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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2023 21:16:58 GMT
Oscar, I should have learnt by now not to question or dispute your comments, and I know I am going to regret this, but...... ππ A....what is a cone that is voiced for light strings, and... B...there is no such thing. I think you may have been had on this one. Shine on Michael The cone that's voiced for very light gauge strings is actually made out of Tungsten & Silver. Also to get more volume w/ lighter gauge strings, I strung the strings backwards underneath the tailpiece to get more break angle over the bridge as well as use a slotted headstock conversion for more break angle over the nut.
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Post by Michael Messer on May 20, 2023 7:51:04 GMT
Oscar, I should have learnt by now not to question or dispute your comments, and I know I am going to regret this, but...... ππ A....what is a cone that is voiced for light strings, and... B...there is no such thing. I think you may have been had on this one. Shine on Michael The cone that's voiced for very light gauge strings is actually made out of Tungsten & Silver. Also to get more volume w/ lighter gauge strings, I strung the strings backwards underneath the tailpiece to get more break angle over the bridge as well as use a slotted headstock conversion for more break angle over the nut. Hello Oscar, You are a persistent person and while the logical bit of my brain is telling me that tungsten silver, which is not likely to be produced in sheet form, would be hard and brittle to work with, and probably not produce much of a sound, my heart is telling me that you might well have had something engineered just for yourself. There was a reason that after numerous tests with all kinds of materials, John Dopyera came up with the aluminium alloy that he used to create resonator cones. There is also a reason why that material has remained in use for a hundred years of resonator guitar manufacturing. I have seen other materials tried and tested, and while they do all produce a sound, they do not compare to the material and design that John Dopyera used. However, I know that you are persistent and clever, so rather than me question and doubt what you claim to have made, or had made for you, the only way forward is for you to show us video or photos of this tungsten silver resonator cone, and a video or recording of what it sounds like. Enjoy your day π Shine On Michael.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2023 22:58:10 GMT
I actually drilled holes in the bridge & strung the strings through the bridge so that there's more break angle.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 15, 2023 7:47:04 GMT
I actually drilled holes in the bridge & strung the strings through the bridge so that there's more break angle. Oscar, that would make less break angle. Shine On Michael
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Post by pete1951 on Jun 15, 2023 9:02:52 GMT
I actually drilled holes in the bridge & strung the strings through the bridge so that there's more break angle. Oscar, that would make less break angle. Shine On Michael Thatβs what I thought. Unless the original saddle was replaced with a much higher one and then hole drilled in it?? A picture would be good. Pete
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Post by bonzo on Jun 15, 2023 9:17:42 GMT
Or could do what you do Pete, start with an original idea that will get you somewhere close to what you want, sketch it out and build it. Or if someone wanted a Bentley car you could by a mini and then spend years looking around for Bentley parts to rebuild it with!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2023 2:38:54 GMT
Nothing new there. Newtone Strings and I have been marketing strings that tune to pitch at lower tension than standard strings for 30 years. In fact they were doing it before I started working with them. All MM strings, in fact all round core strings tune to pitch at lower tension than hexagonal core strings of the same gauge core. We pushed this to the limit when we designed the Aloha Strings for fragile Weissenborn guitars, making it safe to tune to high bass G (GBDGBD) on a fragile instrument. There are one or two other makers doing this too, so it is really nothing new at all. Shine On Michael Ah but if you put regular 16s on the fragile instruments, I'd maybe drop the tuning down a couple steps to maybe High Bass E Flat (EbGBbEbGBb).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2023 2:39:28 GMT
Oscar, that would make less break angle. Shine On Michael Thatβs what I thought. Unless the original saddle was replaced with a much higher one and then hole drilled in it?? A picture would be good. Pete It was replaced w/ a Special "Use Only Super Light Gauge strings" Saddle because you run the strings through the holes in the bridge.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2023 2:42:20 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 9, 2023 21:45:36 GMT
This has to stop. It has become annoying and I am not prepared to explain why it is wrong to do that, I am also not prepared to argue the point.
I think it is now time for Oscar to stop posting on here.
Thanks
Shine On Michael
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