I have a Black Widow liberty guitar. I would like to tinker with it to see if I could improve the tone and stop some small buzzing problems. The tone and sustain on the high DBG string seems OK, but the low strings lacks sustain and have a muffled sound.
It has a 10 1/2 inch spun resonator cone and a Spider Bridge but it’s not a Quarterman. The Nut is made of plastic and I am not sure what the bridge is made out of.
How hard is it to shape and cut the slots in the bridge and nut?
Since the cone is spun do I need to upgrade this to a Quarterman?
Also where is a good place to purchase parts besides Elderly?
I have the Paul Beard Video on repair and maintenance and he makes it look like I could do the work my self or should I just ship it off to somebody that knows what they are doing?
Thanks
Steve Schaefer
Working on a resonator guitar
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Steve Schaefer
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Ron Randall
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Hi.
Stewart McDonald catalog or stewmac.com has lots of reso parts.
Most good reso setups use a maple insert for the bridge, and a bone nut. Stewmac has the blanks. Buy 2, they are cheap.
If you are handy with little files and sandpaper, you can do this yourself.
Check out www.resonatorguitarist.com/
Ron
Stewart McDonald catalog or stewmac.com has lots of reso parts.
Most good reso setups use a maple insert for the bridge, and a bone nut. Stewmac has the blanks. Buy 2, they are cheap.
If you are handy with little files and sandpaper, you can do this yourself.
Check out www.resonatorguitarist.com/
Ron