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Might want to take a look at this.

Scroll down to optional Specs.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/142876840830

Although I had heard a lot about these Cumguat CDs. This is the first time I actually had a chance to hear them. This is huge undertaking to find all these songs let alone transferring them to digita ...

They are called Escutcheon pins. They come in many sizes,Nickel plated or solid Brass etc......They are cheap on Ebay or any hardware supply . The key is figuring out the size you need. It should go i ...

"I use uBlock Origin in a chrome browser and get zero ads on YouTube".

Thanks Edward for that tip. I use Firefox, so I went to Firefox and they had it listed as a recommended app. I down ...

I do remember using Finnish Birch, sometime in the 1980s when it was offered as an alternative to Baltic. At that time it was cheaper then Baltic. We use it on a few Cabinet jobs and I liked it but wa ...

To me that Kent Schoonover bracing looks to be 1/2" Baltic Birch. In a strange way this similar to be what the original Dobro's were trying to do. That being to neutralize or negate the top from ...

I live in the rural Calif desert so I have no choice but to have it delivered, no more going to the lumber yard for me, it is just to far away.

This is who I get my Baltic Birch from. Basically I ...

Tim, Here is my take on the plywood you mention. I was a journeyman cabinetmaker at one time and have used both many times. When I build a plywood guitar I always use Baltic Birch it is just far supe ...

The question was only about the TOP on the guitar not the sides or the back. The top would have a much smaller impact on the sound. Yes everything makes a difference on the sound of a guitar. But the ...

I made my first body with a birch plywood top, thinking it would be easier than thicknessing and joining wood, but when I was fitting the parts I had a bit of chip out on the top layer, ruining the t ...

I don't believe a solid wood top on a resonator wood make any difference in the sound. There just isn't enough wood on a resonator top, it is mostly cut away. It is solely a "selling point". ...

Here is my video that has all 3 versions. I believe the version were Joaquin missed a few notes ( Guy notes as audio dropout) was the Tops version. Which was an alternate take from the Coast Records s ...

"You will not want to miss this!"

But.....This is just what is happening to me,I keep missing the shows I want to hear. The time difference and my life get in the way. Is there a way to ...

"George Piburn"]Your research is close but not quite there.

For an open E-D-G type tunings a modern standard is 3/8 (.375) at the nut and .390 at the bridge

C6-A6 type tunings .340 ...

Alan deserves a lot of credit for teaching the young ones to play.

I do see Hawaiian music from a long distance away,so I don't have any real facts as to what is going on there.

I love the cl ...

Eddie plays on these Merle Travis soundies from 1946. I assume that he knew Merle from the days they were both at King Records (which is in Ohio)

I could be wrong but didn't Merle, Eddie Martin an ...

That case is from the mid 50s......like 55 or 56.

Not sure what I think of this newish DES (digital extraction stereo). But I had someone from the Both Sides Now forum make a stereo copy from my WAV file of one of the tunes from my earlier SOL K vide ...

I have added a second video for Sol K Bright (part 2). This adds 8 more songs, all which are hard to find. This link will take you to the new video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsK4r1ky96w

Yes there is more to Sol K then Hawaiian Cowboy. I actually left it off this set so we could hear some of his lesser know songs.

Some more 78 transfers from my YouTube channel. Sol K bright does not seem to have much in the way reissues that I am aware of. Just a few tunes on some older compilations from the past. This should h ...

I added a third video with 8 more songs, all from the late 1930s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk0Ntx5I99s

Fender used Weldwood resin glue. It is a brown powder that is mixed with water. They used this for gluing guitar body's and also used it for the finger-joint cabinets. They still make it (now owned by ...

I was a journeyman cabinet maker before I started building and restoring guitars, so this is right up my alley.

When you buy quartersawn hardwoods they are usually only sort of quartersawn. Where ...

Hi JD,
I'm not sure about Gibson, but Fender used Poplar wood in most of their instrument bodies.

When I was restoring guitars for the vintage shops in Hollywood I did most all the refinishes of ...

