Author Topic: Full moon fun (Read 101 times)

elwoodblue · « **on:** March 21, 2008, 03:41:19 AM »

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.

(Message edited by elwoodblue on March 21, 2008)

elwoodblue · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:13:20 AM »

here's a close-up of the bridge on #2:

..it has a nice sitar like sound.

hb3 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2008, 12:38:35 PM »

Cool.

edwin · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2008, 05:47:52 PM »

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

Edwin

elwoodblue · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2008, 09:39:48 PM »

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.