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...
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...
... You'll have to fogive Shane, he probably waches too much, 'Charmed' :P Caroline _________________________________________________________________ Need...
... 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...
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 ......
... 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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
... 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...
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 . . ....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...