Any of y'all have any experience or can recommend the Wickedbucker for a Reso biscuit style?
I'm looking at flat pups for a project with a resonator biscuit and ran across the Wickedbucker as a possible cheaper alternative to (outrageously) expensive
Understand why this can improve playability, bug tried it on build and must have done it incorrectly based on YouTube video as no improvement.
Cant the same be accomplished by adjusting the front block lower by 1/16-1/8"?
Read more…Just wondering if I can ground the pickup to my piece of aluminum tailpiece? Oh yes, if it's not a good ground I suppose I could ground the pup to the bolt bridge for this License plate guitar.
On a second note, no pun intended, a bolt bridge on a li
Read more…Not that I didn't believe anyone here, but....
I talked to my son, a journeyman/forman induetrial electrician, and he fully agrees to go DC.
OK. Anyone want to but a variac?
But, I'm asking for help. Would someone skim Amazon/ebay for a 6/12v power supp
I got a pretty cool old Zenith tube Hi Fi radio with a switched RCA input that goes right to the amp. Labels say this thing is 50 watts.
I have plugged in (with an adapter) my 2 string bass, but while I get 'dirty contact' noise thru the speakers, no
Hello everyone, I have built 4 acoustic cbg and used a conventional bridges. I am now planning a build using the same acoustic style but with a piezo pickup and hardtail adjustable bridge. I would like to be able to play it as acoustic as well as plu
Read more…Hi Everyone, I'm planning my second CBG and I'm not sure what kind of headstock I should use.
A Cutout one
Or a Scarfjoint one with a Veneer on top.
The look way oversized in the picture.
Which one do you usually prefer?
Read more…I have just noticed that my tone and volume pot stems that come through the wood lid are too short to install the secure nut onto.(Not enough thread showing). The lid on the CBG is thin. I am quite ticked off that I didn't notice this before. I am su
Read more…I don't want to wreck the license plate by cutting a hole in it. Has anyone used the surface mounted pups on their LPG and how did it sound?
Read more…I'm kicking around the idea of winding a pickup on my unimat lathe, where is a good source for information? Also can a long solid bar be used instead of 3 individual rods?
Read more…Can anyone help me with Dylan’s “Forever Young” on a 3 string Fretless tuned GDg. My wife is due in a few weeks and I’d like to learn it to play to the little guy. Thanks!
Read more…What does your workshop/area look like, post pictures/videos. Because inquiring minds want to know! I live in an RV, my shop consist of a storage bay and a picnic table, plus whatever I can sneak inside without the wife running me and my 'junk' back
Read more…Brick House stick through a box! My personal arrangement. Still needs a bit more tweeking but it is fun to play! https://youtu.be/do14u8pGDN8
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Stacy Mitchhart, Jammin' on the Cigar Box, coming back to Northeast Ohio on his "Solo Tour" at the Barn at Hart's Grove. You may have heard of him, but if you have not, check him out, he is a phenomenal guitar
Read more…95% done. This is usually where patience and following steps fly out the window.
All stained, al glued, was thinking maybe an oil finish....but.....no patience. It got spray 'matte', looks kind of satin.
As I posted yesterday, it's not perfect, but
Got stuff done, but not as much as I wanted, had some damage control to think through...
Right starting out I saw, tried to fix, and promptly screwed up, a problem with my headstock. Way too banana-shaped, and 'fixing' it only made it worse. The angle
My dad was an electronics engineer. I've been soldering since about I was 12...but never on pots. I think I cooked 1 or 2.
Tricks in the context of guitars?
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