I've been blogged about!
http://ritasquier.blogspot.com/
Ok, so its my wife's blog, but she did it without me knowing so that should count for something.
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Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts (2214)
Jack Bruce
Went to see the master of the bass guitar last night at a very intimate gig in Llandudno.
What a player and what memories it evoked of the Cream days. He has lost non of his skill and mastery of the bass and his voice was just as strong as it ever wa
Read more…Big Mac, a double Macanudo!
2 all wood box's, open tuners, walnut neck, double piezo and a homemade tail-piece. (Sung to the popular marketing tune.)http://www.etsy.com/listing/69770039
Stinkin' Up The House!
Okay I'm well into my first CBG build. I got the box as a free sample from a shop that makes boxes in large lots for local (Miami) cigar makers. My box has never had a cigar in it, so the sweet aroma of the cedar is a delight.
Of course, building
Read more…Honeyboy Edwards
My wife and I went with Doctor Steve to see the Robert Johnson Centennial Tour that is organized by Big Head Tod Mohr. It features Tod's band, Lightning Malcom, with special guests Hubert Sumlin and Honeyboy Edwards.
It was a great night of blues m
Read more…Recording the Skype conference call???
It was suggested that maybe we record the Skype conference call and make it available for download so that folks would could not attend could hear what was discussed.
I can probably find the technology to record it, but I think that some people may
Read more…Piezo Size?
So I did my first CGB with a 20mm (3/4") piezo from C.B. Gitty. I see that they also have a 27mm (1") size available. I went into a local electronics shop today to get a 500k pot and while there I found a monster 50mm (2") disc piezo! Wondering if
Read more…Playing a one string canjo.
I just recieved my first one string canjo and I was wondering if there are any web sites that show you how to play or do you just wing it?
Read more…First neck is kindling.
Building a neck through cbg. Have to cut down the neck that goes inside the box. Is it best to leave a small space between the lid and neck? If so, how do you attach the neck. I've seen both styles. Neck glued to the lid and space for better acoust
Read more…Tom Waits (inducted in RRHOF tonight)
"I have a guitar made out of a 2x4 that I bought in Cleveland. You know, in Iraq, you can't have a guitar in the window of a music store because it's too sexy. You know, the curves. So I could go over there with these 2x4 guitars and really take the
Read more…Cheap fret scale miter box / jig
I got this idea looking at Dr. Bytes blog on making a cheap fret scale template. I cut a aluminum yardstick in half ........clamped the two halfs together......used the yardstick to mark my scale.... and cut notches in the two halfs of the yardstic
My CBGs used for film scores
A friend of mine, Christopher North, is a musician and composer. He has used a few of my instruments on some of the tracks he did for some feature films and a few shorts.
Check out his blog here on the Nation, and stop by his web site at: www.chris
Read more…We can't all do the Scruggs Roll...
For someone like me for whom it is physically impossible to do any finger picking techniques at all due to a hand injury (it took me a year to handle the basic rudiments of a six string guitar and a few more to master single strings) there are few le
Read more…Any Joe Bonamassa fans?
Free download of his latest release:
http://www.jbonamassa.com/dustbowl/
Read more…Patching a song together from separate tracks
I would like to be able to create an MP3 or WAV song file using tracks that are either recorded by me, or using free downloaded loops, etc.
I currently have:
Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum Version 10
Audacity
SoundForge 5.0 (this comes with
Read more…Help With Open D Tuning On A 3 String
Hello Everyone!
I want to tune my 3 string CBG in Open D tuning but I'm not sure as to how I should arrange the notes I want and which strings I should use accordingly. I figured there's a many of you who could help me out. Normally I play open G on
Read more…Reggae on CBG's???
Alright so I've been itchin' to try this out for quite some time but found it to be unconventional but WTH ever! No rules right?!?! Are there any Reggae fans out there? I know I've chatted with Uncle John about this and I've been schoolin' myself on
Read more…David Crosby & Graham Nash
For all you DC area hippies out there, David Crosby and Graham Nash are coming to the Strathmore on May 2nd.
http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=6815
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