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How to download videos from the forum please
I have a programme called Moyea. It works on the videos you guys post occasioanlly, but what programme can I get to download all them (at least the ones I want). I use Firefox as my browser.
Read more…Cigar Box Rocks at Live365
Has anyone heard of this station on 365 live? I wonder if there's anyway to attach this to the site here so we could listen to it while we ...."Chew the Fat"?
Read more…New album - Free download
My new album, Falling from the Sky, is available for free download at http://doctoroakroot.com/icarus Come on over and grab your copy.
Read more…Outrageous CBG videos!!!
Does anyone have links they would like to share with real outrageous CBG performances. Here is my contribution: (from Youtube) Neitileipä https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwWjn_ioD1M&feature=related I will never think of toast the same way again. lo
Read more…Built in tuners for the tone deaf
Not sure how many people this will apply to, but Im tone deaf. Its a bit of a problem when ya play guitar, especially when trying to tune the damn things in a room full of other 'tuner uppers'.... so's I had this idea. Iv got a few of those little K
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Hello all, I was looking through a catalog I received in the mail yesterday, and saw that they were selling used license plates for $24.97 for ten plates. I had no idea if this was a fair price, so I checked on eBay and the prices seemed to be at le
Read more…Oh no, my cbg does't sound like a cbg
I built my first cbg, did a fair job, bit rough but ok for a trial run. couldn't get a piezo to work (only 1 type available here) so lashed out for a DiMarzio pickup, works great, but sounds like an ordinary guitar, what a disaster. any suggestions t
Read more…Why cigar boxes?
Just thought I'd rant a bit. http://smokehouseguitars.com/blognewsroll/?p=276
Read more…Is a 1 x 2 wide enough for 4 strings?
I don't play very well, the best I could ever manage was a few chords on a standard 6 string, I need advice from "real" guitarists. I have the 3 string CBGs I just made, and I want to make a 4 string next, I just want to be sure that 1.5 inches is w
Read more…pick ups anyone?
I have 4 various pick-ups that I bought from a friend thinking I'd put them in my builds but honestly, I think that is a bit out of my capabilities. I don't know anything about them, he assures me they work, he just went higher end and replaced thes
Read more…Stringing and string guages.
I am a bit confused with the High, Low tuning compared to the string lengths of the CBG and the string gauge to use. I realize that there are no rules for string lengths, but is there such a thing as "rule of thumb" for these things. I am making my
Read more…Printed Wood Veneer Fretboards
I am offering printed wood veneer fretboards - They are for a 24" scale in 2 designs in either birch or cherry - They are obviously for guitars that are to be played only with a slide - Here's the page link http://www.dbrooker.com/diddly.html - I wil
Read more…slides
I read something on line about how to make slides out of wine bottle necckks. I have a couple of nice lookin' bottles just waiting to be part of CBG euipment. I just don't want to botch the job up. If anyone else read that same article or knows how t
Read more…Questions about Microphonics
I'm a little unclear about what Microphonics are exactly although I see plenty of discussion about them. Are they just the "feedback" you get from a piezo transducer? I also picked up a thread where people were encasing them in 3M silicone. Does this
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I'm huntin' for a good effect pedal and just curious what you folks like/use? I'm checkin out the digitech screamin' blues and the bad monkey....
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Flat vs arched neck
I am sure it is probably personal preference, but how many folks prefer a flat fingerboard as compared to the more classic slightly arched version? Does normal fingering vs slide fingering factor into it? Is there any easy way to get the fingerboard
Read more…Bolt Fix
I don't know if this will help anyone else but I will post it just in case. On the last guitar I built I filed the grove in the bolt a little too deep for the D string and the string was hitting the fret. I used corian for the bolt and it was epoxied
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