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Hey Doug!
I finished my first "real" reso build a month ago. I used an aluminum pot-lid with furring strip stand-offs a la Mark Werner.
It works pretty well, I think. The pot lid is pretty heavy, so it's not as loud as most commercial resos I've heard, but it's got a sweet tone. I've made a paint can lid reso as well--much easier initially, because the can lid drops into the thickness of the box top; you can use a conventional through neck design. The can lid has a plunky sound and not much sustain. Both feed-back like crazy; I'm currently reevaluating the way I use piezos.
BTW, the guy who owns the music store in town suggested a modification to my design. He's an old hippie, so I'm not always sure what he's talking about, but I think the gist of it was to "spin" the pot lid by hand. I think the idea is to take a blunt, narrow-ended tool of some sort and scribe lots of concentric circles/swirls into the metal of the lid. Most commercial cones (at least the good ones, I guess) are "spun", though I'm guessing not like this. I'd be curious to hear if this makes sense (or if maybe I just didn't understand what the guy said) and, if so, what sort of effect it would have on the tone....
JuJu, cool link. That guy is Pete Moles of Molanator Guitars in Tasmania. He sells cones that he spins himself and also makes awesome aluminum guitars.
Pete visited the states in 2006 and I met up with him in New York City for a week and we had a blast - tore up that town.
BTW here's the reso I made
More photos and details here.
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