deadgoodcharlie Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Hey all,was just wondering if anyone has made his or her own tail stop bar.I have some brass kicking around and thought I,de have a go at it,but before procceding I,de like to see if anyone has done this and if so can you give some suggestions,cheers and thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 I'm in the process of making one out of ebony. Haven't run into TOO many problems as of yet. As for brass, I dunno. I figured ebony was hard enough to hold the strings and not have them really dig in too much. But brass... never worked with that... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadgoodcharlie Posted October 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 I'm in the process of making one out of ebony. Haven't run into TOO many problems as of yet. As for brass, I dunno. I figured ebony was hard enough to hold the strings and not have them really dig in too much. But brass... never worked with that... Chris ← Thanks for the reply,have you got any pics of what you are up to.Is the tail piece going to be like a regular stop bar?I also thought of copyong a regular one out of a thick piece of ebb but wondered about longevity,coulc,nt hurt to try I guese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Many, many hollowbodies being made these days are made with an ebony tailpiece that's sort of like the "trapeze" style tailpieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Nope, mine's a stop bar ebony for a TOM. It's gunna work where there's a hole connected to a cut out line. And you drop the ball of the string into the hole, then when the ball is under it (there's hole under the stop bar) you move it forward down the line which is too thin for the bar to be pulled out through. Then ya string it like normal. I thought it quite a nice idea. (hope ya'll understand) Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadgoodcharlie Posted October 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 (edited) Nope, mine's a stop bar ebony for a TOM. It's gunna work where there's a hole connected to a cut out line. And you drop the ball of the string into the hole, then when the ball is under it (there's hole under the stop bar) you move it forward down the line which is too thin for the bar to be pulled out through. Then ya string it like normal. I thought it quite a nice idea. (hope ya'll understand) Chris ← Good Idea Chris,would like to see a pic of that.I think I,ll try that before making one out of brass.I might make one like on a bennadeto with a hinge at the base of the body,this will be for a set neck strat with angled head stalk,but your Input has given me some good Ideas to think about .Cheers to all. also forgot to mention the strat is chambered,mahogany body with birds eye top pau ferro board and pau ferro headstalk venner. Edited October 31, 2005 by deadgoodcharlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 I'll be honest with you... this stop bar is slow in the making, cause I'm meanwhile building a semi-hollow, finishing a neck-thru, and dealing with hurricanes a la miami. But yeah, watch out for when I post my finished neck-thru (will be called MeuX L-Series) and chances are I'll GOTM it... so yeah, when you see that pop up... ask me about how the stop-bar came out then, cause then you'll be sure it's done and I can show you it, and also I'll forget myself by then, hense why I'm laying the ownus on you Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadgoodcharlie Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 I'll be honest with you... this stop bar is slow in the making, cause I'm meanwhile building a semi-hollow, finishing a neck-thru, and dealing with hurricanes a la miami. But yeah, watch out for when I post my finished neck-thru (will be called MeuX L-Series) and chances are I'll GOTM it... so yeah, when you see that pop up... ask me about how the stop-bar came out then, cause then you'll be sure it's done and I can show you it, and also I'll forget myself by then, hense why I'm laying the ownus on you Chris ← Ok Chris,can,t wait to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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