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by Doug Shaker
Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:30 pm
Forum: Classified Ads
Topic: MiniFlex 2Mic Model 7, $120 or best offer
Replies: 0
Views: 19572

MiniFlex 2Mic Model 7, $120 or best offer

This is a dual mic pickup system for acoustic guitars. I bought it at a Healdsburg Guitar Show in 2011. The box refers to the model as the MiniFlex 2Mic Model 7. It is still being made, though in short supply, since the makers were effected by a big fire: https://miniflexmic.com/ https://www.strings...
by Doug Shaker
Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:02 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Side reinforcement strips
Replies: 9
Views: 7428

Re: Side reinforcement strips

I use linen tape along the lines of this stuff: https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/products/36-yd-roll-natural-dutch-linen-tape-save-10?variant=32248516870231 I dye it oxblood first, just because I want it to look interesting if someone is poking around inside one of my guitars. https://www.dharmatrad...
by Doug Shaker
Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:21 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Recommendations sought: pick-up for an acoustic bass
Replies: 2
Views: 1462

Recommendations sought: pick-up for an acoustic bass

I have a Fender acoustic bass guitar. It sounds great, but it is kind of quiet. It has some no-name piezo pickup, but the preamp has died. I thought about taking it down to my local guitar store and having them replace the pickup, but then I thought, what the heck, I'm a luthier, I should do it myse...
by Doug Shaker
Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:28 am
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: The Tree Quilted Mahogany
Replies: 5
Views: 4118

Re: The Tree Quilted Mahogany

Jay Howlett is the guy I know that sells The Tree wood and he knows his stuff.
by Doug Shaker
Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:46 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Wood storage, tonewood storage - ideas?
Replies: 5
Views: 6488

Wood storage, tonewood storage - ideas?

Well, hell must have frozen over, because I finally cleaned out my garage. Now, I have a fair-sized stack of tonewood that I need to figure out how to store. In this case, "fair-sized" means larger than a suitcase, smaller than a Volkswagen. Maybe the size of a dishwasher or a stove, all i...
by Doug Shaker
Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:02 pm
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: Want to try making a hammer dulcimer?
Replies: 3
Views: 6670

Want to try making a hammer dulcimer?

I am cleaning my garage out and found a box of running pegs, a tuning lever, and four rolls of music wire (sizes 7 to 10).

Any one want to try making a hammer dulcimer? I'll mail you the stuff. First claim gets it.
by Doug Shaker
Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:15 am
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Recognize this tool?
Replies: 10
Views: 13801

Re: Recognize this tool?

Thanks for the help, folks. I knew it had to be something like that, but I couldn't figure out how it could attach to a router. The missing item of information was that it went with the StewMac Dremel base and screwed into that. Seeing the photos of it in action on the StewMac website brought back m...
by Doug Shaker
Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:16 pm
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Recognize this tool?
Replies: 10
Views: 13801

Re: Recognize this tool?

No blade. The post nearest the quarter has a sleeve that rotates easily. The knurled knob on the other side is used to move the cross bar back and forth. On the under side, there is a bolt with a flattened head to lock the cross bar in place.
by Doug Shaker
Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:50 pm
Forum: Tools and Jigs
Topic: Recognize this tool?
Replies: 10
Views: 13801

Recognize this tool?

I was looking in the bottom of my old guitar-making toolbox (oh, for the days where one tool box could hold them) and I found this tool. File Jan 02, 4 43 35 PM.jpeg - the photo appears to be rotated to the left 90 degrees in the preview, but not when I click on it. Hunh? - Does anyone recognize it?...
by Doug Shaker
Sun Dec 31, 2017 11:43 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Pickguard adhesive
Replies: 4
Views: 8989

Pickguard adhesive

I'm close to done with a multiscale baritone and, with the player for whom it is intended, I should probably put on a pickguard. I bought a sheet of "pickguard adhesive" from LMI. What I received was a sheet of 3M 467MP adhesive film. One removes one backing layer, attaches it to the pickg...
by Doug Shaker
Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:33 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: A guitar that rings - how?
Replies: 14
Views: 19305

Re: A guitar that rings - how?

Trevor, I'm thinking about your suggestion to increase the impedance of the sides. However, I usually build with a live back. I took a look at the design book and tried to figure out the connection between high impedance sides and a live back. I had thought the possibilities might be: 1) whoa, usele...
by Doug Shaker
Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:07 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: A guitar that rings - how?
Replies: 14
Views: 19305

Re: A guitar that rings - how?

I would, in any case, try to build pretty light. I've made my beginner's overbuilt guitars and now I need to err on the other side so that I know where that line is. The suggestions that are operational, at least for me so far, are: -test the soundboard for stiffness (using tap methods from Gore &am...
by Doug Shaker
Wed Nov 29, 2017 3:45 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: A guitar that rings - how?
Replies: 14
Views: 19305

A guitar that rings - how?

I am planning a steel-string for a friend of mine and he particularly likes it when his guitars "ring", that is, when they continue to make sound for a long time after his last strum. I am trying to think of what characteristics will lead to a guitar that rings. I would say a light bridge ...
by Doug Shaker
Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:06 am
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Reject wood guitar? Prototype?
Replies: 28
Views: 34517

Re: Reject wood guitar? Prototype?

I don't know you will get a good guitar out of it, but I'll bet you learn alot.
by Doug Shaker
Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:46 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: In search of inlay technique
Replies: 25
Views: 30799

Re: In search of inlay technique

OK, I had been using a slower speed on my Dremel. I will switch to a higher speed. I expect I was going too deep at first, too. [Not the first time that I have unwittingly sacrificed quality for speed. My history of orange-peel finish problems bears testimony.] Also, I will try cutting the outline ...
by Doug Shaker
Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:55 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Please, your thoughts on rasps
Replies: 17
Views: 20646

Re: Please, your thoughts on rasps

I ended up buying a cabinet-maker's rasp, 200 mm in length, #11 grain pattern from Liogier. It was the cabinet-maker's rasp that was marked as "indispensable" on their website. I wanted a relatively fine grain pattern because I sometimes use African Blackwood for decorative elements. That ...
by Doug Shaker
Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:07 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Please, your thoughts on rasps
Replies: 17
Views: 20646

Please, your thoughts on rasps

I don't use a rasp all that often in my guitar building, but I do use rasps when I am shaping a neck. I have heard great things about the rasps from Liogier http://www.liogier-france.fr so I am thinking about buying one or two. Does anyone have any thoughts about what kinds of rasps are the most use...
by Doug Shaker
Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:06 pm
Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: In search of inlay technique
Replies: 25
Views: 30799

Re: In search of inlay technique

OK, I had been using a slower speed on my Dremel. I will switch to a higher speed. I expect I was going too deep at first, too. [Not the first time that I have unwittingly sacrificed quality for speed. My history of orange-peel finish problems bears testimony.] Also, I will try cutting the outline w...

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