Howdy all,
I picked up this interesting CB guitar at an estate sale this weekend. It actually works and as you can see, someone invested some money into this. Grover tuners, SD Humbucker, etc. Problem is, the action is ridiculous. I don't unders
Well, I strung her up today. And the intonation issues are bad enough that there is no way I'm gonna upload a sound clip. Nope. But she's kinda pretty to look at. Not sure how I'll fix the intonation... I think the bridge is too high. Maybe. (EDIT: I
Read more…I have five builds ongoing at the moment, but my first build has encountered a bit of a stall. The trouble is that I mistakenly cut the neck (which is not tapered) to the proper width for a typical fender nut without taking into account the hardtail
Read more…So many Cigar Box Guitar builders have an affinity for cheap, trashy guitar tones. The snarling sounds of a Teisco Del Rey gold foil pickup, Domino Californian chrome or even the almighty Danelectro lipstick tube.
The guys at Drowning in Guitars w
Read more…Give your kazoo more power! Shane Speal shows you how in this quick video.
Parts needed:
I have mahogany and ash wood.
I was thinking to make Electric bowed Lyre/jouhikko
Can I use premade violin bridge? Need to think.
If its only electric then I need to use violin strings. like in that video.
Does wood gonna hold up and not bend und
So I was practicing some songs the other night with a tin guitar and my electric soda crate stomp box (with license plate stomping area), and while I like the sound of the stomper through a bass amp, keeping a foot on it puts me in a weird, unstable
Read more…Just a little something I came up with, tell me what you think.
https://soundcloud.com/max-fireside/the-rambling
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Can I make electric guitar body from mahogany and sides spruce etc.
I have class b guitar mahogany. Not wide enough for whole body. I bought it two years ago for guitar neck lamination. Cigar boxes are too hard and expensive to get fr
Building my first CBG using Make Magazine plans (most recent) and I am electrifying it using a Radioshack piezo part #273-0059 (2700 +/- 500Hz).
I have two questions:
1) The piezo I have was in the plastic housing with a circuitboard. From what I ha
just as the title says we played our third one last night, St Patty's day at Festival Restaurant, 9 song set one of which was just for you Shane
Kryptonite - 3 doors down
Black Hole Sun - SoundGarden
Enjoy the Silence - Depech Mode
Santeria - Subli
Read more…Hey guys, appologies if this has been covered but there are a LOT of discussion to file through.
I've been experimenting with piezo elements to amplify one of my CBG's and a mic and i get the same issue with both...they feedback like a bitch!
I've trie
Hey ive been playing electric violin for years and have just recently discovered these amazing instruments and i am looking to make my first cigar box from the plan provided on this site to make it electric but i had a question, If i intend to be run
Read more…So I've been into making little 9v amps built in to cigar boxes (with the lm386) and i've started to wonder about these pricey components that I'm getting at Radio Shack... What if...I could make them myself? http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02
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