You know, a hip socket grafted onto the body as a neck pocket and then a femur head onto the base of a neck will permit a high degree of adjustibility for the action
This project is beginning to sound like an orthopedic surgeon's dream
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How would an elk bone body sound?
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You know, a hip socket grafted onto the body as a neck pocket and then a femur head onto the base of a neck will permit a high degree of adjustibility for the action
This project is beginning to sound like an orthopedic surgeon's dream
....by nailing a bridge and some pickups to Aunt Stella's left over Thanksgiving turkey carcass, recording a few notes and creating a poll.
no, the technical term in this case would be a poultry
no, the technical term in this case would be a poultry
Clearly I've been out punned... Salute!
Clearly I've been out punned... Salute!
as long as you don't have a bone to pick with me, thank you, I'll be here all week and please tip the waitress generously
Waiting to hear the OP's thoughts so far after all this feedback. If nothing further is posted then I may have to cancellous my subscription to this thread
So, what would be the best head to use for an Elk Bone bass? SS? Tube? Or, should go direct through a Radial ToneBone?...
Waiting to hear the OP's thoughts so far after all this feedback. If nothing further is posted then I may have to cancellous my subscription to this thread
Given the OP's post history, I think y'all been trolled.
Then again, maybe it's the OP who has been trolled.
LOL
Was wondering for a good part of the afternoon how you'd do, maybe like a cross between the Parker Fly guitar and bamboo cutting boards using epoxied and compressed bone strips. Bamboo? Hmmmm, wonder if anyone's done anything w/it in the stringed instrument dept
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Given the size of the animal, and therefore the size of the small intestinal track, not to mention the relative difficulty of preparing such a small track to be used as a string, I find that very hard to believe.
For a lute or a guitar, maybe, just maybe, but for a DB, a several hundered cats would be needed to be gutted for a single set of strings. The portion of the track that's traditionally used for the instrument strings was the leftover (too small) from the sausage making, so it was very cheap, cheaper than the sausage gut.
So, without a link to said article, I call cat strings in a DB BS.
Regards
Sam
Given the size of the animal, and therefore the size of the small intestinal track, not to mention the relative difficulty of preparing such a small track to be used as a string, I find that very hard to believe.
For a lute or a guitar, maybe, just maybe, but for a DB, a several hundered cats would be needed to be gutted for a single set of strings. The portion of the track that's traditionally used for the instrument strings was the leftover (too small) from the sausage making, so it was very cheap, cheaper than the sausage gut.
So, without a link to said article, I call cat strings in a DB BS.
Regards
Sam
rest easy, I believe "cat gut" was actually derived from either sheep or cow intestines since they were plentiful and had long alimentary canals (i.e. long intestines). Most cultures then and still do make the most of their "harvests" and sheep and cows make up the bulk for many.
Why they're called cat gut I don't recall, though......
to the original question.... kinda horny..... =D.....
on a kind of on topic thought though, bone can be very resonant, the sinuses in your face are proof, get a sinus infection and listen to your voice totally different, now finding a flat bone with sinuses in it for resonance that can handle the abuse of molding and use as a bass guitar, good freakin luck
on a kind of on topic thought though, bone can be very resonant, the sinuses in your face are proof, get a sinus infection and listen to your voice totally different, now finding a flat bone with sinuses in it for resonance that can handle the abuse of molding and use as a bass guitar, good freakin luck
Any bone large enough to make a guitar out of would (I think) be very porous, and may have air pockets in them. But bone and antler does have good musical quality's in smaller sizes.
This is a turkey call, that a friend made me. The center piece of the call is a cross section of elk antler, and it continues into the call and is used as a sound board. Sounds great too.
This is a turkey call, that a friend made me. The center piece of the call is a cross section of elk antler, and it continues into the call and is used as a sound board. Sounds great too.
