I've lost several sales because the customer didnt think they could get their CBG on the plane to go back home.So,,,,,,,,,, Does anybody have an idea on how to structure a "full size" appearing CBG 3 string that customers CAN get on a plane? I've bee
Read more…I was thinking of ordering a tube of Stewart MacDonald fret wire. What size wire is typically used for cbg builds? maybe narrow/medium? Thanks ahead of time for any help.
Read more…Good work Shane! Subdividing the forum into categories like this should make searching for info a whole lot easier.... especially in a years time when there are another 5000 posts!!
Read more…I've been wondering about this for a while now... after seeing many "group shot" pictures, and given how quickly some of the members here build CBGs and the like... What do you do with all your builds? I personally have made 10 CBGs: 2 of which I s
Read more…Are there enough of you CBGers out there to put on an annual CBG/Blues festival? Maybe a "Juke Joint" Night somewhere, say once a month, in different places. . . anybody had experience in this area in Queensland?
Read more…I have been trying to get an idea of the cost of mailing boxes to different countries form the U S and WOW it looks like it would cost around $40+. Does this sound correct? Has anyone done it?
Read more…Just wondering what some of you go through to tame down some of the monsters that we call peizo transducers.....I have mentiond before I get mine from old alarm clocks from good will but I have found out that not all transducers rock.....some are kin
Read more…I haven't seen this mentioned so hopefully it will help some other builders. While building my CBG kit, the peghead arrangement required the outside strings to wind on from the outside and the inside strings to wind from the inside. This resulted in
Read more…Who has used cardboard boxes in the past? Any luck? I have a swisher sweet box I think I might use for a one string diddley bow.
Read more…I ran across a DVD sent to me by a friend in Kuwait during the first DS. It's been sitting dormant for a bit on my shelves. It's called the "Three Pickers" with Earl Scruggs, (Blind)Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs, Richard Watson, Alison Krauss, and Kentuck
Read more…Anyone know what the angle of the bevel on the blade of a spokeshave ahould be?
Read more…I have ordered parts from StewMac several times now and their service has been wonderful. If I have a question, they answer me promptly, and if I order parts, they arrive in just a few days, far faster than I would have anticipated. Big props to Ste
Read more…Friends are asking me, "what do you listen too.' and here latley AI tell them...."Well, talk radio, some country and what ever video I can find of someone playing a cbg." So, who has music that is out there as of now that is obtainable on itunes, or
Read more…For the bourbon drinkers out there, I have an empty bottle of Woodford Reserve (mmmm, the best part was making it empty!). It's a square shaped bottle, and a little more than an inch deep. I think it would be cool to build a guitar out of. I thought
Read more…Has anybody else tried to embed the mp3 player from their page? I'm building my own website and thought I'd do that - I tried pasting the generated embed code in, but alas, all I get is a blank box. Is it me?
Read more…Anyone else? I hadn't picked up my 6-string but a couple of times before putting together my first primitive CBG a couple of years ago. Now I'm playing pretty regularly again, and planning on buying a new (or at least different) instrument. The big D
Read more…this album is DElta Blues and Spirituals....absolutely the most RAW slide guitar and vocals you will hear....this man sings from his gut, which was usually full of whiskey. http://www.divshare.com/download/8740426-723 it is a 62mb zip file. but wor
Read more…I found a few "junker" guitars at a local music shop, and I bought them for cheap and stripped the necks and pickups off them. Is there any easy way to test the pickups to see if they are working properly?
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