Sounding bowls
This instrument is interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_oRjGLJsRk
Read more…This instrument is interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_oRjGLJsRk
Read more…There are threads like these in most all the forums I belong to. Even though most of the forums are not music related. They usually turn into monsters. Thought it would be cool to start one here. An ongoing thread of everyone's latest music finds.
I
Read more…Eddy Finn has introduced a new product, and they are calling it the "Roadhouse CIGAR BOX Ukulele". It is, however, not made from a cigar box. I asked them how they can call this a"cigar box ukulele" when there is no cigar box involved, and this is
Read more…One of my CBN friends sent me this photo and claims it is the mysterious Pick. Man, I don't know whether to believe it or not.
Sure, the guy is obviously Canadian. And on a motorcycle. But I do not see any finger bling and his arms are covered,
Read more…tine sizes are a science and math for sure but can anyone offer rough cut sizes to start off a Kalimba with? Let's say a cigar box type with 14 tines or less. I've done one with hair Bobby pins by experiment and very nice...although I can't find a ba
Read more…The buttons on my car's remote entry key fob were not working right, some worked fine, some kinda worked if you hit it and rubbed around, some didn't work at all.
FIX:
1. Make sure the battery is good/new.
2. clean the contact points. With a red #2
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/purlie/albums/72157649471959159/with/20079216769/
I have been making these Rock art images for a while and thought I would share. Please download at will and share if you like. These all start as photos that I se
Read more…I've recently encountered a curious thing - a customer asked me if I could fit a humbucker pickup into a cigar box guitar that he'd just bought, and I said it depended on how it had been built, but I'd be happy to take a look at it and see what could
Read more…So I've read a few times about how back in the day blues musicians would get their start stringing a wire on the side of a house so I figured why not. I streched me a wire on the side of a shack, and plucked a little Spoonful. It was a fun if a bit m
Read more…My Grandson is 3 years old and has a fascination with musical instruments.
I have a electronic keyboard that he likes to play with, a couple of Toms that he loves to bang on and he likes to pluck on my Bass Guitar.
His parents bought him a electroni
Read more…First I’d like to point out I’m on a mac. Hope this works the same on Windows.
I do some research. I use the internet quite a bit for this. Including youtube. Youtube loves to automatically decide what channels I’d be interested in. Needless to say t
Read more…So what are you stocking your shelves, filling your phones or downloading to your computers? Your latest music purchase!
I'm jammen to Novox 'Over the Honeymoon' now.
Snarky Puppy-'Groundup' is on the way!
Read more…80? 90? More? I can’t be the only one…. Am I? Try to recored a simple rough vid of a song. Only to end up messing up the playing. Or words. How do you mess up the words to your own song? Apparently I’m good at that. Stopping and saying #@$% might be
Read more…Finally caved in to my daughters pestering me about selling my cbg's instead of giving them all away. So I camped out today at the Farmers Market beside the store she manages.
A few things surprised me, one that the vast majority of people complete
Read more…Well the proverbial stuff is starting to hit the fan.
I'm also a member over on the TDPRI Guitar Forum. Over on that forum, a member posted a video of himself demoing his new amp that he made around a year and a half ago. He played some obscure songs
Read more…This morning Mrs. Grandpa and I motored up to St. George Utah from So. Cal. for a little R & R time. I packed 5 of my git's, a CB amp, and a box of slides, picks, and business cards. You just never know, I thought. We went to a local diner for dinner
Read more…G'Day Guys. I know you can make capos for fretless cbg's.But can you buy one that is made especially that type of axe?.Thanks.'Tecka'
Read more…It's taken most of a week to unwind and get back to normal after out "shake-down-cruise" in our new to us, 2008 Itasca Cambria 29h motorhome. We left home on the 15th of April and returned home on the 8th of May....a 23 day "trial run" we covered 480
Read more…How many can you wire realistically together? I have 6 and don't have the energy or time to use them in a more traditional method. I'd like to put them on a plank of wood with my kids and wire them in either series or parallel on a 2x4 and make a lap
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