Author Topic: Readers' Instruments  (Read 164230 times)

Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #250 on: 16 November, 2018, 09:55:39 pm »
Another supurb build!  :) Are you going to move up a notch? Maybe make a Tele or Strat?
Those wonderful norks are never far from my thoughts, oh yeah!

T42

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #251 on: 17 November, 2018, 09:38:55 am »
Cheers, all. :thumbsup:

Yes, I am going to move up, early next year I think. One more CB guitar as a Christmas present, then I want to do a through-neck bass for my daughter - who, bless her, prefers fretless.  I don't think I'm going to try standard 6-strings thereafter, but I'd like to do something a bit more unusual - maybe a Chapman Stick, though the fretting on those looks like a nightmare.

CBGs are fun, though...
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PaulF

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #252 on: 17 November, 2018, 10:46:31 am »
I think doing the frets on a Chapman Stick will be a cinch compared with learning to play one.

T42

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #253 on: 17 November, 2018, 11:13:31 am »
Aye, but I'll leave that bit to my son.
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PaulF

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #254 on: 29 November, 2018, 09:36:11 am »
I'm selling a couple of mandolins to make place for n+1

First my Ashbury Octave



And my electric mandolin, now sold




More details here https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=110351.0

PaulF

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #255 on: 03 December, 2018, 07:06:03 pm »
And here is my n+1


PaulF

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #256 on: 04 December, 2018, 04:50:20 am »
Yes I agree Ashbury offer great value for money, in fact the octave on the right is also an Ashbury.

Plays really nicely; set up well “out of the box” with the action the right height for me and intonation spot on. I was able to buy the model they had on display which I’d played rather than from the warehouse so I knew it was playable. Given that half the battle with mandolin family instruments is getting the setup right that was a plus for me.

Has a nice warm tone and volume is well balanced across the strings just needs a touch of reverb and chorus to properly fill the sound out but I haven’t played it enough yet to get the sound quite right.

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #257 on: 04 December, 2018, 09:19:41 am »
That is very pretty.  I had a Neapolitan for some years, but found that the meeting of two rotundities impeded virtuosity.
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PaulF

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #258 on: 04 December, 2018, 09:24:24 am »
My virtuosity is impeded by more than mere rotundities :)

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Re: Reader's Instruments
« Reply #259 on: 30 December, 2018, 04:44:10 pm »
And then there were four:



Build n°4, made at breakneck speed with workshop often too cold for the glue to set.
Neck in Pin du Jura, fretboard in mahogany, 20x30 cm box in Obeche & ply,
double piezo at bridge, 4-pole pickup at neck. No pickup switch, it's all
done by pots. Home-made Gibson-style truss rod.

Great sound, best I've done so far.

Shop now looks like a bomb hit it.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

T42

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #260 on: 31 December, 2018, 09:22:24 am »
Thanks!  Unfortunately I couldn't try it for more that five minutes.  It was a Christmas present for my daughter, and she was here yesterday to pick it up. I made the bridge and put on the middle string about an hour before lunch and found I had a short somewhere. Worked for two hours after lunch to find it and finish stringing & testing. I got done at half-past four and she had to leave to catch her train five minutes later.

I've been going flat out at this guitar for the last two weeks. Utterly knackered last night, still am today.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

andytheflyer

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #261 on: 31 December, 2018, 01:57:14 pm »
And then there were four:


Shop now looks like a bomb hit it.

I'll post a pic of my bench next time I'm doing an aeroplane build or refurb.  It really does look like a bomb hit it.....  At least you can see your bench top.

Mind you, my music teacher also services saxes, flutes and clarinets.  Her bench looks a bit like yours, come to think of it.  Must be a musical thing.

T42

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #262 on: 31 December, 2018, 04:51:04 pm »
More like a blind panic thing.  There was meant to be a lizard transfer to the left of the strings but by the time I got that far my hands were shaking so much from the coffee I just gave it to the lass along with the guitar.
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menthel

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #263 on: 29 March, 2019, 05:50:56 pm »
Accidentally bought a Mexican strat second hand for a decent price. Will post up piccies when it arrives.

PaulF

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #264 on: 29 March, 2019, 06:03:24 pm »
A couple of weeks ago I picked this up on Gumtree:



Got it in DADGAD, just need to learn how to play the thing!


Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #265 on: 29 March, 2019, 09:07:30 pm »
Glad to see that the title of this thread is now correct! :thumbsup:

The Movers

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #266 on: 29 March, 2019, 11:49:46 pm »
Some mods are grammar pedants...  ;) ;D

PaulF

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #267 on: 30 March, 2019, 05:39:43 am »
What is that Taylor? Mini, Baby, Junior, Parlour?

It’s the Baby so essentially a 3/4 size. Was finding my Dreadnaught uncomfortable to play so decided o try something smaller.

Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #268 on: 30 March, 2019, 06:27:25 pm »
Got it in DADGAD, just need to learn how to play the thing!

I take it you've got Kashmir down then?  :P
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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #269 on: 30 March, 2019, 07:12:22 pm »
Arsebollocks!
Picked my fiddle up for a play this morning, and it is borked. For those who don't know fiddles, the strings attach to a 'flooating' piece of wood called the 'tailpiece', which is secured to the fiddle by way of a loop of 'catgut' (tail gut) round a dowel (end pin) pushed into the instrument's base.

The tail gut has snapped, so I will need to find someone who can fettle it--it's not a huge job. The violin is one I have had since new, at the age of 11, and so is coming up to its half century. Not too shabby in the way of longevity, then.
Mae angen arnaf i byw, a fe fydda'i

PaulF

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #270 on: 30 March, 2019, 07:26:25 pm »
Got it in DADGAD, just need to learn how to play the thing!

I take it you've got Kashmir down then?  :P

Well it sounds like Kashmir to me....

menthel

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #271 on: 30 March, 2019, 07:54:49 pm »
New (to me) Fender Strat Mexico. by Jim Swales, on Flickr

Bloody flickr on the mobile ddn't allow for the BB code sharing option so here it is now from the laptop.

Still haven't plugged it in yet but it plays nicely not plugged in!

PaulF

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #272 on: 30 March, 2019, 08:04:08 pm »
Arsebollocks!
Picked my fiddle up for a play this morning, and it is borked. For those who don't know fiddles, the strings attach to a 'flooating' piece of wood called the 'tailpiece', which is secured to the fiddle by way of a loop of 'catgut' (tail gut) round a dowel (end pin) pushed into the instrument's base.

The tail gut has snapped, so I will need to find someone who can fettle it--it's not a huge job. The violin is one I have had since new, at the age of 11, and so is coming up to its half century. Not too shabby in the way of longevity, then.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Violin-Tailpiece-Tailgut-Tailcord-Replacement/dp/B00FVSQMQW ? Not familiar with fiddles but should be a simple DIY job I’d have thought?

Steph

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #273 on: 31 March, 2019, 04:04:10 pm »
Ta! Will save up. If it's on Amazon, I should be able to source it from a music shop locally.
Mae angen arnaf i byw, a fe fydda'i

PaulF

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Re: Readers' Instruments
« Reply #274 on: 31 March, 2019, 04:20:31 pm »
Ta! Will save up. If it's on Amazon, I should be able to source it from a music shop locally.

Just saw the price with postage - plus you’re buying 2. And I’m pretty sure that when you need the second one, in another 50 years, you’ll have forgotten where you put it :)

If you Google “violin tailgut” you can find them for 99p delivered on eBay which may be more cost effective? But I know nothing about them so you may need to check that the fitting matches what you need.