my other hobby

[tri again]

I'm sure that thing will Siiiiiing!

Alternating different woods can be amazing.
They seem to have different 'frequencies' that they like to resonate at.

I had a signal generator and I'd put the headphones around the wood and see what freqs it liked.


I've got some kiln dried mill ends that actually hurt my ears when I
split or toss them either onto each other stacking it or
tossing an armload onto the concrete floor.

They'd almost make good (annoying) wind chimes if any of that makes sense.

I guess there Are those wood dowel looking teak or some kinda wood
instruments that you tap together.
Not sure of the name but what are those instruments that
have like 30 or more different sized wood strips and gets played with
padded mallets?

Kinda like a wooden glockensphiel
or one of those marching band things with all the different sized metal
blocks tuned to all the notes.

wow, sorry.

now if only I could selectively eliminate some distasteful memories
as well as I forget my musical instrument history.

Wasn't there a sitar type solid body electric that had some hefty chunk o' metal
that would help it drone in some certain frequency?


Ever seen acoustic guitars with 10 or so drone strings?
They just sit there and glow as you play.

Kinda like the old violin makers secret.

Play a cheap violin in a room Full of violins and the thing sounds incredible.

Take it outside or home and it just doesn't (can't) sound the same.

Sounds like you're having fun.

I get to do my projects in my living room and it drives my gf nutts,
carbs in the kitchen, guitar parts everywhere.

I need a shop too.
She says I need a garage with a house attached.

We're just trying to make the whirld a better place, right?

Take it easy and I hope things are going smoother for you.

[gsw902]

I thought about putting a metal rod inside of an electric guitar body as I was glueing it together, to see what it would do to the sound, havent tried it yet.

I built a bass out of the red cedar and it sounds great, so I am hoping that the combination of cedar and swamp ash is the perfect tone wood.
Things are going alright for me, I feel good and I am still doing about anything I want to

[tri again]

yeah, my limitations are real.

Unless I do exactly what I feel like doing,
precisely When...I feel like doing it, I get into trouble and can't
walk at all.


So after feeling sorry for myself for a short time, I realized, isn't that what EVERYone wants?

Lots of music, playing, studio time, trikes and tractors
and the summer festivals here with visitors from around the world.

I wish the weather would break and get a little more predictable
but then again, the weather channel makes me feel fortunate
and lucky to not have the sky attack and destroy everything
at any given moment.

I just heard that there's an indoor miniature golf course somewhere close.

What keeps us all sane is the fact that there are music studios everywhere.

I even built one upstairs in the barn. 20X30 with a 12 ft high center beam
and drums and pa are all set up and instruments hanging around mostly out
of their cases so there are no excuses.

We've had drizzling rain almost every day so it's not real fun
to jump and run outside.
Thank god there are electric start trikes outside every door
and the farm has creekbeds and a river, open fields and trails
and a place to shoot and fly kites but I gotta say,
sometimes it's a challenge to stay motivated.