this is the so-called '20 most ridiculous guitars ever'.
number three's a real hoot!
http://izismile.com/2009/06/01/20_most_ridiculous_guitars_ever_20_pics.html
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Hi, I've seen several boxes with small sound holes that look like open brass rivets. I don't know if I'm describing them right, but they are similar to the larger dobro screened holes, but smaller and without the screens. Does anyone know what thes
Read more…anyone know how u could print off a fret position scale to just lay on top of fretboard to mark fret position, I have found a scale but there measuring distances like 2.735, must need a special ruler.
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Is there such a thing as a simple chord chart for a 3 string??? There is a chart like that available for virtually every other stringed instrument, so why not a CBG? Lotsa talented players out there, can you help?
Thanks, Sam
Read more…Not sure if anyone does the Festival Circuit selling CBG's but here in Rochester NY there is a Festival every weekend in the area.... ..These are just a few of the Big ones here...
check it out guys, crow and i, with the band Uncle Crow, just played our second gig last night and it was AWESOME!! played at a small bar in Lake Wales caled Al's Place. it was a benifit concert for an orphanage down in, you guessed it, haiti. we end
Read more…1) Watch the whole video through from beginning to end, like a TV show without your guitar. Doing this will help you see the "Big Picture" and you will have a clearer understanding of the approach to
http://www.sciencefriday.com/
Check out the "featured video" (left side of the page) for a "hacker" group making primitive instruments, winding pickups, etc.
Pretty cool for a national science program.
OK I'm getting Scheduled for a total hip replacement...
Got this baby tuned to GBD, 2 pickups piezo pickup and Jazz Coil, and the real switch panel works... Sounds great....I was gonna save this for a competition but I just can't hold out... Now I have to learn to play during my Hip Replacement.. Hope y
I have been sending pictures to my email here but they never show up.also I cannot upload them when clicking on the camera on my page. Also I sent a emailto invite some people to join but they never received them..what gives?
Read more…Just saw a show on PBS, makezine (same as the web site). They built a very simple (crude) CBG. It was kind of humorous to me, but they did it and it was on TV. Has anyone else seen this, what do you think?
Hi guys. I'm new to the site but have built a few cigar box guitars and I am interested in the cigar box scene in the UK. I will start off by saying that I know nothing about whats going on at the moment and I am here to learn. Are there many people
Read more…On my first build I let the string pressure hold the lid down and it seems to work fine, no glue or screws. I am hoping this will work on the next one also. I'm just wondering what the rest of you do, glue it screw it or leave it alone? Is there any
Read more…Right, I've got the CBG, I've got the blues, I've got the tunes. Just need a blues name now. Any suggestions about traditions in choosing one or do they have to be given to you once you've paid your dues at the crossroads?
Read more…OK, I have the itch to record a couple of my self-penned songs for posterity. (Well, as much as YouTube can be posterity...
Anyway, all I have at present is a camera that shoots fair-to-decent video and a guitar amp.
I just fooled with the camera a bi
Okay, so I've install piezo transducers into a few CBGs. Problem: I finally was able to buy a working amp to test them in, and the sound comes through...but there's this pervasive HUM that only stops when I TOUCH the 1/4-inch jack that's plugged int
Read more…i recently started a discussion on a humming noise when i put a volume pot in with a piezo.i tried putting extra ground wires everywere and it will not go away.the volume knob works more like an on-off switch.it will not hum when its completely turne
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Another newbie here. I'm trying to find something (preferably not a drum machine) to keep the beat like a bass drum while I'm playing my fretless 3 string. I built a "foot stomp box" out of an old Pepsi crate, it works fine but it isn't de
Read more…I heard this guy being interviewed bu Bill Wax on BB King's Bluesville (Serius/XM 74)
http://www.superchikan.com/
-WY
