I've only built 2 shovel guitars and after ruining some good metal cutting drill bits, I took the shovel to a guy with a torch and had him heat it up enough to take the temper out of it so I could finally drill it. Works great.
I just finished building a shovel, and the problem I am having is finding long enough G D G strings. Bass strings are long enough but don,t have correct strings. Great job, love your sound.
I've only built 2 shovel guitars and after ruining some good metal cutting drill bits, I took the shovel to a guy with a torch and had him heat it up enough to take the temper out of it so I could finally drill it. Works great.
I just finished building a shovel, and the problem I am having is finding long enough G D G strings. Bass strings are long enough but don,t have correct strings. Great job, love your sound.
25.5inch from bridge to nut. Then get d'addario electric guitar strings around 22, 32, 42 roughly from a pack. I got a 9-42 size pack.
Ace hardware shovels been working pretty good minimal handle flex....
Thanks for the tip!