Uke saddle which way?
I got the rosewood and bone uke saddle from Gitty and I'm not clear on how this goes. Which way does the compensation run?
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What is up with I'm not a robot?
Trying to leave comments on photo page and have to go through a visual test to prove I am not a robot? OH , here too?This is bullshit!
Read more…Reso cone warning!
I just did my first build using a lightning reso cone from Gitty and at the end found I had a problem with intonation. I laid everything out first as I always do, used a 24" scale. I was very careful to measure twice and cut once for the hole to hold
Read more…OMG what a night!
Wow, so glad I went to open mic last night at "The Roma", they have a blues openmic every Tuesday that I go to sometimes. Last night , there were few in attendance ( bad for the venue, I know) but it resulted in me getting to pretty much perform the
Read more…Bought amp, don't have clue!
I've looked back through my posts but can't find who sent me link to buy this amp board, so I have it , came w/o any instructions and two of the connections are only marked in Chinese. Any help on how to use this as a CBG amp would be appreciated!
Read more…Cereal Box Guitar, CBG, see what I did there?
SO just for fun I thought I would make a Cereal Box Guitar out of the big boxes we get at BJ's, but I want to also wood grain the box. So by the time I buy wood graining tools, two colors of paint, acrylic glaze to add to the paints, paint brushes e
Read more…Why are so many photos "squished"?
I have noticed that since the site was changed, many of the photos that are posted have that "wrong size so we will squeeze it to fit the window" look to them. I hardly ever saw that before. Is that something that can be fixed or is it some new probl
Read more…saved from landfill
I'm suprized at the lack of activity in here. I thought this would be one of the busiest groups. So anyway, my latest build is from wood saved from the trash trucks grip. Over 100 yr old black walnut. It cleaned up real nice I think.
Read more…Battery amp speakers
Will automotive aftermarket speakers work well with the little battery powered amp circuits? I see them all the time at thrift shops for cheap, but the usually have really high wattage ratings. Will a 1/2 watt 9V chip amp do much with them?
I"ve hea
Read more…String gauge for short scale?
I'm doing a 6 string electric with parts salvaged from one of those kids sized (1/2 size?) guitars.
The scale length is like 21.5 inches.
It is a six string electric and I want to be able to use standard guitar tuning on it.
I think I need to use hea
Read more…Music to my Ears
The Hindi and Urdu word sitar originally derives from Persian seh + tar, literally meaning "three strings."
I love Sitar music. I experimented with a jiwari bridge on Norwegian Wood.
I've had a happy accident. My 3 string CBG"Easychair"has developed
Read more…Cheap power tools
I think I am done with cheap power tools. I should know better. I bought a drill press at Harbor Freight and figured for what I need it for it would be fine. ( Drilling tuner holes and fretboard dot inlay holes)
I have used it once and it seems to be
Read more…Time to go>Super Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building ?
This kind of ties in with Uncle John's Graduation discussion I guess.
I'm finding that all the time I spend on my quest for good acoustic tone and volume by leaving a space between the through neck and soundboard sometimes goes to waste. After they
Read more…Bottle neck slides
I finally made a near perfect cut of a wine bottle neck using a jig and the hot/cold water technique. I'm wondering now about the best way to smooth the cut edge. I usually use a Dremmel with a grinding wheel but that is dangerous and gets fine glass
Read more…Mountain Dulcimer Necks
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…DAd chord charts?
At one time there were some "Old Greek Bouzouki" DAd chord charts posted here( on the Nation). I was trying to find them again but searches are not pulling them up. Anyone know where to find them?
Read more…String pressure crushing boxes.
So, I have found that on some builds, after all the careful selection of boxes and doing what I can to insure good acoustic tone and volume that the string pressure on the bridge tends to deform the soundboard and the bridge ends up sitting on the th
Read more…What is that wood you find in the boxes?
Anyone know what kind of wood the spacers, blocks and cover sheet veneer is that comes in some cigar boxes from the Dominican Republic or Nicaragua etc. ? Some of it seems quite hard but other pieces seem like a very soft wood. I want to think it is
Read more…Artec amps with unknown speaker ?
So I just put an Artec 2 w amp in an old wall mounted speaker cabinet with a 8" speaker, like what you used to see in a school. The speaker has no makings on it at all so I do not know what the impedance or wattage ratings are. It works and sounds go
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