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Kevin B - Posted - 08/30/2008: 13:47:50
Is one or the other (leather or felt) prefered as padding under the front of a dobro tailpeice? If leather what adhesive do you use?
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meldooby - Posted - 08/30/2008: 14:32:02
Anything will work. It's not crirical, try some of your wife's hair spray.
Mel
saltfork2 - Posted - 08/31/2008: 04:53:53
Since we're on the subject of tailpiece padding, is this a typical element of a good setup from a reputable music shop (i.e., Elderly)?
Rachel
meldooby - Posted - 09/01/2008: 11:11:49
Yes
Mel
gladgrover - Posted - 09/01/2008: 13:06:24
I have a 1/8 inch piece of leather that sits there without being glued.
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Tom Jr. - Posted - 09/03/2008: 13:21:35
I have a piece of unsecured leather on all of mine. It seems like I saw a video of Jerry Douglas years ago and he had a spongy looking thing between the strings and the coverplate also, probably for wolf tones.
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Kevin B - Posted - 09/05/2008: 18:03:55
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Originally posted by El Dobro
I would imagine most builders are putting something under the tailpiece. My 'horns all came with felt.
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Felt is what came under my stock tailpeice but I bought a Beard tailpeice from FQMS and it is unpadded. I may try some leather I have. The stock one has the felt glued on but I see what you all mean about it being held in by string tension.
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Kevin B - Posted - 09/11/2008: 17:48:32
No I haven't Don. I did install it with a peice of 1/8" leather under the leading edge. I think that might have been too much for my instrument as it seems like it could use a little more pressure on the bridge inserts.
Kevin - "Possum, it''s what''s for dinner."
monradon - Posted - 09/12/2008: 11:40:15
Look at my post I have a photo of what I did and the pressure holds it in .
Hobbit
Kevin B - Posted - 09/12/2008: 16:13:44
I'm missing you post somewhere monradon. Today now that my strings have resettled in the bridge inserts (after the tailpeice change) my new buzzes are gone. The leather I installed is being held by pressure under the leading edge of the Beard unit.
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