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Finished Pics! A small acoustic 6-string for some special little people


Andyjr1515

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2 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Hope your better half recovers fully, Andy. And we'll just have to wait a fortnight for the next installment 🙃

Thanks - as I say, she's started b*ll****g me regularly again so she must be getting better :lol:  

 

And, of course, there is the fact that my workbench is in the cellar - which is out of bounds for little feet.  So you never know...

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Still got a fair bit of finishing off and tweaking to do, but the next step was confirming that the neck angle was right - and that meant fitting some strings :)

 

This is where I'm at:

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And with big brother:

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...with the label giving away the family lineage

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Pretty much finished.  While I still have to...

 

-wait a couple of weeks before the final polish

- intonate the saddle

- sort a couple of fret high spots

 

...nevertheless, I think I may as well post the finished pics. 

 

Here are some of the 'pretty much finished' pics:

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When I've sorted the fret high spots, I'll record a couple of demo pieces so you can judge how it sounds :)

 

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Thanks, folks  :)

 

Last but one job was intonation:

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And then back in its case to wait another week before giving it a final polish:

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I also did a short sound file demonstration.  My hope is that you agree that this does not sound like a ukulele :D

 

 

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I've been messing around with strings a little and have come across a set that I think suits the tonal dynamics pretty well.  It is a mixed tension set from Savarez, their Corum Red/Blue set.  The bass three strings are high tension and the three treble strings standard tension.

I think it balances out the resonances from the strings.  Although this set will allow me to tune one or two semi-tones lower, I think the 'three semitones above standard' still suits best.

Here's a second set of short demo sounds in different styles, again recorded directly into my little Zoom H2n recorder.

 

 

Thanks for looking/listening!!  :)

 

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