i just built me secind guitar. . i'm tryin ta keep things . . . simple. i did ah neck humbucker. . n. . ah piezo under tha bridge. 2 seprate jacks. . ah jack fer each pickup. . guitar sounds great. . but, whid eitha pickup. .there id ah slight
Read more…The following is a primer on the physics of guitar strings, music theory, amplification, and Life, The Universe and Everything: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w6EGyFAGpXU&feature=em-uploademail
Read more…Check out this beauty from the North of Argentina
It is made out of a gourd. Invented and created entirely by Elpidio Herrera, tuned into "diablo" tuning" A D A F C, some people like them B E B G D. The most amazing thing about it is those two
Read more…does anyone know the lyrics to this song?
there are a few versions of it but I'd like this one by super chikan johnson.
Read more…Evening from a rainy UK. As the title says, this is my first build, a 3 string slide gitty. I have a question about where to measure off my frets from. I am going old school and will be using a bolt to hold stings at the neck end, question is, where
Read more…I haven't completed an amp yet but this is the model I'm going on. Thrift store portable tape recorder. Cracked it open and removed the deck and mothers. Stripped it to the board. Oddly it has an aux in. It all works in this condition before mounting
Read more…I've looked at all the wiring diagrams I have and the one that I don not see is
:wiring two piezos to a jack and volume without a 3 way switch.. could anybody point me in the right direction ?sincerely,
Kirby
Read more…Ok so, I'm really frustrated with my Muddy Waters/Little Walter build at the moment. I've got her all wrapped up except the pickups. I'm using two piezos through one volume pot. I watched videos on YouTube how to pot them into bottle caps and mount t
Read more…Pandora internet radio is just as free as CBN - no worries - no catches. They want you to buy mp3s of songs you like. But you don't have to.
Choose pretty much ANY genre or artist you like and hear similar music - learn new of new artists and so
Read more…Hi there, I have just picked up a 4 string banjo and I am having much trouble finding sheet music, and just overall general information to learn. If I could get one of you great people to help me out and point me in the right direction, that would be
Read more…im new to the group and need a little advice i bought a vintage silverton lap steel body to restore it had gibson p13 pickup what shoud i use to replace the original p13 with without rerouting the body any advice welcome
Read more…Hello all. So I am on my second build. I have learned a , ot of new things about making necks. This is my question. So far I have been just cutting fret slots and installing fret wire on the neck blank itself. I haven't tried making an actual fr
Read more…Went to see the new Movie "Tomorrowland" with George Clooney that just came out.....at the very end of the movie a person was playing a Schonen Turbo diddly ammo crate/dynamite box type turbo diddley 6 string!!!!!
O yeah, just another dip on the he
Read more…I'd like to see if a small group would like to meet up to jam in Albuquerque.
Is there any interest? (I am not a pro, just a player interested in Blues and Roots music.)
Read more…I don't know about most peoples box acquisitions but most times I pick up one or two or three at a time, if and when I can......... I got onto this horde by chance and took as many as I could carry! A few multiples but some rather different ones fo
Hello CBG Folks! Utah Opportunity to Play.
I have lined up a non-paying, family-friendly gig in Bountiful in September 2015. Food trucks will be on site and they like having local musicians perform.
We would need to play two 45 minute sets starting aro
When I was posting pix of my guitar building binge, I neglected to show the back of the headstock and neck of one that might interest you.You can upload only 10 photos a day. That is a bunch,but this was a 6 guitar binder I was on. I missed get
Read more…Are electric strings actually more easily read by magnetic pick-ups, than acoustic strings?
Read more…Hi, all. I was hoping those who perform live have some words or guidance on what type of sound components you use. I'll be playing in a gallery next month, and the gallery will not be providing amps, mics, etc. To be clear, I will be playing acoustic
Read more…My first post, but I've been lurking and learning here for a couple years. I've built about a dozen cbg's (2,3,and 4 stringers, fretted and fretless, as well as a couple amp kits). Some of which even sounded pretty good.
Mostly I joined the site be
Read more…