar now, infact I hardly play my acoustic (shame on me).
I hope you enjoy this brief photo log
Maybe a business venture!! 
Jo whoever he is.
