For those of you who make you own CD's for friends, etc. Here's a page for a CD holder design I did that can be made from one page of cardstock or whatever - You can download a PDF of the basic pattern - Just thought some of you might find some use f
Read more…What I have - A fan motor that has 3 taps on the coil that goes to a switch that has low , medium , high settings. It is 110 volts AC ! What I want ti do - I would like to use a rheostat to slow the motor down to all most stop, so I can use it as a
Read more…Almost ready to open & not too far from my house. Just wondering if anyone here had heard of it? http://www.themim.org/ Curious to see if CBGs are mentioned....
Read more…I have been told I should sell some cbg's.......I just feel like I have not perfected my craft enough. I am workong on one right now that I just want to be a kick butt guitar. It will either be a license plate res....or some sort of tin
Read more…I play mostly, I guess you could say deep blues, punk blues, lo-fi kinda music when I am behind my kit and playing my box. How do you explain any of that to someone? Around here, the mainstream is country and rock. I guess you could call my music str
Read more…I just finished cutting a hole in a Fuente box for a paint lid resonator. My wife looked at it and said I ruined the art. So I guess the question is....Where do you draw the line between having a working CBG or a wall hanger? I have some really nice
Read more…I'm a subscriber to Make magazine, and I just received the digital edition of the new issue. There is an article by Mark Frauenfelder on making a 3-string CBG, and he gives a a lot of praise to the CBN community for their assistance and inspiration.
Read more…That some us us builders names seem to pop up in different parts of the country, which I think is a good thing. However it seems to me that we could do a better job ( make it easier to promote etc) our passion if the public could reach us easier. I g
Read more…Ok, so lets not go completely there. But Lets do some CBG limericks. Come'on. You know you wanna. I'll start one and ya'll finish it. Then someone else start one.
Read more…What kind of builder are you, and did you get more patience as time went on? Are you the "Man I want this CBG done so I can rock out so I need to hurry." Or "I have nothing but time.....it will be great when it's done, but no hurry" With this sa
Read more…All, This discussion is to test to see if there is a bug in the Following/Stop Following feature. Please post something (doesn't matter, keep it short like 'Hello'). I will Follow for a day then Stop Following and will report any issue to Shane. Than
Read more…WKYC TV-3 here in Cleveland heard about 2 guys who make guitars out of cigar boxes.... Called us to come down and do a demo.... Did it this morning.... Had a blast.... Still on cloud nine.... Here's the link....... http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_lin
Read more…Show us that special place you go to build your creations. It may be small it may be large but it has the vibe to get you going
Read more…Just a quick update to all my buddies out there. Some of you may have noticed that I've been a little MIA for the last couple of months. Just wanted to let you all know that everything is fine and that it's just been that my day job has recently tak
Read more…I am looking for the inside box art to make a cbg with. Here is what it looks like If anyone could upload this pic I would be very grateful . Thanx, Jimbo
Read more…There was a pic of some CBGS, Daddy Mojo I think, in Playboy magazine a few years back. Does anyone remember what issue that was? I thought it was maybe in the June issue and the CBGs were mentioned as gifts for Grads and Dads.
Read more…This is a pretty good article about Furry Lewis, jug band and blues artist extraordinaire. http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/FurryLewis.htm
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