https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBJvrM-Y-7M
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Can anyone give any tips relating to pick up choice and fitting on a planned number plate CBG build?
Read more…It’s been a while and I wanted to share a story in hopes that you good people won’t make the same boneheaded mistake I just did.
I haven’t built a canjo in several years and decided to get back into it. So I used Fret2Find to print out a template of
Hi, here is a condensed version of the building steps for my Vintage Hubcap build. Called a UFO by some. Ha-ha.
I have made it into 5 parts, covering:
1 forming the ply rims.
2 Assembly of body, neck, and tail blocks.
3 more bodywork, and neck and he
Hi all. Looking for information on how to scale down fret spacing to make a small guitar for my young grandson. I have built many with 25.5” scale but want to make the neck smaller and maintain the right sound. Would a ukulele scale work or would it
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I finally was able to get a working ISP here and I'm finally back. Sure have missed you guys and gals. I have a lot to catch up on here.
I had problems with ISP reliability and lost internet access just after we lost our wonderfu
Read more…I have built a fretless CBG on which I’ve had to use a humbucker as the box was too thin to be resonant, with a through neck. When I try to play it I get a lot of percussive noise when I put slide to string. I accept that this may be a result of my p
Read more…I really don’t KNOW how to play,but I have picked up a couple of tunes, made up one of my own that sounds good and I’m practicing slides I have not figured out how to be quick enough to add it to a tune seamlessly so it sounds good BUT..I can make a
Read more…Just got a prefretted walnut neck, it does not have a lip to glue nut against, should i dado to set nut?
Read more…Train songs on Handmade instruments by Eastwood station, featuring CB Gitty’s own Ben Baker & Danny Woodman. Follow the Link to their YouTube page:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tydik-_kXWQ&t=827s
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Just listened to Seasick Steve's new song, Internet Cowboys. Does anybody know where I could get the lyrics? I caught most of the words but didn't get all of them. It seems like Steve is delivering a timely message with the tune so
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I'm getting ready to construct a 3-string cigar box guitar with a humbucker pickup. I'm really fascenated with the fretless fingerboard and have heard upright bassists produce warm single note pas
Read more…Does anyone have experience busking with cigar box guitars? What are your favourite songs to play? Not been playing CBG long but got the bug and started working out which songs I'd like to learn and go out to play. So far started with ....
Roadhouse
Read more…Hey this may be a dumb question, but is there a way you can wire a switch to make a guitar brighter? I built my backup with a humbucker, and it sounds a bit dark, also doesn't react with pedals as much as my other guitar that has a single coil. I do
Read more…I HAVE BEEN BUILDING AND SELLING FOR SEVEN YEARS AND BUYING THE SAME 4 POLE PICKUPS FOR SEVEN YEARS. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VOLUME CONTROLS ON THE PICKUPS DO NOT WANT TO RAISE OR LOWER THE VOLUME, IT TURNS ON AT MAX VOLUME AND DOES NOT TURN DOWN. JUST O
Read more…I know that generally speaking all acoustic guitars need sound holes and solid body guitars don't. But I am starting to question how bad CBG's need them. I think they look better without them and if the guitar has an electronic pick up then that is t
Read more…wondering about peoples thoughts on acoustic versus electric? I play old traditional songs mostly now so I play acoustic unless I am playing in front of people then will mic it up to reach people. Still for me it is the old old sound of just a box an
Read more…Trying to figure out how to play Jack Elliotts version of cocaine blues. Totally different song than the Johnny Cash one. Anyway. C/G is the most used chord and I found a site saying that's 513/gce triad chord. Not sure how to accomplish that on my G
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