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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Anyone know what I can use for shim material? It seems one shim is a tad to much and no shim causes the strings to buz a bit. I thought I might try makeing one in-between out of wood or something. Any thoughts from the experts? |
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Location: South Africa | I'm not much of an expert at these things, but personally I never mess around with the bits and pieces which are made by the manufacturers. They normally have the equipment and expertise to know what they are doing.If your strings are buzzing, wouldn't a simple truss rod adjustment work just as well? |
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Location: NJ | Willard;
Try doing a "search" on the subject as I seem to remember a long and varied thread a while back concerning making saddles/shims of antler, bone, plastic, metal, and various other organic/inorganic materials. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Believe it or not, strips cut from aluminum beverage cans work well. Figure one strip from each can of Olde English 800 times four or five; it will start sounding A LOT BETTER...... |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Most hobby shops carry sheet material of brass, aluminum, stainless steel or plastic in various thicknesses (.005 - .125). I've used all but the aluminum. Personally I prefer plastic for acoustic guitars and brass for electric.
P.S. I've heard of one guitar manufacturer that uses jade(???). Can't remember the name. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Keep in mind what you do at the saddle will be 50% at the 12th fret. Any comments on what kind of beer cans give the best tone? |
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| I have used an old credit card to make a shim. I can't tell the difference in sound. Tim |
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Location: NJ | I have used the tin foil in cigarette packs and gum wrappers as fuses but never as shims. guess I am no help here. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Dubyatoo, use Carta Blanca cans. Be aware the shims will stop working between 2:00 & 5:00 PM daily, however. Just kidding. Please, no ethnic or cultural offense intended. I've heard Carling cans will make you tone-deaf, though. Something about crushing them on your head...... |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Originally posted by cwk2:
Keep in mind what you do at the saddle will be 50% at the 12th fret. Any comments on what kind of beer cans give the best tone?
An EMPTY beer can! |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | On that same subject, I have never been able to get the sound out of an empty beer can that compares to my mandolin. To me they sound too much like a banjo. After a case or two, I guess it really doesn't matter, just sing or blow into the top of variously levels of beer in the cans and a type of music will emerge. I think we should get back to guitars as beer can music doesn't do well in church. |
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