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elwoodblue
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Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 256
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 2:41 am:   Edit Post

I've been up late working on a baritone and had to share a little, also a pic of another project that is unique...full moon and all.
bigbadwolfy1
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(Message edited by elwoodblue on March 21, 2008)
elwoodblue
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Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 257
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 5:13 am:   Edit Post

here's a close-up of the bridge on #2:
nice knockers
..it has a nice sitar like sound.
hb3
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Post Number: 322
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post

Cool.
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 324
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 4:47 pm:   Edit Post

That's crazy! What's the intonation like? It kinda looks more like a piece of smoking apparatus than a guitar.......

Edwin
elwoodblue
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Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 259
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 8:39 pm:   Edit Post

It was tough cutting through the arc of the knocker so that the intonation was spot on and so the low E
hangs solidly...it works.
there's a spring around bolt supporting the upper part of the knocker...then goes through the body.
The abrasive surface of the rock wedges it up to the proper height and holds it solid (allows the sitar buzz to be adjustable a little ...but of course then the intonation changes minutely).
what it needs is a treble roll-off to prevent tinnitus after loud jams :-)...still its a good prototype of an idea.
I can now sell my italia sitar-thing.
thanks for the comments...I'll post pics of some other interesting things I've done soon.

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