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Words, Lyrics, RamblingsWhat do you scribble or type? Maybe someone can put it to music, or become enlightened...See More
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Jim Olean
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Jim Olean commented on Randy S. Bretz's photo
" Something Different" build-final pic`s
"Great idea. Thanks. Now, being so new to the stringed instrument world, what is dulcimer fretted? Also I have been looking for a source of larger bone. Where did you get the bone you used?"
Randy S. Bretz commented on Jim Olean's blog post Small box?
"Just a suggestion but if you had another small box you could do something like this, it was made using 2 small boxes. One was cut in half and each piece was glued to either side of the other box."
Jim Olean commented on Jim Olean's photo
"Cry me a river", my 3rd build.
"Thanks for the input. Considering I want the best sound possible out of my CBG, I am going to continue my accidental improvement. Criticism is helpful if ones ego is not involved. I do have one Q you might be able to answer.…"
The Phrygian Kid commented on Jim Olean's photo
"Cry me a river", my 3rd build.
"Hey Jim, no obviously theres a point of diminishing returns..
what im saying is bringing the bridge towards the center of the box brings more volume..
it also gives more even order harmonics and less odd order ones, so its a cleaner rounder sound,…"
Jim Olean commented on Jim Olean's photo
"Cry me a river", my 3rd build.
"so what your saying is that more frets = more volume, even though its a through neck."
The Phrygian Kid commented on Jim Olean's photo
"Cry me a river", my 3rd build.
"nice work..
doing a lot of frets clear of the box and thus moving your bridge closer to the center is one of my trade secrets. (i routinely do 24 frets clear of the box and join at fret 25's position) bigger volume yup.."
Jim Olean posted a blog post
Small box?
Someone gave me a beautiful cigar box but its small, 6 x 6 x 3" H, and I want to do it justice. Looking for suggestions.See More
Jim Olean joined highnoon's group
Tin Can Alley (tin builds)
Group dedicated to instruments made from cookie tins, bean cans, biscuit tins, gas cans, metal lunch boxes..... come help us build and play them!
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Small box?
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:01pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Someone gave me a beautiful cigar box but its small, 6 x 6 x 3" H, and I want to do it justice. Looking for suggestions.
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- At 12:27pm on December 28, 2011,
Ted Crocker said… Hi Jim, welcome to the Clubhouse!
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Have a look around, introduce yourself in My Name Is... and add yourself to the Member Map. There's an active Chat Room where you can ask questions, offer help or just talk about anything with some great folks.
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