Yesterday I held a one-string making activity at the local community college. It was a lot of work but a lot of fun. I kept the design super simple, and had about 15 students make diddley bows. It was part of the school's spring activities week. It w
Read more…Hi, all. I was hoping those who perform live have some words or guidance on what type of sound components you use. I'll be playing in a gallery next month, and the gallery will not be providing amps, mics, etc. To be clear, I will be playing acoustic
Read more…I thought this would be a good place to post these photos. This is a newly made one-string. I used what are considered tone woods for the entire project: maple neck, maple resonator box, Indian rosewood finger board, ebony and bone bridge, bone nut.
Read more…Since I discovered the world of homemade guitars, I've been struggling a bit with what is the best tuning for a cigar box guitar. I've tried various open tunings, but they seem very limiting, for myself of course. I've finally gravitated to 4-strings
Read more…...this is what happens. :) I can recycle some of the maple, but this neck is a lost cause.
I'm not sure how much information there is out there or here about "real" cigar box guitars. What we do is as real as anything, of course, but does anyone have an idea about how one of this gits would have been build back in, say, the early 1900s on
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