Hey im Dan, 31 from United Kingdom, ive not played the guitar in year so very rusty lol, wanna start fresh, this week i made my first diddleybow and was pretty happy with it, today i made a 2 string guitar that sounded ok, this weekend im attempting a 3 string cigar box guitar.
Gotta learn a few tunes to play too, that might help. Any suggestions or help appre iated cheers.
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Cheers all, sorry i been quiet, lossed my dad quite suddenly.
Not made any new builds yet though I have just ordered a decent 3 string to learn some blues on.
My dad had his own little recording studio built, so gonna get some use out of it and see what i can comeup with.
A warm welcome from Yorkshire mate, all the best, Chris. :)
Welcome Dan - Making it all up as you go along, you say? Well, I'm on number 6, I plan all my dimensions in detail and yet .. and yet.. last night I'm looking at my headstock thinking - it needs something else - what? (it grew ears). Despite my planning, I'm still making it up as I go along. Hope you get as big a kick out of this hobby as I do!
Hi Dan, Welcome to the nation. Sounds like you have already learned the basics truth of building cigar box guitars. You can't just build one. I'm working on my 23rd, 24th and 25th builds. Don't worry, it's easy to quit. I have stopped building after every one so far, just long enough to get an idea for the next build I want to do.
Great bunch of folks here, ask questions and there will always be someone who has ideas to help.