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Topic: Fretting over Fret placement - HELP Please...
Chris Clem Replies: 10 Views: 808	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 4 Nov 2024 9:53 am Subject: Fretting over Fret placement - HELP Please...
Chris Clem Replies: 10 Views: 808	Might want to take a look at this. Scroll down to optional Specs. https://www.ebay.com/itm/142876840830
Topic: Cumquat Lives!
Chris Clem Replies: 20 Views: 1939	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Oct 2024 9:43 am Subject: Cumquat Lives!
Chris Clem Replies: 20 Views: 1939	Although I had heard a lot about these Cumguat CDs. This is the first time I actually had a chance to hear them. This is huge undertaking to find all these songs let alone transferring them to digita ...
Topic: Fender badge on Stringmaster
Chris Clem Replies: 7 Views: 742	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Sep 2024 8:42 am Subject: Fender badge on Stringmaster
Chris Clem Replies: 7 Views: 742	They are called Escutcheon pins. They come in many sizes,Nickel plated or solid Brass etc......They are cheap on Ebay or any hardware supply . The key is figuring out the size you need. It should go i ...
Topic: YouTube Rant
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 2585	Forum Section: Computers Posted: 17 Aug 2024 9:27 am Subject: YouTube Rant
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 2585	"I use uBlock Origin in a chrome browser and get zero ads on YouTube". Thanks Edward for that tip. I use Firefox, so I went to Firefox and they had it listed as a recommended app. I down ...
Topic: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Jun 2024 8:09 pm Subject: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	I do remember using Finnish Birch, sometime in the 1980s when it was offered as an alternative to Baltic. At that time it was cheaper then Baltic. We use it on a few Cabinet jobs and I liked it but wa ...
Topic: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Jun 2024 5:06 pm Subject: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	To me that Kent Schoonover bracing looks to be 1/2" Baltic Birch. In a strange way this similar to be what the original Dobro's were trying to do. That being to neutralize or negate the top from ...
Topic: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Jun 2024 6:26 am Subject: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	I live in the rural Calif desert so I have no choice but to have it delivered, no more going to the lumber yard for me, it is just to far away. This is who I get my Baltic Birch from. Basically I ...
Topic: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jun 2024 8:17 pm Subject: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Tim, Here is my take on the plywood you mention. I was a journeyman cabinetmaker at one time and have used both many times. When I build a plywood guitar I always use Baltic Birch it is just far supe ...
Topic: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Jun 2024 2:55 pm Subject: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	The question was only about the TOP on the guitar not the sides or the back. The top would have a much smaller impact on the sound. Yes everything makes a difference on the sound of a guitar. But the ...
Topic: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Jun 2024 9:01 am Subject: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	I made my first body with a birch plywood top, thinking it would be easier than thicknessing and joining wood, but when I was fitting the parts I had a bit of chip out on the top layer, ruining the t ...
Topic: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Jun 2024 8:37 am Subject: Wood For Resonator Guitar
Chris Clem Replies: 22 Views: 2240	I don't believe a solid wood top on a resonator wood make any difference in the sound. There just isn't enough wood on a resonator top, it is mostly cut away. It is solely a "selling point". ...
Topic: Tab for Joaquin Murphey's Honey Suckle Rose
Chris Clem Replies: 8 Views: 2473	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Jun 2024 6:44 am Subject: Tab for Joaquin Murphey's Honey Suckle Rose
Chris Clem Replies: 8 Views: 2473	Here is my video that has all 3 versions. I believe the version were Joaquin missed a few notes ( Guy notes as audio dropout) was the Tops version. Which was an alternate take from the Coast Records s ...
Topic: SteelRadio • Tom Bradshaw int Raising The Bar 6/7/24@ 3pm CT
Chris Clem Replies: 3 Views: 489	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 8 Jun 2024 10:43 am Subject: Re: SteelRadio • Tom Bradshaw int Raising The Bar...
