I know have a band: me on Guitar & harp and Bass and drums. Well be playing at the Parrot Beach cafe in North Little Rock on Sat March 6 for the Charlotte Taylor benefit. Starts at noon, goes to midnight!
Read more…i got a fonseca box that i want to make an acoustic out of. the lid is pretty thick and gets thicker near the middle. the bottom however is a thin peice of wood. I'm leaning in the direction of the bottom as the sound board. suggestions please.
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Anyone here participating in this years RPM Challenge? For anyone unaware of what the RPM Challenge is, it is basically creating a cd from start to finish in the month of February.
I got some from my local store, Saga brand economy tuners. I like them but he is all out and they are on order. Were do you folks get them cheap enough to buy a few extra? By the way I already checked out E bay and the cheap ones come from Hong Kong
Read more…I"ve been looking for a longer table sander to help me get passed some
of the sanding/shaping on necks to help me stay on schedule and turn out
more necks then I can get out now per week.My problem is I dont have
the time to build all the necks I nee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s92lsTMcZQ
This is a WESTWING episode describing the "immortality" of Blind Willie Johnson's music...
Read more…hi ok so i have some questions that will most probably take some one who knows what they are talking about to give me some advice and help on what i need to know !
I just sold my first CBG (eBay) and was wondering how others ship theirs. I am going to use a guitar shipping box which is a bit bigger than needed. This might be safer but is it overkill? Any suggestions on shipping boxes? Thanks for any help!
Read more…I have not heard any chatter on the double neck contest, is it still on? Are people creating double neckers? Whats happening with it. Any clue for Aprils contest?
Read more…i already posted this in "it goes to 11", but thought i might get more response here - i just finished a ruby amp and it works just fine with my strat, but when i plug in my cbg w/2 piezos in series all i get is an obnoxious loud sound like an overlo
Read more…Ok after my third build, fully electric... I was comparing it to my first acoustic pezio, The sound on the first one is really nice, The electric... well it's electric... so here goes...
What kind of glue would you recommend to bind well the fret wire into the neck? I am using SM fret wire but I guess my saw is a little to think so I need to bind the wire into the slots...
I'm doing a spring break workshop for kids next week at the Wichita City Arts Center and I've decided to have them build some of Diane in Chicago's Dulci-Blues Boxes. I've worked out really cool and s-a-f-e kits (emphasis on safe) so we ought to be
Read more…My second EBAY listing, A lovely cigar box uke! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180470969867&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_550wt_992 check out the pics @ http://s843.photobucket.com/albums/zz360/joespraggan/Elisabeth%20bas%20ci
Read more…I've read a few posts about using hole punch to cut a small circle out of a guitar pick and use it as a fret inlay.
I was looking for some other alternatives. I read somewhere else that you could actually use solder to fill an inlay hole in a fret
Read more…Hello Peeps!
To those of you, WHETHER PERFORMERS OR ENTHUSIASTS, who think you would attend the
Kansas City Cigar Box Festival I am organizing for the year, would you
let me know here with a short message? I'll be meeting the Board thins
weekend and y
i have gone to pretty much every local cigar shop in my area. i get some boxes but they usually aren't very big at all. also, when i look on ebay i dont really find anything either does anyone know where i can find bigger boxes that are actually mad
Read more…Hi used this title before .Thought I would put up this photo and say thankyou for all the good advice I recieved from everyone here on using these small boxes. I still have got to fret them and drill holes for strings and tuners . Does anyone have
Read more…Dale Hawkins lost his battle with colon cancer on Feb. 13 in Little Rock, AR. American music would be much different without his contributions like Suzie Q. Keep Rockin' Dale and save me a seat.
Read more…Does anybody have a link to a good tutorial on how to build a bowl back instrument?
