Making a Fry Pan- Any Advice?

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Bill Creller
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Bobby Ingano feels that the post-war frypans with solid necks have more sustain, even though the tone is not quite the same as the hollow neck type.
In my opinion, the long scale hollow neck types have the best tone, but I don't know about sustain in those....
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Darrell Urbien
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Post by Darrell Urbien »

Brian McNamee wrote:Someone posed the question earlier in this thread about making the neck hollow. I'll have to talk to the foundry guys about this one also. I don't know if that would save me a lot of weight in the end, or if the it actually help with the resonance and sustain somehow.
Well, one way to find out.. :)
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