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  • Thank you oh lovely one xxx
  • Hi yellowbelly, how are u?
    Could you advertise some parts on here for me struggling with mobile to work the site.
    Full set of gold Gotoh open back m/heads £25 + p&p
    3 metal gold knobs with pearloid tops £10
    2 Cream P90's style 5 string mandolin pickups £50 +p&p

    I can email photos if u can let me have email address
    Many thanks my friend
    Ani xxx
  • Deep South of Louth enjoying the sunshine. I am at the Funny as Folk festival this weekend in Caboune Parva.  I'll be taking my biscuit tin and UKE so sure I will doing something.  I have a spot at the Mablethorpe busking day in August.  Hopefully I will be in Lincoln on the busking day will have to pop by and take a gander. 

  • hi dudes 

  • Hi There

    I finished the 3 string and have strung it up, decent enough volume considering it's only acoustic. Having a bit of difficulty tuning it to open G as i'm not too sure about the # and b  thing and the G's being an "octave" apart. I seem to be taking the bottom G to almost breaking point. I also think my strings may be too high off the fretboard?  I think I'm going to  take a break now as I'm getting a bit frustrated to say the least.

    Oh by the way I got hold of a glass slide that fits me okay but all I've managed to get out of it is a kind of scraping whine, not good.

    Cheers

    Midge

  • Not thought about handlebars at all, wouldn't have a clue where I could get any to cut up either??

  • Nearly finished the first one Steve, just got the tailpiece screwed down and some sound holes cut into the box.  Nothing fancy as this one is just a trial really, I made a mistake right at the start of the build but managed to recover it and I won't make the same mistake again that's for sure.  

    I just need to get her strung up now, but I'm going to wait until tomorrow to do that as I need to practice on my shop bought guitar.  I'll let you know if I get any sound out of her when it's done.  Still trying to find something to use as a slide, I have such small hands its proving to be a problem getting something to sit on my little finger comfortably.

    Midge

  • Thanks for the good luck.  I'll let you know once I get it finished. Very few tools and absolutely NO woodworking skills,

    what could possibly go wrong?

  • Hi Steve

    I have all I need to build the first, this will be a trial run so I'm just going to use a pretty scruffy cigar box and a piece of timber from B&Q for the neck,  The neck is the piece that worries me most to be honest,  I then have the black Cohiba box I showed you and, I've just bought a plain wine presentation box which I want to use and decorate myself.  I have some pieces of antler which I hope to use for the nut and/or bridge.  I won't risk ruining either of my 2 decent boxes until I've got over my nerves with the first build.  Hope to get started this weekend as I spent the last one stripping wallpaper.

    Thanks for asking mate.

    Best Wishes

    Midge

  • Damn!!!!!!!!!! Looks like CBG's grow on trees in your neck of the woods.

    Thanks for the advice, I have every intention of keeping it simple, my limited skills will

    not allow anything ambitious.

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