This Canora was my first ever guitar, got it for my 16th Birthday...It was a semi acoustic and served me well..A while ago I was going to refurbish it back to bear wood and stain it. However once I stripped it realized it was a cheap veneer that covered it and made out of PLY, so the stain didn't take, I then tried Spraying it but looked Horrible hence the sate of it now...So I am going to turn it into a Resonator guitar..I wont use a resonator kit but will home make it..
Plan.
1. Old but loved acoustic guitar.
2. Nut made from a bolt.I'm thinking Brass
3. Will use existing bridge and glue it to a piece of Tassie Oak, this will sit on the resonators cone top.
4. Home made floating tail piece...Not sure how but will see.
5. Tuners from Hammer of the Gods Les Paul build as going to order Gold Hardware for that build from PBG.
6. Recycle neck Humbucker , electronics from 'Hammer' so can wire it up for 'Dirty Delta" sound.
7. Resonator cone made from cake tin. Make internal Baffle with thin ply. As well as sound hole supports.
8. Sound hole covered in wire mesh..Be from rubbish somewhere, but will change over time.
9.Resonator ring made from MDF. I only have a jigsaw and cant cut solid timber.
10.Will place a fake ply top over existing top and do a faux contour body.
11. The finish will be spray it with contact adhesive and cover in Aluminium foil.
12. Spray in Satin Acrylic. Buff and polish
Kinda like this but shiny
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