cork sniffers resonator project

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

Those tea strainers are just for show on this guitar.

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Maybe, but they will prevent any tea leaves from entering the body cavity.

cheers, Mark.

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Originally Posted by king casey

Maybe, but they will prevent any tea leaves from entering the body cavity.

cheers, Mark.

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I have it on good authority they're to strain out the bad notes.
Looks like mine won't be making any noise :mad:

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Originally Posted by cork sniffer

Any comments please regarding using the kit supplied cap (2A473J) in following photo. The numbers mean nothing to me, it's a part of the original supplied harness with THREE 500K pots. I'll be running a 500K volume pot for the mini humbucker, a 250K volume pot for the Peizo and a 500K pot for tone.

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Answering my own question ...
I've now been told the supplied cap is 100v .047uf and correct for this application.
I'll recycle it into the new harness unless additional information arises.

Yep, probably a good starting value.
473 = 0.047uF
223 = 0.022uF

Not sure of tailpiece position.
I'd think it should be mounted close to the body and bent upward to just clear or sit on the cone cover (1st photo).
Or do they sit off the body and run at 90' to the cone cover (2nd photo).

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Referencing my Dobro, the tailpiece corner sits flush on the corner of the front face, It do that on my kit, the pointed end protrudes an unacceptable amount. It may require some fettling.

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Originally Posted by FrankenWashie

Referencing my Dobro, the tailpiece corner sits flush on the corner of the front face, It do that on my kit, the pointed end protrudes an unacceptable amount. It may require some fettling.

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Thanks, it will look much better with bracket corner and body corner together. I was 95% sure that was the best way to go, now 100%.

On my other resonator the tail piece is resting on the top plate but has a felt pad between the plate and the tail piece, you definitely need to get it as low as possible to get the tension over the bridge.

Re: sound holes just for show..Not on my version, it has a resonator that will resonate regardless of any connection to an amp and a hollow body that will no doubt give is some acoustic properties....time for a cup of tea...now where did I put the tea strainer....

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Originally Posted by Singing Frog

it has a resonator that will resonate regardless of any connection to an amp and a hollow body that will no doubt give is some acoustic properties

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Have you checked the depth of the cutout for the cone?
Both FrankenWashie and I have (been forced) cut the bottom out of the main body timber exposing a cavity between said timber and the ply back. This increase in volume should help acoustically.
EDIT, compare photos in post #10 and #25.