Author Topic: Playing surface to sound board question  (Read 3951 times)

Offline Jbowen

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Playing surface to sound board question
« on: February 20, 2020, 05:06:02 PM »
Hey guys. Brand new here, been reading a lot and I’m about to order some material to turn my first calls. But I have a question. If my playing surface is 3.5” what size should my sound board be?  And what about other size playing surfaces 3.25”, 3” what size should those sound boards be?  Is there a general rule of thumb for the sound board size vs playing surface?  I was thinking I would start with glass over slate. Thanks for any input. And hopefully I’ll be able to show y’all some calls shortly!

Offline dannylang

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Re: Playing surface to sound board question
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2020, 05:20:50 PM »
i normanly use 1/2 inch shorter than my playing surface. thats just my 2 cent worth.
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Re: Playing surface to sound board question
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2020, 05:26:54 PM »
sorry left something out, 1/4 inch or so lip then 1/8 inch on each side of lip gives you the 1/2 inch that i am talking about.
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Re: Playing surface to sound board question
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2020, 05:47:29 PM »
So if my sound board is playing surface is 3” the my sound board would be 2.5??
Thanks for your your help.