I am going to build an upright bass. Does any one have plans or information that may help especially with scale length, tuning machines, use of piezo and any other helpful information. If you can point me in the right direction it would be a help e.g
Read more…Has anyone built or played a CBG with a very short scale, say 17-18 inches. If so are they difficult to play. What is the shortest scale that anyone has played? I am trying to build a playable CBG for back pack travel. How wide are the necks? I inten
Read more…I have been struggling to learn the CBG. Is the fretless slide, fretted fingering / finger picking or just strumming with chords the easiest way to learn. I am not making much progress with the slide. I have no previous music experience
Read more…I know that this question has been asked and answered many times before. But have we come to a final answer. Is it shielding, better grounding or other. If it shielding , how is it done also with grounding. My amp hums on mains power but my small bat
Read more…This song was made famous by Walter Brennan. I would like a copy of the sheet music / Tabs and or chords. I have searched google but with no results
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Read more…Could anybody supply the tabs for a very slow tune. <40 bpm. I wish to practice sliding, vibrato, hammer on's and pull off. Sheet music or guitar tabs would be ok as I would try and make up CBG tabs my self. Playing 1 or 2 strings would be ok.
Read more…""Can someone please explain how to do 'hammer ons &offs"using a slide on a 3 string (GDg) CBG."
Read more…Can a piezo be too firmly glued to the sound board? I have just glued a 40 mm piezo disc with epoxy glue and I am very disappointed with the result. Does it have to be able to vibrate?
Read more…I am fitting out a short scale (17") CBG using phosphor bronze strings from Gitty, gauges 0.44., 034, .026. (GDg). I seem to have excessive tension and cannot tune to the correct note using a chromatic tuner. Maybe I am an octave to high?
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