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Sholo set up
From dpgetman on 4/25/2014 4:03:44 PM
Hey all,
I had the pleasure of meeting Ron and Dorlea in person in AZ when I picked up my Sholo last year. Since taking it home, I have made a few crucial modifications with which I am well pleased and happy to share with others. Among the interesting bits of information Ron shared with me, I discovered that Sholo is the name of a town someone once won in a card game for which the winning hand was the one that "showed lowest".
Sholo modifications:
1) I replaced the no-know tailpiece that came with the Sholo with an OME Sweettone fixed tailpiece, which gave me a perfect downward angle on the strings close to the edge of the pot (which really firmed up my light gauge strings) while remaining as close to a no-knot sound as possible.
2) I had the nut remade to lower the strings at the top of the neck a millimeter or two
3) I replaced the 5/8" heavy weight Moon bridge Ron gave me with a custom made 9/16" Bob Veerman medium weight mystery wood bridge. This combination of nut and bridge height allowed me to achieve a nice playable string height all the way down the neck while removing all out-going coordinator rod tension on the pot, leaving the pot in its natural round. Now I can use both light and medium gauge strings without a buzz (which was a bit of an issue).
4) I added a nut and washer to the tail end of the coordinator rod on the inside of the pot. This took a little doing and I had to remove the head to get the rod out and then back in with the nut and washer screwed on. Now, I am able to tighten the coordinator rod nuts on the inside and outside of the pot, which has greatly increased stability of tuning (which was a bit on the unstable side before hand).
David
2 Comments |
 | roadkingjimmy says:
4/27/2014 8:01:32 AM
Congrats on the Sholo,Ron and Dorlea are wonderful folks .........so how about some pictures?
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 | Crusty says:
5/28/2014 5:41:35 AM
I've taken a different approach with my WM Whyte Laydie. I've got an Elite Amber head on mine set at 91 tension, a no-knot tailpiece, a .656 Sullivan Roasted Maple bridge and a ZeroGlide nut. As is, it's very resonant and loud so I've put two layers of hard felt on the internal resonator surface and then filled the resonator hole with a folded towel, which has removed the hard edgy highs and left the mids and lows a little bit damped but still quite resonant. Now its' sound is like an archtop jazz guitar but still obviously a banjo.
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