Hi guys, Who is that on the home page? Interesting instrument. It's 6 15 and I'm trying to leave my latest project alone and go to work. I have a nice wooden...
mine read..."I see that John Lowe is scheduled for your event! He is ALSO scheduled to perform at "Festival of the Rivers" 2004, and we, in Hinton, WV, are...
The pic on the frontpage of the forum is the great YETI ON A BUDGET band. Wally sent me the pic and I posted it. I asked him to write about the bass and his...
Fellas - I sent the Biscuit director an e-mail congratulating him on the choice of John Lowe for this years's Biscuit. I have to assume on its face that the...
Fellas - There is a cool group on Yahoo called LeftBrainLuthiers. It has many esoteric posts on guitar building that many of us may enjoy. Many of the...
That is a cool group, I've never posted there but have been a member for almost as long as I've been here. I'm on a mission to build a "Uncle Enos Banjo"...
Hi all, I will be building a lap steel for my cousin this weekend and am lookin for any input. I am especially interested in how to make it electric. I have...
There's a site with plans for making a 'standard' lap steel, don't know if this'll help you or not. http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lapsteel/ not a...
... If you're using steel strings, you'll get the best lap steel sound by using a regular electric guitar pickup. Check with Cigar Box Slim for the set up on...
Bill, I used a Tele neck pickup...but the 4 string neck is my lap steel side. On it I used a Gibson 498T bridge humbucker out of an old SG I used to have. I...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 5:15:21 AM Central Standard Time, cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com writes: Hi guys, Who is that on the home page? Interesting...
I finsihed something 'like' a Uncle Enos Banjo today. (see plans in our files section) All it costs was 10 hours labor and $14 in tuners. Uncle Enos musta been...
Wally said, "I really want to play a show with someone from this list someday." Dude...YOU DONE MESSED UP! I AM SO CLOSE TO COMIN" TO YOUR TOWN AND SCARIN" ALL...
As you know, I'm the type of knucklehead that speaks in grandiose phrases... "Johnny Lowebow isn't a performer...he's a LIFETIME EXPERIENCE." "The cigar box...
I have had similar experiences. The place I was going to get my tuners and such.. the owner would mock me and my friend, laugh at us and whisper shit to other ...
I've been going to the Biscuit for many years. I don't know what this deal is against buskers because I remember that Alvin Youngblood Hart was "discovered"...
Shane's posts as of late have got me thinking. well, that and being broke. I don't reccomend a lot of sites, but this one is more or less marketing for stupid...
Stacydeuske, Man, now You're talking sense, don't sell them fine instruments anymore, find Yourself a good and satisfying job, play some gigs for an extra...
... Doctor Oakroot's advice is sound as always. I definitely agree that for steel strings you will be best off with a magnetic guitar pickup. A contact mic...
I would agree with this, have all along. Finding a job when you're 40 miles away from any potential employers, have 1 vehicle and your wife takes that to...
I just got a call from a local TV Morning show host. I'm booked for Next Wednesday morning to play 2 songs, bring whatever instruments I want and talk 'em up. ...
Hey, fellas. Just wanted to let you know that we got booked last Saturday at a local restaurant called "Phat Dogs". We rocked the place for 4 hours!!! The...
... the ... - COOL, SLIM !!! GOOD ON YA !!! Hope to see ya again soon. - Boz ... off ... http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/cigarboxguitars/vwp?.dir=/Cigar+B...
Hey Boz...you will see Slim In Hinton! Hey Slim, save some for us in WV! Ray ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!...
DO YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT IT ONLY TOOK STACY PUCKETT 4 DAYS TO GET THE ATTENTION OF A TV STATION? DO YOU REALIZE THE POWER OF THESE INSTRUMENTS? CONGRATS,...
