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Permalink Reply by spencer on August 19, 2009 at 1:45am

I'm not so much worried about presentation as I am the flow of the classroom...most worried about everyone slotting the fretboard since I dont have enough of what i made to go around. I could use a miter box, but then you worry about depth and consistency of cut. Unless you can set a miter box to an accurate height using a fret saw. This is where being a woodshop hack has its cons.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on August 19, 2009 at 1:48am

Great opportunities! Dunno how much "teaching" time you've had, but you might try a dry run with an interested neighborhood 12yo or two. If you can explain/demonstrate to them, you can to anyone. And you can observe which parts of the process give them more difficulties than others.

How many people in each class?

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on August 19, 2009 at 10:52am

Good luck with the classes! That could be really fun. Diane's idea about a dry run with some kids does sound like a good one. You might want to think about that.

What's the saying, 'when the universe closes a door, it opens a window'! Luck to you.

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on August 19, 2009 at 11:02am

Try to balance your building with your playing.... When I was first starting, I asked Shane what kind of CBG sold the best... He said "The kind you play the best"..... I've built a lot, given a lot away, sold more than enough to stock a shop with decent quality tools. Anyway, as common a performer as I am, I've made more money in appearance fees as I have in selling. People get into the CBG when they hear it. Then they can imagine themselves building and/or playing.

If you have a 3 or 4 string slide CBG, just sit down with youtube and punch up some songs you like and play along.... You be building and playing at your workshops in no time....

the best,

Wichita Sam

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Permalink Reply by Low Budget Luthier on August 19, 2009 at 11:44am

good 4 u rev.. the lord will bless u. even if u r a rasta gangsta. hehehehe

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Permalink Reply by spencer on August 19, 2009 at 3:24pm

workshop fair is friday...i thought it was next week. I got quite a few instruments for display, but not all that I wanted. I also printed off some flyers with some cool pics and some hype on cbg's. I'm gonna go through my stuff, take some empty boxes, some finished boxes with no neck, some basic tools and some pictures if i can scrounge any up.

tinyguitars said:

"Trust in the Lord with ALL thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In ALL thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." =) That's my recipe for success.

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Permalink Reply by Wade on August 19, 2009 at 5:53pm

Check out my fret saw made from a broken band saw and scrap wood over on low budget land. It was a very early post.

Wade

spencer said:

I'm not so much worried about presentation as I am the flow of the classroom...most worried about everyone slotting the fretboard since I dont have enough of what i made to go around. I could use a miter box, but then you worry about depth and consistency of cut. Unless you can set a miter box to an accurate height using a fret saw. This is where being a woodshop hack has its cons.

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