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Post by Martin on Apr 5, 2013 7:48:23 GMT
Dave - am thinking of reinserting the tambourine inside the tonering once the new vellum is in place, I've heard good things about doubletopped guitars so why not banjos too? Genius!  |
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Post by davewhite on Apr 5, 2013 8:30:18 GMT
Sounds more like double bottomed to me  |
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 7, 2013 14:07:42 GMT
Quote from Joe via the Shoutbox - "I think I can see my flesh hoop peeping through my tension ring ..."
I'm sure it would respond well to surgical intervention...
Keith
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Post by Mike Floorstand on Apr 7, 2013 17:43:00 GMT
I managed to fix it - only spotted that a section of the improvised coathanger hoop was pushing between the tone ring and tension bezel after I'd trimmed the excess piecrust and strung it up. The head tension was fine and not going to go anywhere, but the extra girth meant the bezel wouldn't go as low as I need it, so I had to dismantle the whole thing, rub a bit of water onto the vellum edges to soften it and rebuild.
Still a few jobs to do but i couldn't resist getting some strings on and seeing how it sounds - I like it, quite a gentle sound (if you can imagine a banjo sounding gentle!)
Jobs still to do:
- sand a few mm off the bridge feet
- pop in a couple of fret dot markers.
- the fifth string nut or spike is missing. This is needed to hold the fifth string just before it descends into its brass tube tunnel, so it has the same spacing as the other strings - at the moment the fifth string is too close to the fourth.
Cheers
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Post by Mike Floorstand on Apr 9, 2013 21:40:41 GMT
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 9, 2013 22:11:18 GMT
Looking good, Joe - does it play well? How does it sound?
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 9, 2013 22:27:07 GMT
Aha, just dropped by the Plucky Duck, so I know what it sounds like now - excellent job Joe!  Keith |
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Post by Martin on Apr 10, 2013 18:07:51 GMT
I think you've made an excellent job of this Joe, and going by the sound you've managed to tease out of it in your video recording, I'd say you've got a really nice instrument on your hands  |
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