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berlina - Posted - 03/18/2009: 15:41:19
Hello. I'm wondering if there's anyone having pics that show, or can tell, how a wooden national style single cone guitar looks like inside? i.e bracing on top and back and how the neck is fastened to the body. is there a neck block or some other kind of support where the stick is coming through? Is the neck screwed trough the fingerboard and top like on metal bodied ones? Thing is I like to build one, and the only plans I could get hold of was for a metal bodied one. There's not much info or pic's of the inside of these models on net, so I hope someone on this forum can enlight me.
Thanks/Jesper
Brad Bechtel - Posted - 03/19/2009: 07:58:48
Beard Guitars sells plans for such instruments in their Resophonic Outfitters web site.
tinyurl.com/6dvg59
Check the Musical Instrument Makers Forum (mimf.com) for similar projects. Search for "resophonic" as well as "resonator" or "dobro". Good luck!
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A web site devoted to electric and acoustic lap steel guitars
berlina - Posted - 03/19/2009: 14:05:34
Thank You Brad!
I will check out MIMF. The plans I got is from Beard. The only plan for bisquit type reso they got is a metal bodied one, the other two are spider bridge types.
It's strange how little info there is on the internet concerning construction of reso's, especially bisquit type wood guitars. When it comes to regular flat top and electric guitars there's tons of info, guides and good pictures showing how they are built, both inside and out.
/J
Brad Bechtel - Posted - 03/20/2009: 10:19:45
Other than the material used for construction, the plans should be the same (i.e. you should be able to make a wood bodied resonator from the plans for the metal bodied guitars). If you compare the number of people who play resonator guitar vs. the number of people who play regular flat top and electric guitar, you will understand the relative scarcity of information.
Here's a pictoral history of one couple's guitar:
strumhollow.com/building_a_res...uitar.htm
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Brad''s Page of Steel:
well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html
A web site devoted to electric and acoustic lap steel guitars
