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    cork sniffers resonator project

    I've been following FrankenWashie's build thread, don't want to hijack so started another for a similar guitar.
    The ESR-1 Resonator kit arrived today, fast service by Adam and Australia Post, thank you both.
    Like FW's mine also has the mini humbucker cutout a little too close to the end of neck. I think the answer will be to widen the recess on the bridge side of hole, comments please?

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    My cone appears to fit OK into body without any additional machining unlike FW's. It's 40mm from top face to bottom of recess. The bottom of recess is wafer thin and under it there's reasonable size air gap before the outer ply back.

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    FW says his measures exactly 24.75" nut to bridge. Mine is approx 1/16" longer from inner nut to inner bridge, is that OK or should I correct the length?

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    I'll be watching FW's thread, particularly the piezo & pre-amp situation.
    Thanks in advance for any help or comments.

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    If you go back further with the pup rout, make sure that you don't foul the PUP ring on the front of the Cone Cover.
    It sounds as though your sound well was deeper to start with, which is good, how deep is the body at the edge? Mine measured up at 1.875" or thereabouts.
    Does yours have the through holes for the PUP and the piezo pre drilled? Inquiring minds wish to know. Also how are your screen holes? are they actually circular or are they a bit iffy as well?
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
    It sounds as though your sound well was deeper to start with, which is good, how deep is the body at the edge?
    I may have found the difference between your kit and mine.
    You commented in your build thread about your cone not being spun ...
    Check the photo of yours and then mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cork sniffer View Post
    I may have found the difference between your kit and mine.
    You commented in your build thread about your cone not being spun ...
    Check the photo of yours and then mine.

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    Damn. Mine is also the pressed rather than spun version. Feel kind of ripped off now that I know I could have gotten one of the spun ones.

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    Think I can get away with moving humbucker and still clear the cone cover.
    Tenths of inches don't compute with me, check the photo, does that help :-)
    No "through holes" drilled :-(
    In some parallel universe the screen holes may be called circular but not in mine, slack isn't it! Not to worry about that as the chrome covers will hide them.
    What do you think of my scale length being 1/16" longer than your 24 3/4"?

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    "Round"... "sound"... holes

    re: sound holes..Well it's sort of round...what's your idea for fixing the tea strainers to these "round" ..."sound" holes? I say sound holes but shouldn't they be connected to the resonator cavity? or just for show?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Singing Frog View Post
    re: sound holes..Well it's sort of round...what's your idea for fixing the tea strainers to these "round" ..."sound" holes? I say sound holes but shouldn't they be connected to the resonator cavity? or just for show?
    I am in the process of creating a template for the top and marking it out for these two holes. I will then rout these oversize and insert a plug sleeve which I will then use to rout the holes circular to a matching diameter to the screen flange.
    The other idea i had was to use the template to rout recesses matching the od of the flange on the screen and secure them by the edge with a little CA Glue or similar to hold them in place.
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    If I survive my current build, this one will be next !!
    Good luck !! Will look forward to your work !

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    Another little problem to work around with this resonator kit.
    Comments please ...
    To get a centre line, neck through body I push (lightly) on neck to the left and run a straight edge down neck binding and across body to get the purple lines. Then I equally push neck to the right and get the blue lines. Then average them and decide the red and black lines will be a nice neutral position to clamp to when setting the neck.

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    Using the created red edges and new black centre line I test fit the cone and cover to find them off centre with the body but correct with the proposed neck position.

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    That doesn't look very good!
    Do I work the neck pocket to get it running down the centre of body?
    All suggestions welcome :-(

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    Removed enough timber from the mini-humbucker recess today to allow the pickup to fit between the neck and cone cover.
    Baby steps, lots of lateral thinking and not much building going on.
    Also figured out how to get around the off centre cone recess and have the finished job look symmetrical.

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