Re: Chet's Paul McGill resonator
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:33 am
That would be great Bill, thanks.
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bill raymond wrote:I doubt a slight bend in the tailpiece would do anything to change the downpressure on the bridge: The strings will angle down towards the hinge where the tailpiece is anchored at the butt of the guitar whatever the shape of the tailpiece rods. In order to increase the downpressure, one would have to rig something to pull the tailpiece closer to the guitar or lower its attachment closer to the table. To decrease the pressure, you would need to shim the tailpiece up or raise its point of attachment.
In the 60's Chet discovered Nato Lima and he wanted that reso sound, Nato sold him a short scale DV which Nato had made for him by DV, he goes way back with DV into the 40's and he used short scaled guitars tuned high with Los Indios. This is the only short scaled DV Chet had other than mine.
I have made many modification over the years to these guitars. I retro fit the older ones with the up dated cone baskets and increase their power.
Chet came to my shop and brought me the little DV to look at, it has a 57 cm scale, it had the typically, unplayable, low action Chet's guitars always had, touch them and they buzzed for all but him.
guitarchuck wrote:I could be wrong, but I don't think the ring on the bottom of my biscuit is v shaped. I'm pretty sure mine has a flat surface ring that makes contact with the flat area in the center of the cone. I'm curious about the biscuits that Dan measured. How are they made Dan?
guitarchuck wrote:Paul,
Thank you so much for your insight. I have a few questions now:In the 60's Chet discovered Nato Lima and he wanted that reso sound, Nato sold him a short scale DV which Nato had made for him by DV, he goes way back with DV into the 40's and he used short scaled guitars tuned high with Los Indios. This is the only short scaled DV Chet had other than mine.
Was Chet's short scale DV the one that have the "V" sound hole covers? It had V's in the sound hole cloth, but many did. Its not the edfining detail.I have made many modification over the years to these guitars. I retro fit the older ones with the up dated cone baskets and increase their power.
Are you talking about the up-dated baskets being the metal baskets as opposed to the wooden baskets? Did Chet's short scale DV have a wooden basket? None of my guitars had metal baskets nor did any of Chet's, they sound awful.Chet came to my shop and brought me the little DV to look at, it has a 57 cm scale, it had the typically, unplayable, low action Chet's guitars always had, touch them and they buzzed for all but him.
I don't want to start another war here on the Chetboard about Chet's action, which there has been much debate about here. But, from your statement, which of Chet's guitar did you come in contact with that were set up this way? His Del Vecchios & Classicals perhaps?