I went straight to the Tobacco Store and then the Home Depot.  I re-appropriated tuners from a junk guitar, and in a weekend I was throwing down some Tobacco road and enjoying hours of endless slide solos.  Then the Atten Deficit Disorder set in and I realized that I wanted 4 strings and frets, so a google session landed me at StuMac and I ordered the nut and fret wire.  I then started building neck #2 out of Oak instead of Poplar so it would hold up tot he abuse I was intent on giving it.  I tune it like a bass EADG so I can play power cords, but I will likely mess with more open tuning now that I am learning to actually play the slide.

It pelt odd plugging it into the Fender Tube amp, so I built a Cigar Box amp out of an old computer speaker and Radio Shack parts to build a 9 volt amp circuit based on the 1/2watt Little Gem.  That was fun, but bigger is still better so i made one with a Jensen MOD 6" and better circuitry from Mouser.  She is sweet.

Now I am working on a micro tube Cigar Box amp.  And after that I plan to make a resonator.  Holy crap I have a problem.  Have I come to the right place?

Patrick