I'm trying to make this as functional as possible while spending as little as possible. I found the perfect parts for a cone and coverplate the other day. The cone is a dog bowl I found for 2.99, and the cover plate is an old "silver" (not real silver) saucer my sister was going to give away.
My new "cone" that I found. May not be nearly as good as the real thing, but for $3.. I can deal.
The cover plate just happened to be exactly two inches bigger than the cone. Perfect for my dimensions and what I need.
I finished off the cone and plate by cutting the lip of the bowl off to lessen the contact area with the wood - this will in turn lessen the dampening effects the transition between the aluminum and the wood will have.
I then took my coverplate, drilled 8 small holes for screws to attach it to the guitar, and 8 larger 'sound holes' to let the sound from the vibrating cone out of the body. In my mind it should work. Hopefully it will in practice too.
I tried to find something to use for a tailpiece. I thought about buying the 15 dollar one online from Stew-mac.com, but decided to have one last look around before buying it. I found a $2.50 pair of kitchen cabinet hinges that will work perfectly. I matched it up with the old bridge from the guitar and noticed the ends line up with the existing holes perfectly. All I had to do was measure and drill 4 more string holes.
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