the rogue 12 string is "in the shop"

[jd-drafter]

actually just left it at my dad's house- most of which is his shop.

 

we are putting a piezo pickup in it- not the best way to go by any means i know- but it's a $100 dollar guitar- adding the pickup already half again increases it's value-

 

we played a bit together- he actually wanted to learn some of my "stuff"- which is odd since i don't really even know my own stuff- but it was fun-

 

and i got to play around a bit with his latest acoustic rebuild- and my line 6 amp- all those effects can be fun- as long as you drop the treble all the way down to make up for the brightness of the piezo crystal-

 

so aside from the pickup he's going to go over the setup, try to lower the action a bit more- give the fret's a clean up and just apply some of his holy luthier mojo to it- it's fun to see him play that 12'er- lot's of sound there-

 

i should get it back tomorrow right before our outdoor ~chilly~ ish gig-

 

here's to hoping everything works out fine-

[dhoenisch]

I tell ya, your dad is something else. I still find those aluminum guitars to be very cool, and great sounding.

Also, I really enjoy my el-cheapo, $100 12-string. It's a Carlo Robelli, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are made by the same folks. Really nice sounding to me, and definately loud enough to play at church to lead singing.

Dan

[jd-drafter]

this rogue was sort of an experiment to see how bad it could really be- and we have both been surprised by it- has good tone- built really well- hold's a tune-

 

and for the $ it's not like you have to worry about it too much- hopefully it will only get better with time... as that laminated top opens up ove the years....8^)

 

ha ha ha-

[OldGuitarPlayer]

Sounds interesting jd. I am curious to know how it sounds. I say if you like the guitar no matter how much it cost than adding a pickup is really worth the little extra expense. Let us know how everything works out and....keep warm.

[jd-drafter]

i'll see about getting my kids to maybe record some video- i also need to start recording whatever it is i do so i can put it out for critique- 8^)

 

thanks for the well wishes-

[jd-drafter]

well- here we go-

 

the guitar is done- a new piezo pickup, a fret job, and had the action lowered another .020 (20 thousandths) as well as cleadning up some rough fret ends-

 

i will get it right before we play this evening- at the semi outdoor event-

 

and the weather right now-

 

46

[lauren]

Let us know how you get on.

[Fred Fartboski]

.020 (20 thousandths)

 

 

Wouldn't that be twenty hundredths? 8^)

[Freeman Keller]

Wouldn't that be twenty hundredths? 8^)

 

 

no, tenths, hundredth, thousandth. That would be two hundredths, but a machinist speaks in terms of one thousandths of an inch. An eights of an inch is still "125 thousandths"

[naboutboul]

 

Wouldn't that be twenty hundredths? 8^)

 

 

lol, nope that would be 20/1000 or 2/100

 

twenty hundredths would be 20/100 or 2/10

[jd-drafter]

yeah- i know better- normally in civil engineering we only deal with tenth's and hope the bulldozer and backhoe get close... 8^)

 

this thing plays much better- my dad even gave it a go several times- with and without finger picks

 

i am dying to plug it in though and have some fun with the amp -