Chris Clem Replies: 3 Views: 489	"You will not want to miss this!" But.....This is just what is happening to me,I keep missing the shows I want to hear. The time difference and my life get in the way. Is there a way to ...
Topic: Hello from way out west and string spacing
Chris Clem Replies: 4 Views: 2884	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 29 Apr 2024 1:42 pm Subject: Re: lap steel spacings
Chris Clem Replies: 4 Views: 2884	"George Piburn"]Your research is close but not quite there. For an open E-D-G type tunings a modern standard is 3/8 (.375) at the nut and .390 at the bridge C6-A6 type tunings .340 ...
Topic: Current state of Hawaiian Steel
Chris Clem Replies: 5 Views: 1291	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Apr 2024 8:08 am Subject: Current state of Hawaiian Steel
Chris Clem Replies: 5 Views: 1291	Alan deserves a lot of credit for teaching the young ones to play. I do see Hawaiian music from a long distance away,so I don't have any real facts as to what is going on there. I love the cl ...
Topic: Eddie Martin and his King Serenaders
Chris Clem Replies: 7 Views: 2632	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Apr 2024 6:47 am Subject: Eddie Martin and his King Serenaders
Chris Clem Replies: 7 Views: 2632	Eddie plays on these Merle Travis soundies from 1946. I assume that he knew Merle from the days they were both at King Records (which is in Ohio) I could be wrong but didn't Merle, Eddie Martin an ...
Topic: NGD - Fender Deluxe 8 Trap Pickup
Chris Clem Replies: 5 Views: 1304	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Dec 2023 6:21 pm Subject: NGD - Fender Deluxe 8 Trap Pickup
Chris Clem Replies: 5 Views: 1304	That case is from the mid 50s......like 55 or 56.
Topic: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Dec 2023 12:40 pm Subject: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	Not sure what I think of this newish DES (digital extraction stereo). But I had someone from the Both Sides Now forum make a stereo copy from my WAV file of one of the tunes from my earlier SOL K vide ...
Topic: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Dec 2023 7:07 am Subject: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	I have added a second video for Sol K Bright (part 2). This adds 8 more songs, all which are hard to find. This link will take you to the new video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsK4r1ky96w
Topic: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Dec 2023 11:13 am Subject: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	Yes there is more to Sol K then Hawaiian Cowboy. I actually left it off this set so we could hear some of his lesser know songs.
Topic: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Dec 2023 10:44 am Subject: Sol K Bright 8 songs 1929-34
Chris Clem Replies: 6 Views: 1993	Some more 78 transfers from my YouTube channel. Sol K bright does not seem to have much in the way reissues that I am aware of. Just a few tunes on some older compilations from the past. This should h ...
Topic: Dick McIntire 3 songs from 1st session 1934
Chris Clem Replies: 11 Views: 4051	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Dec 2023 5:33 am Subject: Dick McIntire 3 songs from 1st session 1934
Chris Clem Replies: 11 Views: 4051	I added a third video with 8 more songs, all from the late 1930s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk0Ntx5I99s
Topic: WOOD - How to "assemble" a good sound-board?
Chris Clem Replies: 12 Views: 9337	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 22 Nov 2023 10:40 am Subject: WOOD - How to "assemble" a good sound-board?
Chris Clem Replies: 12 Views: 9337	Fender used Weldwood resin glue. It is a brown powder that is mixed with water. They used this for gluing guitar body's and also used it for the finger-joint cabinets. They still make it (now owned by ...
Topic: WOOD - How to "assemble" a good sound-board?
Chris Clem Replies: 12 Views: 9337	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 22 Nov 2023 9:12 am Subject: WOOD - How to "assemble" a good sound-board?
Chris Clem Replies: 12 Views: 9337	I was a journeyman cabinet maker before I started building and restoring guitars, so this is right up my alley. When you buy quartersawn hardwoods they are usually only sort of quartersawn. Where ...
Topic: WOOD - How to "assemble" a good sound-board?
Chris Clem Replies: 12 Views: 9337	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 22 Nov 2023 5:09 am Subject: Re: Poplar wood?
Chris Clem Replies: 12 Views: 9337	Hi JD, I'm not sure about Gibson, but Fender used Poplar wood in most of their instrument bodies. When I was restoring guitars for the vintage shops in Hollywood I did most all the refinishes of ...