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Steve Sollod
PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:12 am 
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Has anyone built a square neck guitar for slide? I saw a Oahu square neck and it looked like a regular guitar about the size of a 000... but with an elevated nut and bridge. I would guess that they sound kinda like a weissenborn. These are generally tuned down to G or D, so the string tension probably isn't an issue. Any comments?
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First name: Allen
Last Name: Abrassart
City: Amisk
State: Alberta
Zip/Postal Code: T0B 0B0
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Check out the Schoonover Guitars site.
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Steve
Kent Schoonover has a brilliant design to support the top, but it is a resophonic guitar. Check Harper Resophonics website. In addition to resos, he makes a traditionally braced square neck and it is documented on his site. Looks like he just leaves his tone bars a little heavier. I'm sure the higher saddle will increase the tension a bit, but I'm not sure how much. I had a Martin D-28 set up for lap style with a higher nut and saddle and it seemed to handle it ok, but the tone was a little weak.
I'd be interested in hearing about your progress if you build one. I have some Koa set aside for one, but it's on a back burner until I complete a few other things.
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