What is this?
Surfing YouTube again! I came across the wildest "string" instrument I've ever seen and would like to know what it is. It looks like the love child of a harp and guitar!
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Squaring the neck
I was wondering how most of you square up the neck coming out of the box? Im working on a padron box thats a little un square. I have the front neck slot cut out of the top and its centered. Its not a thru neck.
Larger Redwood or Cedar boxes
My interest is in building cigar box ukes. My first CBU was a tenor scale built from an Avo box, and while it looks good, the sound is rather thin with its thick plywood top. I'm working on #2 and #3 right now, and I expect them to be a lot better, a
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Does anybody know how to stop your videos from autoplay in your video page? Mine scare the crap out of me when I am not paying attention. I tried to find it in the forums and search to no avail, but I really suck at search.
Thank you in advance.
Ray
Read more…Thank you!
Hello everybody! I'm not good at talking about myself, but here goes...
Not sure if this is the place for this, but...
First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for your contributions to this place.
I am an old medically retired fellow that neede
My first build!
Although I got most of it by lurking, thanks for all of the guidance and help. I hope this is the first of many more! I made 100 mistakes and each one was a blast!
- Dave
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Hi, I managed to find some time to do a few builds, here is one of them.
A Box Violin. The body is made from packing case timber. I made the the neck in Tassie Oak, the fingerboard and Tailpiece are Black Wattle, chinrest is Mulga, bridge is Maple and
Playing Requests?
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but someone needs to cover this great Lonnie Mack tune: https://youtu.be/ZsDcBg4X7fQ
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Heres another useful easy build that won't take up valuable spaceClick here'
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I have a plain wooden box (soft wood) that I would like to paint swirl. Does anyone know if the box has to be sealed in any way before swirling?,,,,Thanks.
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Watching my unending supply of "How to's", I found Izzy Swan's video on making an easy ocillating drum sanderClick here
Read more…Not seeing replies either
I am getting no replies showing. Just says reply and then blank box. I think Kool Dog Hooch said he is having same problem.I was going to ask if anyone else is having this problem but I wont see the replies.
Read more…Tips on Reinforcing an Antique Box?
I just received this old Tampa Nugget Cigar Box, it's pretty neat and has a little history in our family if you could believe it. I'd love to turn it into a guitar, but my problem is that it's pretty thin, almost like cardboard. I'm still rela
Read more…Neck Layout Question
Starting first build. Have looked at several YouTubers (Del Puckett, DaddyMoJo, etc.) and neither show videos of exactly what I want to build so that I’d pass measurements by here:
25” Scale Length with neck thru design
Separate fretboard
4” Headsto
Read more…Very interesting reading
I stumbled across this doing some research for something else. Thought it might be helpful to some here.
https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/strings.html I read some of it. I need more free time...
Read more…Cb gitty please make harmonica song books as well
Does cb gitty have any idea when he might make a harmonica song book I would like that I am learning harmonica now and I would like some song books for the harmonica please? And thanks Tyler
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Hi,
I'm making a microphone out of an old telephone earpiece speaker mounted in a tin can - my question is, as the can is conductive, do I need to earth it to the jack socket?
Read more…WTH is going on?
Is it me? I see where someone replies, but there isn't a comment. I know it isn't my phone, because it happens on my iPad also. I see the name but nothing else. Also when you hit the add comment nothing happens, so you hit it again. Both show up!
Read more…Instrument Build-Off! "Hard Times Make Great Music" - Enter Now
"Hard times make great music." Ain't that th' truth?!
While e'rrybody is stuck at home, we're gonna get y'all building the coolest stringed instruments ever. There's over $1000 in prizes, too!
Unlike our contests of the past, this build-off ha
Read more…For crying out loud, HELP! Trying to locate supplier for my bridges
A few months back I bought some INDIAN ROSEWOOD BRIDGES from someone and I lost my Smartphone for a dummy. With it was all my contact information ( I've yet to backup my info to the cloud), it was someone on CBN but for the life of me I can't remembe
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