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28233 Doctor Oakroot
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Jun 1, 2007
10:59 am
... I can attest to that lol. I like CW's "mojo" explanation best. BB Doc ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars....
28234 twangdiddler Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
12:14 pm
Something really apocolyptic must have happened Wed night? ...either that, or he's just REALLY hung-over! *grin* How you doin' Johnny? ...did you & Joe Buck...
28235 K
knotlenny Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
12:22 pm
Now I kick myself in the ass. I've accumulated a bunch of old Western Elec. headsets (circa 1910) - but I always just shit-canned the carbon mics and only...
28236 Shane
cigarboxguitar Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
12:41 pm
Can at least three of you post a bulletin in Myspace regarding the CBG Extravaganza today? Remember, the direct link is ...
28237 Bracey, Kevin
kbracey123 Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
1:03 pm
Cool, if you click that poster it enlarges enough to print one full size ________________________________ From: cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com ...
28238 Caroline Tigeress
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Jun 1, 2007
1:03 pm
... You'll have to fogive Shane, he probably waches too much, 'Charmed' :P Caroline _________________________________________________________________ Need...
28239 Caroline Tigeress
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Jun 1, 2007
1:06 pm
... Well met. May your glass never be empty, your belly never hunger, and your bed warm with good company. Caroline ...
28240 wizard103.rm Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
1:19 pm
... But is that the kind of ceramic magnet that I should be looking for? Would it be possible to get two of those magnets and butt them against each other to...
28241 Doctor Oakroot
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Jun 1, 2007
1:24 pm
Article up at http://bluesnews.org ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars....
28242 twangdiddler Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
1:43 pm
I sent out MySpace bulletins and it's also up in several forums over at the www.hank3.com Cussin' Board too! PIMP MY CBG FESTIVAL!!!! ... CBG ... appearing ......
28243 Robert Hamilton
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Jun 1, 2007
2:31 pm
Posted a MySpace bulletin. Will hit our mailing list, too....
28244 brianq41369 Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
3:21 pm
... then ... have ... if you are making a hot rail, both of the rails will be wound , just like a humbucker, a hot rail is a mini-humbucker, but the front rail...
28245 bevlowe@... Send Email Jun 1, 2007
3:23 pm
Don't let anyone tell you Joe Buck is Evil. He's one of the greatest guys you'll ever meet. On Stage is a different matter. It's a good thing he keeps a neon...
28246 okflutefest Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
3:42 pm
Hi All, I am new to the group and wanted to say hi to everyone. I own and play many different hand made instruments. I am fascinated with hand made instruments...
28247 Shane
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Jun 1, 2007
3:49 pm
Thanks for joining us, Dennis. I'd love to see a bunch of Cigar Box Guitarists at your fest. Hopefully some will take you up on your offer. shane...
28248 charles92027 Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
4:07 pm
If it wasn't for you all, I never would have made my cookie-tin banjo. Because I built my own instrument, I was able to learn how musical instruments work, and...
28249 Doctor Oakroot
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Jun 1, 2007
4:14 pm
Hi Dennis. Welcome. ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars....
28250 yo_jehle Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
4:19 pm
I just saw that on the flyingmonkey web page. Gad zooks! I've been promoted! :)) I need to have a pow wow with Matt Krunk and make sure that we bring enough...
28251 Steven Downer
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Jun 1, 2007
4:22 pm
1. The "What the @#$! is that?" factor. 2. Making primal music from the heart with my primative instrument. 3. Blues guys like Blind Willie Johnson did... 4....
28252 KEVIN LAWTON
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Jun 1, 2007
4:57 pm
It could almost be a newspaper headline: Ten Witches like CBGs perhaps complete with a photograph of the ten witches with their instruments ? Caroline Tigeress...
28253 wizard103.rm Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
5:03 pm
... or more ... I'm not making a hot rail....I'm making a pickup like the dimebucker and the X2N. It is like a regular humbucker but with the rails instead of...
28254 K
knotlenny Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
5:51 pm
I came in in the middle of this conversation, but I sure like the image of a cackling witch stirring a giant bubbling cauldron with a cigar box guitar . . ....
28255 Ray Heilman
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Jun 1, 2007
6:09 pm
So make a 12" square sound box for your instrument and add the album art either original painted artwork, or affix the favorite album cover. My son suggested...
28256 Colin McRoberts
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Jun 1, 2007
6:15 pm
Can anyone please tell me what the difference is between a cigar box guitar and a cigar box banjo if there is one. Based on the photos I've seen they seem to...
28257 Doctor Oakroot
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Jun 1, 2007
6:36 pm
Well, if you had a short drone string played with the thumb, you would probably call it a banjo. How you play it might be an issue too - clawhammer is...
28258 dozerrn Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
6:59 pm
In the spirit of the CBG "make it from whatever you can scrounge" tradition, I've been keeping my eye open for items. For the neck I thought of modifying the...
28259 cbgjoe Offline Send Email Jun 1, 2007
7:11 pm
yep rails instead of pole pieces, on the x2n the rails look kinda thick 3/64 maybe by (however long/wide you want) by 1/2 to 3/4 tall I'd use a bobbin on it...
28260 Eric Butler
chainduck Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
7:24 pm
Rock hard and bad smell....sounds like Cocobolo....but I'd be pretty shocked to see wheel barrow handles made from it....costs about $15 a board foot. Eric ...
28261 KEVIN LAWTON
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Jun 1, 2007
7:26 pm
Oh, I wouldn't say that. All the 33 rpm vinyl albums I've bought recently seem to have quite nice artwork, though we don't seem to see many 'gatefold' sleeves...
28262 Eric Butler
chainduck Offline Send Email
Jun 1, 2007
7:35 pm
Tough call.... Banjo really has to do with a skin headed instrument...no matter what the strings. However, nowadays, the banjo is pretty much classified by ...
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