I have built the box got it tuned, watched the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdRMFN_5Ck&feature=related
Special thanks to Keni Lee.
So when I play it, read try to play it, never played a note in my life befor, and I press the second strin
Read more…Just wanted some feedback about starting a CBG business, any thoughts? Thxs - Ron
Read more…I'm still so new to this that things the masters have forgotten or don't even think about any more still amaze me I built a dulcitar on a box that was too thin to have any kind of appreciable sound at all, according to the guitar gurus I know Overal
Read more…Any place I can buy pre-made fretted necks for 3-4 string... I just can't fret...
Read more…What effect do the number or size of sound holes have on the "unplugged" sound of a CBG? I currently have only one 1" sound hole and would like for it to be a bit louder.
Thanks, Sam
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... an addiction.
It's bad , real bad.
I just thought about this a minute ago when I was setting up a 4 string CBG.
I just finished working on the nut and now I need to retune, sooooooooo ....
I reach IN MY POCKET and pull out my tuner.
I thought about th
Federal Law allows for only 10% of final assembly to happen in the USA for a product to be labeled " Made In The USA".
I don't even know if this is an original idea so forgive me if this is just plagerism.. Reckon I have come up with a worm gear driven tuner for pence and not alot of effort. Take a hose clip 1"-! 1/2" diameter, and clamp in a vice with the adjuster u
Read more…below, you'll find my original post. i feel that it may have generated some unintended friction,
therefore i have stricken out the text.
i apologize for any demeaning tone that may have been inferred. i have the utmost respect for everyone here, and i
I went down to City Hall to get my "Street performers" license... Good news,,, license not needed.... bad news... no amps allowed...
Help what would you do if you really wanted to use CBGs as the backbone of my act.
the best,
Wichita Sam
Read more…If you are the person giving all the low ratings to some of the best players out there and on here. Why don't you make a video and post just to show us just how much better you are than everyone else.
Read more…I've got a project started with the local Kids Summer Events co-ordinators to do a 1 or 2 day workshop with some kids this summer to build CBG's with strong cardboard boxes and 2ft lengths of 1X2 for the necks. Coloured Weedeater line for strings,
Read more…Has this happened to anyone else? I have a really nice sounding cbg with no piezo, it has a nice ring to it. So I put a piezo in it under the lid stuck on with heavy duty double stick mounting tape, not the foam kind. Then I put some foam tape on the
Read more…This photo set of so called ‘trash can music’ instruments is beautiful. I wish I could hear what they sound like. The guitar in the middle incorporates a bundt pan, a lunchbox, and some excellent woodworking skills. About the details, maker Mike Trac
Read more…heI just ran across the "PorchBoard Bass" and compared it to stomp boxes.. there does seem to me a better sound from the The PorchBoard Bass.. so what's the difference?
so in the search for the perfect box and perfect tone i have started planing wood to build my own box...am i getting too extreme?
Read more…I'd love to build my own amp other than the little one I made from some computer speakers with their own internal mini amp. But I'm too busy building guitars and working to have the time. I borrowed a friends Roland Micro Cube amp and I am hooked on
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