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Design, building, repair of musical instruments.
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Scale length?
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I'm having a discussion in rmmgj aboout the effect of scale length on tone. Someone is suggesting that 24.75 gives a dark sound compared with a light sound from 25.5 - his words. What say?
Al, Kevin?
-- Tony Done
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Kerfed Sides
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I had the opportunity to examine a 19th century Appalacian dulcimer
recently. I saw something that I have not seen before. The sides on
the dulcimer were kerfed--the whole side, not just separate top and
bottom kerfing as found on acoustic guitars. The sides looked to be
about 1/4 to 3/8 inch think, with about a 1/8 deep saw kerfs spaced... more »
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Padouk
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Has anybody built with Padouk? I recently found some nice quarter-sawn boards which I purchased.
It's a bit orange, but nice grain and dense. The color seems to go toward brown when finish is applied, so I think it will be nice.
Any unusual safety concerns?
Dave
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Health Medical Therapy Audio Sound Brain Wave Generator
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Health Medical Therapy Audio Sound Brain Wave Generator Binaural Brainwave Stimulator 4.0 16 color strobe sets 300 Options (BrainStimPro), Using adjustable freq, base frequency, modulation, duration, programmable color strobe, 4 wave forms, (Sine, Square, Triangle, Saw), Freq Ramps, audio to visual pulse ratio adjust and programmable freq and color sets. While being setup for use by Medical Personal, It is easy to learn for laymen and the average offering an easy of use preprogrammed mode. Ver. 4.20 now has high definition auto resolution functions for the new high resolution wide screen computes.... more »
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Filling Pores on Mahogany and Rosewood
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Just curious--what do you all usually do about filling the pores of
timbers like Mahogany and Rosewood when prepping for finish?
Best wishes,
Dr. Jim Lowther
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Gibson Adjustable Bridge
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Kevin's recent comments on unusual things Gibson has done with
acoustics over the years got me thinking again about the LG-2 I was
given (not with which is was gifted). I have had it for a few months
now and it has realy grown on me. I probably would never have bought
a cherry sunburst finish guitar, but I have managed to overcome... more »
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More daft Gibson tricks
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Last year when I encountered a 2-piece Brazillian rosewood bridgeplate in a '68 Country-Western Gibson I thought perhaps it was a one-off, as so many odd details with 60s Gibsons seem to be. Wrong. Last week I bought a '69 B-45 12 string and today I started trying to turn it into a musical... more »
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Cheap and easy finish
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I'm refinishing my Burny, that was the subject of the catalysed poly thread. It will involve cutting back and overspraying the current finish. I can't get nitro, and I want if possible to keep it cheap and simple, using spray cans.
Has anyone used or has any ideas on car bodywork touch up cans? They are... more »
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vermin control
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Isn't there some way to get rid of jackasses like 'Noah' and 'salvatore 45'? The future of newsgroups is tenuous enough without the contributions of these clowns.
KH
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