Looking for ideas on adding a pickup of some kind to my mandolin. Problem is that I only have $50 invested in the mandolin so I'm looking for something as inexpensive as possible. I would really prefer a mag pup for better output and control. I've th
Read more…I just installed a flat pup - 6 on a Peavy Raptor guitar . Amazing blend of tones.
Read more…I dont own a cigar box guitar, but hope to very soon, in the mean time I have an old beat up Epiphone Riviera and im dropping it to 3 strings ( a somewhat Seasick Steve style) : )
I am a modest begginer and have a few questions
Which strings should
Read more…Hi there fellow cigar box junkies. I have been thinking that it would be nice to have a separate group or section specifically about tools, since you just have to have them to make something fun and musical out of a cigar box.
Anywho, I was thinki
Read more…Howdy! This is my first post here on The Nation, and I have an amp question.
I scored a VOX VT15, 15 watt amp in partial exchange for some work I'm doing for an aquaintence, and there's a problem with the potentiometer marked MASTER on the top panel
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I'm trying to id this amp. I went to see Matthew Sweet in concert and he was using this amp. It sounded great & it looks old. Didn't know if anyone out there had any ideas. Sorry the photo is not very clear, it was taken on my phone. If my mem
Read more…Hi guys, first post.
Thought you might be interested in what I get up to. I build classic old valve amps into cookie tins and whiskey tins. I describe them as being the perfect companion to the cigar box guitar.
What they are foremost is a piece of a
Read more…Go to the Google home page and you can play the graphic. Great fun (for a moment). Can't see how to use a slide on it though.
Read more…Just wanted to post this so anyone interested would get the word!
Guitar center is offering a series of FREE home recording workshops utilizing Garage Band, and Mac computers. Every Sat at every GC store, 10-11AM.
Details: http://gc.guitarcenter.com/
This web site promotes itself by giving away various software, on a limited time basis.
Todays offering is a recording program designed to record whatever is playing on your pc. Streaming audio, webcast, skype calls, etc, etc can alledgedly be record
Read more…Found a busted pink guitar at Goodwill for $2.00. Bought it thinking I use the neck on a different project, but then found a second for $8.00. Turned that one into a baritone uke by stringing it in the middle of the neck with the upper four strings
Read more…Hi gang,
As i work in the junk/treasure picking 'business' (my family has run a pawn/2nd hand store since '86), it was bound to happen EVENTUALLY... I finally scored (what i think is) a hidden treasure. I won't go into all the boring details, but
Read more…I know it not a cbg (and a bit communist) but I found a balalaika (Russian guitar)in a local charity shop that need a little TLC. Being curious with the look, 3 strings, new tuning and the refurbishment it needs I bought it.
Read more…So, I've been wanting to post some of my original songs for some time, but I don't really have any decent equipment.
I've tried my digital camera, which actually takes a fairly decent image....But no sound at all to speak of. Certainly nothing you'd
I know he's lookin' for one of these:
How 'bout setting up a fund to help get it? With 4000+ members here, if each member put
Read more…Hi all, I am on the scrounge - I am raising money for Prostate Cancer by taking part in the 'Movember' month.
I and most of the firefighters I work with will be growing a Mostache from 'scratch' from the 1st of November for 30 days and getting as ma
Read more…So I just got a 30s-40s Supertone. From some preliminary research, I believe it is the 220 model - the 3/4 model of the 219 (which is the standard version of the "Gene Autry" - 216) which was produced in 1941. I haven't been able to find a picture of
Read more…Hey everybody,
