How I Cut Half The Cabinet-Drop... And Got Better Sound

Mickey Lawson · Post by **Mickey Lawson** » 17 Mar 2007 10:16 pm

My Emmons Legrande sounds in tune now. Will a couple of you guys try this, if I post it?

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 17 Mar 2007 10:57 pm

Let me guess....

You took the strings off ??

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 17 Mar 2007 11:02 pm

WD40?

(ducks..)

EJL

Jamie Lennon · Post by **Jamie Lennon** » 18 Mar 2007 4:00 am

YEP !!!!

POST POST POST

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 18 Mar 2007 4:17 am

You put a 2x4 under the pedal bar?

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 18 Mar 2007 5:56 am

You bought a Fulawka??

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 18 Mar 2007 6:00 am

By cutting it down from a 24" scale to a 12" would most certainly cut cabinet drop in half.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 18 Mar 2007 6:04 am

Will a couple of you guys try this, if I post it?

Isn't that kinda like:

honey, will you promise not to get mad if I tell you what happened today?

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sorry----you've got my attention and I'm certainly interested in whatever you are leading up to but, for sure, no promises.

James Quackenbush · Post by **James Quackenbush** » 18 Mar 2007 6:30 am

I guess you didn't buy an Excel or you would have cut your cabinet drop all together, not just in half...Jim

Ron Castle · Post by **Ron Castle** » 18 Mar 2007 6:56 am

By cutting it down from a 24" scale to a 12" would most certainly cut cabinet drop in half.

I'm quite sure the exact opposite is true:
A shorter scale would increase cabinet drop,
a longer scale decrease.. whatever the cause.
That's been my experience.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 18 Mar 2007 9:50 am

Well? what's the big secret?

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 18 Mar 2007 10:18 am

By cutting the cabinet in half?

I'm waiting with bated breath.

Tom Jordan · Post by **Tom Jordan** » 18 Mar 2007 10:23 am

Obviously you have removed the pedals and knees and have retuned to A6...worked for me!

Tom

Roger Francis · Post by **Roger Francis** » 18 Mar 2007 10:44 am

Mickey, tell us what you did! All jokes aside, you know everybodys curious!

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 18 Mar 2007 12:08 pm

You tuned it differently?

Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 18 Mar 2007 12:20 pm

Traded for a HWP !!

Papa Joe Pollick · Post by **Papa Joe Pollick** » 18 Mar 2007 12:25 pm

OK Micky,these guys are just yankin your chain,but I promise to try it.Post your idea for all of us,please.PJ

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 18 Mar 2007 5:05 pm

I'll bet he stuck a 2x4 up under the front apron to the floor...

Stephen Dorocke · Post by **Stephen Dorocke** » 18 Mar 2007 6:06 pm

ok, that's 2 for the 2x4 under the pedal bar......

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 18 Mar 2007 6:18 pm

Come on & tell us...I can't take the suspense!!!

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 18 Mar 2007 6:22 pm

He welded in a piece of Railway track behind the front apron ?

Mickey Lawson · Post by **Mickey Lawson** » 18 Mar 2007 6:44 pm

I always liked the sound of ultra-lights on my acoustic guitar, and it's easier to play. So, I ordered individual Daddario strings from AMS online. Using the E9 tuning, took the regular guages and substituted 3 or 4 guages lighter. Would like someone to try and see how they think it sounds.
[tab]-----------------------------------------------------
string tuning lightgauge regularguage
1 F# 010 013
2 D# 011 015
3 G# 008 010
4 E 011 014
5 B 014 018
6 G# 017 020
7 F# 022W 026
8 E 026W 030
9 D 030W 034
10 B 034W 038
----------------------------------------------------- [/tab]
Pedals only need minor tuning adj. and also tilted the pickup so base-strings are closer to the pickup.

Rick Nicklas · Post by **Rick Nicklas** » 18 Mar 2007 6:47 pm

Looks like to me he is just getting all of us to brain-storm and give him all these ideas. A very smart cookie !!!

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 18 Mar 2007 7:33 pm

He welded in a piece of Railway track behind the front apron ?

IIRC, they tried something similar at the old Sho-Bud once... built a steel out of an I beam... it still had cabinet drop...

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 19 Mar 2007 12:55 am

...I would expect ultra-light strings to sound absoutely awful, and feel awful to play; just like they do on a regular 6-string guitar. The gauges Mickey's suggesting would be like a set of .008's on a Tele, or maybe even thinner. Yeuch! In my experience light strings (on any instrument) have a hard time staying in tune - the lighter, the worse. So I'll pass on testing, living happily with the minimal cabinet drop my ears cannot detect anyway.

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cut the scale to 12" instead of 24"

12" scale