Right now i'm building a one-string canjotar out of a royal dansk cookie tin. I have a feeling its going to give me a good "twang". It's a bit bigger than an ...
To all the performers going to Hinton, please have a drink for me. Um, well...if you REALLY want to keep the tradition, have many drinks and try to crawl out...
To paraphrase John Sebastian and the Lovin' Spoonful Well, there's 1352 banjo players in Nashville And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a ...
I was thinking of going to a one stringer with a slide... no chords.<G> _____ From: cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com] On...
My last few guitars I have built with slotted headstocks. I like the slotted style for a couple reasons: 1. More downforce one nut has lead to much better...
Hi,I recomend trying lap slide playing.The bar sits comfortably in your hand while basic gravity holds it on the strings.You still tune in a chord and of...
Hey Harrison If I understand what you are doing, making a square slot that goes through the neck, wood left on all four sides I would use a mortising chisel,...
Can I just buy a 1/2" bit and chisel and put it in my drill press? Or is there some other thing I have to get like a billion dollar mortising machine? ... ...
I don't mind the rough look either it just seems it takes me too long to make it functional. If the alternative is $160 mortising machine, I'm going to stick...
Another thought is just drill 3 1" holes with a spade bit. Clean fast and easy. Why remove material you dont need to? ... long ... machine, ... do ... tars....
Old time method of making slots. Use your drill with overlaying cuts and clean up with a paring chisel, again this goes pretty quick People used to make...
1" is large enough the tuner won't span the hole.. 5/8 or 3/4 max.. Downside is you have to put a insert at the edge of the holes to keep the strings from...
If I understand your approach here, I'd use a 1/2" face drilled for each of the posts. 1" would be to big to support the ends of the tuning pegs. I would...
Worth considering that you don't need to go al the way through the headstock with the holes, but just hollow out the front so it is like an open box. Dead...
Two points so as not to tear the wood you are making holes in: Make sure your bit is really sharp and spinning fast, but drill through slowly - let the bit...
Thanks That is the conclusion I am coming to. Thanks for the tip! _____ From: cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com] On...
Folks I just uploaded 2 pictures of another method for headstocks. This method is really simple. If you use Forstner drill bits you get a clean hole too. Look...
