So I have an inexpensive mandolin rail pick up that I have set in the neck position on my latest build. The guitar has really nice low action but the mandolin pick up rail is a very high so the strings hit it as soon as I fret above the 12th. I have
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I posted this question earlier and do not think I did it correctly, so , if this shows up twice, I apologize.
My question concerns boxes. I have found some beautiful finished wooded boxes at my local tobacco shop. The tops and bottoms are ab
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Wanted some feedback here...
I am finding that in order to use my fret hand well (left hand), I CANNOT use that hand to "support" the guitar neck at all...doing that makes it real hard for me to move my left hand around quickly. Like Justin
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I bought my 86 year-old Dad a diddley bow for Father's Day. He's banging away on it right now, LOL. He wants to know how to play music on it...play a song. Are there any tabs or anything written for diddley bow that would help my Dad learn h
Read more…We know that the standard pitch for tuning is A440, but does or has anyone ever use alternate pitches, like A432? Here are instructions for tuning a3 string CBG to A432, first, find a tone generator for the pitch. http://youtu.be/BJ8KdqhHk0w Tune th
Read more…I got my new CBG done last night and I got to playing it, and man am I rusty!
Anyhow, I was going to tune to open G, but I could not get the top string to tune into G, I felt like I was going to snap it. So I went to my old, open D, so I tuned it D
Read more…I have read some like GDG,some like DAD. I am a beginner at this. Any help is appreciated.
Read more…Wheres the best place to start? I assume some where here!! Damm Right I Got The Blues! Hal (Hambone)
Read more…Well, I had a serious brain fart today. I'm making the Mini Taser Teddley Bow. I made the one string humbucker and cut the mounting holes for it and made the rear cavity to access the pup. Next was a cavity to access the jack and the hole to mount
Read more…Could someone please walk me through putting on strings and tuning them for the first time? I have snapped 3 strings trying to tune to GDG on my home built cigar box guitar, and don't know why. I have a digital tuner on my headstock set to chromatic
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As a noob, I am eager to learn as many fingerpicking patterns as possible. I have about 3-4 different patterns just by fiddling around on my own, but was wondering if there was a resource for this? I have dug up a bunch of them on YouTube fo
Read more…I've been a bass player for twenty plus years in the same band. We've had minor success over the years with tours and radio play etc.
Last year I was hit with the devastating news that I have terminal breast and spinal cancer. I have had to give up p
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What does this mean? Does it mean that if you are playing G blues (far left), you only hit the black dots, and if you hit any other notes it's gonna sound terrible? Can someone explain this chart to me. NOOB HERE!
Don't be too harsh on me, folks. I'm an adult beginner on this thing.
It should be noted, I was a drummer for many, many years...a shoulder injury kinda ended that though. Prior to buying this CBG, and it's arrival at my doorstep this past Wednesday,
Read more…Does anyone have any simple Chris Cornell and Gregg Allman songs on 3 or 4 string CBG? I'm playing a 30-40 minute set at the Huntsville CBG Fest next weekend, and wanna do a tribute. Thanks.
Read more…Ok I have a newbie question.Just finished our second build but I'm haveing issues with the strings being to loose after tuneing it thought about takeing the strings off and restringing it and see what it does. any advice what it could be or what I co
Read more…Hello friends: I am thinking about building a solid body 4 stringer with about a 23"scale length.
Can I use just about any wood or do certain woods work better. I may be wrong but I've always thought since its electric , the wood doesn't really mak
Read more…I come from a hard rock background and saw this video the other day and was floored at the sound these things make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-AuJgdZHTY
I have an RC-1 Looper Station...guess all I'd need to really make this thing sing is an oc
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