torstai 17. maaliskuuta 2011

Aaaand, We've got a rumbler!

This guitar isn't too pretty in details. I kind of grew weary, and building for myself, the playability and sound matter the most. So not too many close-up pictures this time.
The sound is nice  - the fat bottom end comes out convincingly, and yet still the two octave strings give it some upper register jangle - if wanted. With picking hand technique I'm able to determine, whether the octave strings play or not. The guitar is tuned BEAADDF#B, takes easily even lower tunings and still is pretty playable. The chords in open positions sound HUGE. The pretty short scale for a baritone makes it not the loudest of guitars, thou.

Here's the latest pics and a little sound sample









torstai 3. maaliskuuta 2011

Stringing...

... or one could use the verb CABLING in this case. The baritone strings are pretty thick fellas, the low B string being 1.8mm.
The strings are now attached, removed, the neck removed, re-shaped, -sanded and finished and re-angled, strings attached again and still waiting for some tweaking. Anyway, it plays and sounds. Yet is too early to say exactly how.