hi,
i've made about 20 or so cbg style guitar's but not with a cigar box, they're too expensive here in England, i've used fishing box's/wine box's/35mm slide box's etc etc, heard some dulcimer's on youtube and i really like the sound of them so i've
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Are there any dulcitar and strumstick festivals, gatherings or events on the continent?
Attached are some pics of me instrument builds.
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Hopefully you will be able to offer a little advice...
I am currently thinking of trying to make a mini guitar which could be played by a young child, which would have 3 strings, diatonic frets and obviously quite a short scale, I'm curren
Read more…Hi folks! I need some help finding sources for pre-cut wood for a dulcimer soundboard. I'm building my first dulcimer and using some nice re-claimed wood from a piece of old family furniture. I have a variety of sizes and thicknesses of wood to work
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Just joined this group having started playing mountain dulcimer this weekend. I'm using a piece of oak as a noter and I'm getting weird phaser type sounds as I slide up and down the fretboard. Anyone know why that would be? I will add that I
Read more…My newest dulcimer. I had to make another because I sold my first one, recently. It's always a good excuse to build... Gourd body w/ Purple Heart fret board, walnut nut & head trim, brass and paduk accents, walnut and maple bridge, tacks for makers,
Read more…I've been a string and fret player for 35 years starting with guitar. If it has strings and frets (and fretless in a couple of cases) I can figure it out. I've built s few Partscasters but nothing from scratch as I've never felt the confidence needed
Read more…I've started a small production run of strum-stick style instruments to sell at craft fairs along with my turned items such as bottle stoppers, ice cream scoops, magnifying glasses, etc. I'm fretting most of them with a diatonic scale, including the
Read more…So I have been intrigued by the diatonic fret system but have never seen one in person before or had the chance to play one. I'm considering doing this style of fretting on my next build but I have one question. I play a lot of blues scales with "gra
Read more…After completing my first Dulcitar, I don't fancy the stick strummer name, I have really come to love this instrument. I've no musical experience, other than banging on my other builds, and this instrument makes me feel like I can make music. I love
Read more…I am on sick leave for the last five months so cash is a problem but I really like the looks of those Strum sticks. What could a feller expect to pay for a nice looking,playable stick? I hope to get well soon and hope to buy one. I have seen some rea
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I'm working on a user's guide for stick dulcimers and it's turning out to be more of a tech manual. Seems I'm unable to write in simple plain English. I was wondering if there is anyone in this group interested in assisting in reviewing / rew
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i stumbled across CBGs 2 weeks ago never seen or heard of them before but thought they were great, built one the following week and absolutly over the moon with it, now i want to build a MD, but require a little info/help.
is there a roug
Read more…I have two identical Brick House boxes that say they want me to create a mountain dulcimer out of them. I'm wondering now about the neck design. I've seen the necks that are arched on the side that meets the soundboard leaving smaller contact points
Read more…Maybe it's just my ear, but since I built my own MD, I have decided that the string placement/order on the MD is superior to that of a stick dulcimer (strum stick, strummer, call it what you like). When you do a "down strum" on the stick dulcimer, th
Read more…Thought it would be nice to have this all in one place.
Most dulcimers include the following frets from the chromatic (all of 'em) fingerboard:
0 2 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 - octave 1
24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35,
Read more…So I am thinking of making a batch of dulcimers later in the month, and have just hit on the idea of using only the blues notes, so including only these frets: 3 5 7 10 12-octave Anyone ever done this and how was it to play? I ain't no bluesman, bu
Read more…just finished this. it is made out of rimu and is tuned to G DG and has a little kiwi stuck on the sound box hope ya like it
Read more…3rd CBG build and 1st dulcimer strummer
22" scale tuned DAd with 2, 3, 4 strings from guitar set (16,26,36)
maple and african mahogany neck, A. mahogany fret board and a macanudo box
