Now that I've working out the correct tuning another problem has reared its ugly head. Fretting! When playing one finger chords the large G string (.044) frets really well its those pesky D (.034) and G (.026) strings that won't lay down.
Sooooooo.
Read more…Another great viewer request featuring an obscure R. L. Burnside song. I had to create a new tuning in order to play it... and I love it!
First, here's the original song. You'll notice in my lesson that I tweaked the feel of the song a little bit
Read more…Internet viral sensation, Brushy One-String is known for flogging an old acoustic guitar graced with a single bass string. After playing that guitar worldwide for several years, it was finally in need of some repairs. Pablo Lojo, a luthier in Buen
Read more…Classrooms to be filled with music as C. B. Gitty introduces new Cigar Box Guitars in Schools program.
Aug 18, 2015 [Rochester NH]
C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply has just launched a new Cigar Box Guitars in School program and named Shane Speal as Direc
Read more…Trying to make disk sander from drill. One idea was to make Switch N Lock Drill Mount and put plank front of it.
Bigger problem is drilling tune-o-matic bridge holes bigger in 90 degree. I have drill stand. Drill is
too far a way from holes. Bridge
Read more…A friend of my teeneage son chose as an 8th grade project at a Waldorf School in So. Cal. , to build from scratch a cigar box guitar. Because I am a custom woordworker by trade, Gabriel and his parents asked me to be his mentor for the project. I
Read more…Hi
Does anyone know where to get a fret scale ruler in the UK from
and which is the best and typical scale to use.
Thanks for any help
BUG
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