There's a snarky meme floating around the sewer of Facebook that has the Charles Bukowski quote, "Find what you love and let it kill you."
Ah Facebook, you never fail to disappoint.
Tonight, I looked up the exact quote and realized the meme was cri
Has anybody seen these yet? They are fascinating and I'm thinking about building one.
Just thought I should post this somewhere on the site..
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I saw some of this movie last night on a channel called 'Comet'. I recognized Bo Diddlley right off the bat. His character's name is 'Guitar Man' and he plays in Rockula's band. Toni Basil of "Micky" fame plays the vampire's mother. The villain is pl
Read more…I found this funny instrument in a box with random stuff from my parents’ house. My uncle brought it back from his travels when I was a little boy, I think. As far as I know it’s from Argentina.
This would probably be illegal today, I know. I’m prett
Ok, so after about 10,000 takes for each section I have added rhythm guitar to the track. I am learning a lot by struggling through trying to recreate the track as best I can. Up next - lead guitar.
KP
Read more…A bit about myself. I have relative pitch. This is a step below perfect pitch. What relative pitch is. If I hear a note I automatically know the distance and pitch of every note. So unlike perfect pitch I have to hear a note first. I do know some pit
Read more…Has anyone ever tried using nylon Baritone Ukulele strings on a 4 string CBG? I have two Baritone Ukes and thinking of trying it today. If it works out, I'll post a video.
A few years ago I bought a Baritone Uke and now I have two of them plus a c
Read more…www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJmPa1ci6NI
Love this cover of a great song.
Read more…Here is the Regal. After I repaired the cracks, I felt the finish on the top needed sanded to help hide the repair and new finish. I sanded off the painted white border that was around the hole and body. Then decided I did like the look, but the rest
Read more…So, I inherited several card tables. I seriously have like 6 of them.
I was thinking, could they be durable enough - with plywood and board reinforcements on the top- that I could turn one into a router table?
What do you all think?
Read more…So, woodworking tool newbie here, and I was just wondering what is everyone's opinion on if brand/price matters for chisels, rasps, hand planers and files?
Is it worth getting the high end stuff for woodworking? Or will the low end stuff work as wel
Read more…I finally got my first build complete, mostly. My high G string broke as I was tuning it up. As a guitarist, it's nothing new to have a string break every now and then, so I still make due for now.
Anyway, here's my unnamed geetar, feel free to drop
Read more…You, my friends are cordially invited to the First Annual Sunny California VIRTUAL CBG & Roots Music Fest
(Note: as used here, virtual means IMAGINARY).
This is a potluck meal, so please bring a covered dish. If you can, bring a signature dish
Read more…I'm not going to say any names as not to exclude anyone, but I just wanna give all y'all that have given me advice for my build a big thanks, it's all helped me tremendously in my build.
As it sits right now, I'm on the home stretch.
All I have left
Read more…So how many of you crazy guys smoke cigars? Anyone get started from going into cigar shops so much?
Read more…in another post i mentioned that i've been an artist my entire life and i now work in an app called sketchclub... below are examples of a many layered drawing where i can turn layers on and off and play with designs... sorta like colorforms! us ol
Read more…I'm just minutes away from stringing up a new uke, it just needs a tailpiece.
The only thing keeping me from finishing it is that it's nearly 1am and if I turn on my table saw and wake up my wife she'll skin me alive.
I guess that means it's bedtime
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