my guitarmaking thread

paulmcevoy75

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paulmcevoy75

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123499#Comment_123499

Can't seem to delete the post that got weird above.

I get missing the moustaches. I think they are visually silly and acoustically pretty bad but they are a distinctive look. I feel like maybe there's something I can do with the bridge ends to make it a more graceful but I haven't thought about it too much. Each little design move takes forever. I bet I have a month of work in designing tailpieces this year. Pretty frustrating, but I learned a lot. This one seems like a keeper.

I'm trying to keep the ornamentation minimal so probably no name on the headstock. Maybe I'll inlay some wood at some point.

billyshakes

You could always "tattoo" stylized moustaches onto the top if you were worried about the acoustics.

Also, for your consideration, a stylized letter "M" for your last name as below. You could call your Big Mouth model the "Big Mick."

BillDaCostaWilliams

Hmm ... referring to your instrument as your Big Mick would generate mixed reactions where I grew up.

paulmcevoy75

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123510#Comment_123510

explain....

billyshakes

https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123510#Comment_123510

"Big Mick" Hughes, the audio engineer for Metallica? 😂

BillDaCostaWilliams

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123511#Comment_123511

Mick or Mickey is p*n*s in Cork and Dublin slang.

The Dublin suburb Stillorgan (anglicised from the original name Irish name Teach Lorcan) is often humorously called Mickey Marbh in Irish (= Dead Mickey).