... plays one onf my " Shorty" One strings in the Dallas area. Richard Johnston is performing in the Houston Area. With the release of Rock and Roll...
20.00 is cheap compared to 1/8in bending plywood in say half sheets or smaller i thought of that as well and since ssources are slim i tried out of nesisity...
I've got one. I picked it up at a large discount store in the days before there was an Internet. I've used it a few times. To me the trick was to try it out...
If you have a multimeter you can check continuity on your pickup to see if you have a broken wire or something like that. If you are going to mess with...
Tate, That is amazing!!!!! This is one of the most beautiful jobs I've seen in a long time. I love the mixture of gracefullness (box choice, beautiful neck)...
I'll be rolling into Unkl Ray's around 11:30 tonight. I'll be crawling out at about 2am. Tomorrow, I'll be bringing the National Cigar Box Guitar Museum back ...
O.K. guys I recieved this box as a gift from my brother recently with the intent to build a cbg. Here is the question do I cut it? or not? the tax stamp is...
Well, it depends on whether you want build CBGs or collect old cigar boxes, lol. Grab that saw and go for it, lol. ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com -...
Guys I so appreaciate your responses!! I used insulated wire that was recommended from this site; when I ordered it they said it was the same they used on...
Plastic bobbins certainly work. I think metal would reduce the response, but I'm not sure. Scrape the insulation off with a knife. Just put the wire on a flat ...
howdy I've never build a cigar-box guitar but have built a cigar-box upright bass. Recently I built a cigar-box fiddle. (following the design of Savart's...
Andy, I know your frustrated, I know the feeling well. Better to try and fail than not try at all. Keep at it.My first pickup I broke the wire four times !!!!!...
I just bought a Dunlop Joe Perry Boneyard Guitar Slide the large size only to find out that it is to small. So I got to doing some brain storming and come up...
Check out this page: http://www.doctronics.co.uk/meter.htm and this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimeter The first explains how to use one and the...
Little known fact. The middle man for the Three Stooges, Larry Fine made and played one. http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Biographies/Larry.htm My wife still says...
Hi Andy,Piezos discs attached to the soundboard can produce some rather harsh sonics as you describe, some like it, others loathe it. I fall into the latter. I...
The 'zero fret' doesn't increase the scale length. When it is present, a zero fret defines the start of the scale whereas the nut does that job when the zero...
Two things: 1. One of my hobbies is electronics, and I use the sandpaper method mentioned in a previous post for cleaning the enamel off of wire. Works great...
I hope to be joining the ranks of all great cigar box luthiers in the very near future. I play slide guitar, so a cigar box just seemed fitting. I'm sure I'll...
I've been working on a cigar box dulcitar with at 26" scale off and on for about a month and I'm now about ready to lay out the frets. I've searched the...
Cut the box? Well, you see the people that made that box way back when didn't realize that they were actually making the body of your extra-fine musical ...
Mark, try this link, download fretcalc v2.0. It has dulcimer scales as well. Also calcs in english or metric. Been using this prog for a long time. ...
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