Does anyone have experience busking with cigar box guitars? What are your favourite songs to play? Not been playing CBG long but got the bug and started working out which songs I'd like to learn and go out to play. So far started with ....Roadhouse bluesThe boys are back in townWalk of lifeDon't…
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I will try to keep this short if i can.many years ago when i was about 10 my step father was a telephone installer for the PMG. T his is an Australian thing but it stands for Post Master General. it was the government bodu for postal services and telephone/telegraph services. not rlelevant on a…
I searched "Ghost Pickup" and found a few entries from people who tried the Wicked Bucker under the box top. Apparently it was not particularly successful.I'm just checking in to see if anyone has successfully installed a wicked bucker under the box lit with strings about 1/4" above the lid.It…
I tried this build in this fashion for two reasons. It's all the wood I had for the neck, it wasn't long enough for a stick-through and that's all I had available. Figured as the neck ended right below where I wanted the bridge to be... Turns out it's pretty loud for such a small box. Would like…
It is a concept and working pickup for a variable tuned pickup. It is quite technical in sections but the bottom line is this pickup can be tuned to sound like a vintage single coil fender pickup to an overwound Humbucker.…
Hi, I made this video five years ago and agonized about posting it for public viewing. The reason is that I made the video and guitar kit for my son, to encourage him into building guitars, so some comments are directed at him only. He lives 2500km away.Anyway, he said it was a good instructional…
These vintage plans from Popular Electronics Magazine have launched thousands of garage bands over the years. In 1967, they first published the classic "Fuzzbox for Under…
So I just finished a new project, and as I did I started to play around with it. And I started to think, I have the same songs I try every time I bring an instrument in tune. I finger-pick the Star Wars main theme and “London bridge is falling down” and try the chords to the Eagles “Peaceful Easy…
Hi all!I'm in the planning stages of a baritone build, probably a fretless around 28", and I will probably use a PAF for the main pup, but might put a piezo in, too. So, my question is, has anyone used a separate output jack for each pup rather than volume or blender pots? I remember back in the…