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Topic: How I Cut Half The Cabinet-Drop... And Got Better Sound |
Mickey Lawson
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Cleveland, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 10:16 pm |
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| My Emmons Legrande sounds in tune now. Will a couple of you guys try this, if I post it? |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 10:57 pm
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Let me guess....
You took the strings off ??  |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 11:02 pm
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WD40?
(ducks..)
EJL |
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Jamie Lennon
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 4:00 am
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YEP !!!!
POST POST POST
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 4:17 am
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| You put a 2x4 under the pedal bar? |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 5:56 am
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| You bought a Fulawka?? |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:00 am cut the scale to 12" instead of 24"
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By cutting it down from a 24" scale to a 12" would most certainly cut cabinet drop in half.
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:04 am
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| Will a couple of you guys try this, if I post it? |
Isn't that kinda like:
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| honey, will you promise not to get mad if I tell you what happened today? |
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sorry----you've got my attention and I'm certainly interested in whatever you are leading up to but, for sure, no promises. |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:30 am
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| I guess you didn't buy an Excel or you would have cut your cabinet drop all together, not just in half...Jim |
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Ron Castle
From:
West Hurley,NY
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:56 am 12" scale
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| By cutting it down from a 24" scale to a 12" would most certainly cut cabinet drop in half. |
I'm quite sure the exact opposite is true:
A shorter scale would increase cabinet drop,
a longer scale decrease.. whatever the cause.
That's been my experience. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 9:50 am
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| Well? what's the big secret? |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 10:18 am
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By cutting the cabinet in half?
I'm waiting with bated breath. 
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Tom Jordan
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 10:23 am
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Obviously you have removed the pedals and knees and have retuned to A6...worked for me!
Tom |
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Roger Francis
From:
kokomo,Indiana, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 10:44 am
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| Mickey, tell us what you did! All jokes aside, you know everybodys curious! |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 12:08 pm
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| You tuned it differently? |
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Bill Moran
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 12:20 pm
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Traded for a HWP !!
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 12:25 pm
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OK Micky,these guys are just yankin your chain,but I promise to try it.Post your idea for all of us,please.PJ
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Stephen Dorocke
From:
Tres Piedras, New Mexico
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:06 pm
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| ok, that's 2 for the 2x4 under the pedal bar...... |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:18 pm
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| Come on & tell us...I can't take the suspense!!! |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:22 pm
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| He welded in a piece of Railway track behind the front apron ? |
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Mickey Lawson
From:
Cleveland, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:44 pm
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I always liked the sound of ultra-lights on my acoustic guitar, and it's easier to play. So, I ordered individual Daddario strings from AMS online. Using the E9 tuning, took the regular guages and substituted 3 or 4 guages lighter. Would like someone to try and see how they think it sounds.
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string tuning lightgauge regularguage
1 F# 010 013
2 D# 011 015
3 G# 008 010
4 E 011 014
5 B 014 018
6 G# 017 020
7 F# 022W 026
8 E 026W 030
9 D 030W 034
10 B 034W 038
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Pedals only need minor tuning adj. and also tilted the pickup so base-strings are closer to the pickup. |
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Rick Nicklas
From:
Verona, Mo. (deceased)
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 6:47 pm
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| Looks like to me he is just getting all of us to brain-storm and give him all these ideas. A very smart cookie !!! |
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 19 Mar 2007 12:55 am
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| ...I would expect ultra-light strings to sound absoutely awful, and feel awful to play; just like they do on a regular 6-string guitar. The gauges Mickey's suggesting would be like a set of .008's on a Tele, or maybe even thinner. Yeuch! In my experience light strings (on any instrument) have a hard time staying in tune - the lighter, the worse. So I'll pass on testing, living happily with the minimal cabinet drop my ears cannot detect anyway. |
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