New Stick details revealed at Southern California Seminar
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w8ing4thewindshield
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
i have 2 quick questions: 1) by what craft will they be numbered? 2) can i please reserve exotic plasma # 0001 ? thank you E.C. for taking the time to explain things so thoroughly. it saves we the dreamers endless speculation posts. can't wait for pics after the rain. jimi
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Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:05 pm |
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jaap
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
Thanks for the details, Emmett! Great out-of-the-box engineering Jaap
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Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:11 pm |
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Olivier
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
Emmett, you did it again. This is gorgeous and I can't wait to lay my hands one the "AluStick" (as I already nicknamed it). BSharp wrote: The bolt-on headstock helps in that regard. Any chance to have a full aluminium version (from tail to headstock)? All the best from Switzerland. Olivier
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:07 am |
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randy
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
Olivier wrote: Emmett, you did it again. This is gorgeous and I can't wait to lay my hands one the "AluStick" (as I already nicknamed it). BSharp wrote: The bolt-on headstock helps in that regard. Any chance to have a full aluminium version (from tail to headstock)? All the best from Switzerland. Olivier Earthgene addressed that question in his original post: "2. The prototype had a bolt on headstock, but the finished product will have a headstock that die-cut just like the body. I expect it will be made from a separate piece and then bolted to the body"
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:37 am |
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Olivier
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
randy wrote: Olivier wrote: Any chance to have a full aluminium version (from tail to headstock)? Earthgene addressed that question in his original post: "2. The prototype had a bolt on headstock, but the finished product will have a headstock that die-cut just like the body. I expect it will be made from a separate piece and then bolted to the body" Thanks Randy, I didn't understand the "die-cut" thing - I'm french speaking and some english words are still alien to me Olivier
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:28 am |
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Per Boysen
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
Olivier wrote: Thanks Randy, I didn't understand the "die-cut" thing - I'm french speaking and some english words are still alien to me I didn't get that either but from the context my guess is that it means it is cut out by a machine according to some pattern or machine programming?
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:11 pm |
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arsacane
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
Die-cut or die cast? I guess the headstock is the part that allows for higher dimensional tolerances, so I can be cheaply made via mold casting; much more cheaper than CNC.
Cheers, Daniel.
PS: I still have 2 questions: - The hard wood sticks will still be produced? - Will there be a 12 string version of the Railboard?
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:38 pm |
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randy
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
arsacane wrote: Die-cut or die cast? I guess the headstock is the part that allows for higher dimensional tolerances, so I can be cheaply made via mold casting; much more cheaper than CNC.
Cheers, Daniel.
PS: I still have 2 questions: - The hard wood sticks will still be produced? - Will there be a 12 string version of the Railboard? probably the basic shape was a die-CAST mold and then final dressing (the fret rails & playing surface) are then machine cut...
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:40 pm |
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arsacane
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
Randy, I was talking only of the headstock (following the posts from Olivier & Per) For the rest of the instrument I agree with what you say, it won't make sense to start just out of a block of aluminum; use precision only where needed. Daniel.
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:04 pm |
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randy
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Re: New Stick details revealed at Southern California Semina
yeah - I would imagine the entire thing will eventually be made out of one solid piece or else some of the benefit seems lost.
Maybe that's the difference with the other various composite materials he's used in the past - the aluminum can be made to incorporate the frets...none of the others can.
Pretty interesting approach - make the whole thing out of one material, super harden/anodize the frets and fret board, then add the other various components.
No fretting - just some truss rod adjusts & intonation work.
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:41 pm |
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