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Re: pickin' stick
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:53 pm
by Ben-Had
Kevin Sjostrand wrote:Weeeeellll, I was thinking I'd make these for my grandkids, but I showed my wife, and she said "that sound is annoying".
She is a piano teacher. I guess I won't be building them afterall!!
Kevin
I guess you have to have a little bluegrass or country in you to appreciate them:)
Re: pickin' stick
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:25 pm
by darren
We'll we've been strung up for a while and the saddle and nut (Madagascan Rosewood) are glued. One mistake I noticed is that on the low G the string wasn't seated fully on the little nail and it had enough leverage to bend it up towards the soundboard, but that will be easily replaced. It is a lot of fun to play - there are some basic chord structures but you can bar and basically solo on any fret on any string and it sounds 'in tune'.
Yeah it does have a little twang in it, like a quiet mandolin, I guess. It definitely has that roots/backwoods vibe going on. :)
Re: pickin' stick
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:37 pm
by darren
and here is the happy customer (yes, there are already gummy worm finger prints on it. Gotta love it... )
Re: pickin' stick
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:41 pm
by johnnparchem
Looks like it turned out great. I really like it. I have a very young niece in a musical family that would be a perfect recipient of one.
Thanks for the idea!
Re: pickin' stick
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:41 am
by Kevin Sjostrand
Very cool. "We be jammin" soon! A happy boy! Good work Darren.
Kevin
Re: pickin' stick
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:22 pm
by Ben-Had
Well, thanks Darren for the idea. I finished these up last week and sold one this weekend at the local music festival. I did a little experimenting because I was going mostly from pictures and a YouTube video. I placed the sound hole in different spots (actually think it will be best somewhere between the two). I went back a made a ebony tailpiece from a cutoff of a bridge I made, it seems sturdier than the escutcheon pins I first used. I made the bridge out of ebony and the nut out of a bone saddle cutoff I had. I tried the tuners on both sides and like them so they are on the bottom to balance it better. Most all the wood was scrap except for the mahogany body. I used Englemann Spruce for the top, EIR for the back. My grand daughter is getting the one on the blue towel for Christmas. This was a fun project and didn't take long to make them at all, I have stuff for 4 more. Hmmmm, what to do with them?
Re: pickin' stick
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:47 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
Look great. I don't know how you guys find the time to spit these things out. I'm still working on a guitar I started almost a year ago. Arg!
Kevin