Igor gets the Blues, The FrankenLab Reso Project.

[FrankenWashie]

The tension may be off. The two places I've found online say to adjust the screw after putting the strings on. Bit hard with the single piece bridge and piezo rod though.

http://www.beardguitars.com/resonatorconecare/

Another thought is the lack of sound holes. If my understanding is correct the two sound holes should be like bass reflex tubes in speakers. Without them being connected you're losing your bass.

For my build I was considering both connecting the holes to the rear chamber and enlarging the chamber by cutting away not only the bottom middle section but the mid section also so that the hole is a cylinder (just like normal acoustic resonators). Not sure if there's enough space between the back panel and the sound holes though so might need to drill horizontally to connect up to the centre.

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i did adjust the cone a bit but that is impossible with strings on in the current set up. I am going to split the bridge but there is still the rod piezo in the way.

it May be possible to use a split piezo or 2 separate rods like in a Fishman type one.

The Bass is okay, it’s more thin on the treble end, I follow your logic, I still have time to bore some connecting holes, I have to strip the strings and hardware for paint anyway.

what through hole size are you going with?

[kuanjb]

i did adjust the cone a bit but that is impossible with strings on in the current set up. I am going to split the bridge but there is still the rod piezo in the way.

it May be possible to use a split piezo or 2 separate rods like in a Fishman type one.

The Bass is okay, it’s more thin on the treble end, I follow your logic, I still have time to bore some connecting holes, I have to strip the strings and hardware for paint anyway.

what through hole size are you going with?

Not really sure currently. I'd think it would be 2-3cm diameter max. Couldn't really get much deeper with the thickness of the body. Could make it rectangular though. So maybe 25 * 40 mm.

As an aside I saw talk of other resolectric guitars which have vents in the back of the guitar. National 1133, and Andy Solloway guitars to name a couple.

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[FrankenWashie]

Not really sure currently. I'd think it would be 2-3cm diameter max. Couldn't really get much deeper with the thickness of the body. Could make it rectangular though. So maybe 25 * 40 mm.

As an aside I saw talk of other resolectric guitars which have vents in the back of the guitar. National 1133, and Andy Solloway guitars to name a couple.

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I’m going to see what I can squeeze in. Possibly a 25mm speed bore bit. I already have a through hole at the top via the cable entry and the pre amp rout, so that’s probably why the bass sounds louder.