Some of you may know that I've been building CBGs for the troops. Without a "official" way of communication with them(as to who or where) the CBGs are just sent to a quarter master somewhere. Anybody who has served overseas in a combat zone knows abo
Read more…OK all you one man bands out there. You got competition!
Totally LOVE a sense of humor in music!
Read more…Hadn't seen anyone post this, but in season 3, episode 9 of "The Santa Clarita Diet" there is a scene where CBG's are plainly visible. When Drew Barrymore and Timothy Oliphant go looking for the character Ron, they end up at Ron's friends apartment.
Read more…On the 1st of October, Val (my wife ) was rushed to the hospital , coughing up a lot of blood . 2 days later they transferred her to a hospital 2 towns away . She has since had 2 surgical procedures to try and stop the bleeding from her lungs
Read more…I've been kicking around the idea of building or buying a Looper but don't have a clue on brand or price. I would 'like' a 2 or 3 channel minimum 3 min recording, entry- mid level. I see lots of them for sale on eBay and marketplace ranging from $20s
Read more…This has been niggling at me for months, and now is the time to raise this in the community. I’m guessing that many of you have, in response to some question or another, replied “I build guitars. Well, actually, when I say guitars I mean cigar box gu
Read more…I’m a pretty primitive builder as far as it goes. Frets made of super glued toothpicks, string of several gauges of fishing line. I don’t do it because I’m good at it, I do it because it is fun. I work with hand tools for the occasional evening when
Read more…saw this on Craigslist and thought I'd share. Super easy to make from pretty much any pallet. Just take one board off, notch it and put it on the top.
Hi all, you could say that this the most unenjoyable post I have had to make.
I feel I should respond to a post by a member of our community who recently attacked me, on many fronts, stating inaccurate claims about me. Although the post has been remo
I looked and haven't found any reference to this, so here goes, Has anyone embedded a disc Piezo under the fretboard? The reason I'm asking because the neck that I'm working on is laminated butcher block red oak and it has a beautiful resonance quali
Read more…I made the mistake many years ago of putting my workshop under the room where my wife watches TV. I am now retired and at any hour during the day I would like to cut / sand / drill. But wife is also retired now. So we have a schedule (fair) so as to
Read more…Help! I just got my Founder's Faith cigar box guitar. While tuning the low G string, it broke. I purchased another set and I am afraid to push it past the D tuning because that is where it snapped the first time. When I go back to the lower G, the st
Read more…What do you do with the thin strips of wood on the sides and end of CBs leave em or discard? Some are lightly glued others aren't
Read more…I came across this great picker/singer a couple of weeks ago and man, what guitar skills. New generation bluegrass. Does the old school justice too.
Here is a great example in concert Billy Strings Live in Pittsburgh
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This looks like a strange little noise maker.
Read more…I came across this neat old cake pan and thought it would make a kool resonator. I have no intention of building one, but if anyone is interested in using it it's yours free. All I ask is you pay actual postage. I'm not out to make money, just don't
Read more…Is there an administrator or moderator for this site? If so who is it? I sent a request over a month ago and no reply! Some duffus starts crap with another member, nothing! It should have been nipped in the bud! If they are too busy let someone else
Read more…I acquired a Yamaha yg15 amp. The power transformer is toast. I'm looking for a schematic for it. I've been all over the internet without any luck. What I'm mainly looking for is the output voltage on the rectifier circuit. Thinking about battery op
Read more…Does anyone know how high the nobs and slide switches protrude on the preamp from the mounting surface?
Read more…Does anyone know how high the nobs and slide switches protrude on the preamp from the mounting surface?
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