Aloha Everyone, Its been a busy spell with gigs and family health( including cats) problems so here we are at last. The kids at my local school are progressing...
I usually use the same oak I use for the fingerboard. Maple should work fine. ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars....
At my local home improvement store, I found 1 1/2"x 1 1/2" x 3/8"" samples of the hard material used for fancy kitchen countertops and thought they would make...
... Grady, I am sure that you are right. I have been a little compulsive about the "nothing from a music store concept." But I am getting over it; I just...
An old picker told me that he would use a comb with the teeth cut off as a replacement nut. Said that the strings would fit right in the comb grooves. Stove...
I often use an Exacto saw to start them. Expecially when I'm using steel strings. That really sharp saw blade can start the cut quickly and exactly where you...
The only thing I have against maple is that you have to put a finish on it or it gets dirty real easy. If you can get them rosewood or ebony don't need a...
I've got some Corian counter material that I use sometimes. I got a bunch of pieces from a guy who's computer I fixed who was a cabinet maker. He would have...
In an article from Acoustic Guitar magazine, it featured "microtonal" tuning. The artist created a guitar with full and partial frets all over the place ...
Has Guitar Player Magazine, or any other major publication ever done a story on the current CBG movement? With the websites, news groups, e-lists, and...
I have studied and enjoyed the forums and presentations on pickups (both piezo and wired), but still have a very basic question on the placement of the piezo. ...
So far, we've only received a small article from Smoke Magazine (along with a ton of local and regional stuff in Kentucky and WV regarding the fests). I tried...
If I am not mistaken they did something on it in the 80's but Shane can answer that better than me. Speaking of exposure, has anyone ever thought of exploiting...
Guitar Player: December, 1976 "How to build a Cigar Box Guitar". It's the article that got me started. It's about time they wrote another one. Bazookahosen...
... getting ... be ... Just an opinion, but, I figure we need to get the actual instruments into the hands of musicians who can APPRECIATE them. Slim an I have...
Hey Gerry did the Big Brown truck arrive !!!! This morning the FedEx truck delivered my "Turbo Diddley". I finally put it down long enough to sit down here and...
Greetings Shane, I think a well constructed press release about the museum and the movement might get there attention. I won't go into details as I know you...
Yeah, I really should make it a priority soon. I keep putting it off due to life/kids/wife/job/other pressing projects. I've got a ton of pics of the museum...
Right now there's 4 different cbgs BY FOUR DIFFERENT BUILDERS on eBay. How cool is that? Anyone looking for a unique tone has their choice right now. shane...
I just finished a side drum made from quickcrete tubes and masonite to see it go to my site http://www.geocities.com/farkle_30/millershomeadehooteanny.html? ...
Here is a song using my new cbg. I put a coffee can lid on it for a resonator, it has nylon strings but still kind of sounds like a banjo. I am very pleased...
Killer tune, man! I really dig the "crow" in the background..... -Slim ... From: mattborczon To: cigarboxguitars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01,...
Mattborczonsigaredeuske, Sitting here, enjoy a beerenburgje, listening to Your song, it gives Me the feeling that I am in the jungle ! sorry Slim, it sure...
An excellent tune Matt, the resonator sounds great, although, more like a crow than a banjo. If you don't mind, I downloaded the song and added it to my MP3...
do not mind at all. I offer it up to anyone who wants to hear it. Music without an audience is hardly music at all in my book. Like a tiger in the circus it...
Nope! Still woe and despair!! Gerry ... Hey Gerry did the Big Brown truck arrive !!!! This morning the FedEx truck delivered my "Turbo Diddley". I finally put...
The ideal place for a piezo is under the saddle so it just picks up the vibrations of the strings. Most of the piezos we use in CBGs won't fit there so we glue...
Ray the other Ray piezo will NOT work from sound waves. They will not cause the two dis-similar materials to vibrate. Vibration is the key to piezo function....
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