Hi all, I've been out of pocket, now retired and volunteering at various State and Federal parks, many without internet. Now working on my 18th build, and learning more with each new one. Must be doing sumthin' right, people are placing repeat orde
Read more…What is the best way to package gits for shipping? I need to ship a build I di for my brother in law. I'm in Texas, he's in Pennsylvania.
Read more…Here's a note I posted recently with no results. I probably put it in the wrong place so her goes nothin'!
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Presently living in Brazos Bend State Park, looking for a meetup with fellow builders within a resonable driving distance, to compar
Read more…Looking for wooden CBs that have artwork of Cowboys, buffalo, hunters, etc. I have an idea for a CBG and would like to see how it would turn out!.
Read more…I have a Macanudo box that I'd really like to use, but it is covered/lined with a heavy paper, enough to deaden the resonance of the box. Should I just forget the box, peel the inner paper off,
or...? looking for direction from someone who has had f
Read more…I'm still too new and excited in this endeavor, so I haven't been able to solidify a "procedure" and standard for myself. This has probably been covered in depth before and if so, please point me in the right direction. I keep getting stuck on what
Read more…Hi all. I'm a retired non-player that has been taken with the sound and the enjoyment of building CBGs.
My challenge is I would like to determine the quality of my builds and I know of no one that can play a CBG. My wife and I travel full time as
Read more…Just finished (I Think) my new build. The scale is 24.5" on a Casa Torano box. I want to be able to get a real Delta Blues sound out of it.
I try to cypher through the different reccomendations and I get answers in different languages (string #s
Read more…I'm about to start on my 3rd CBG. The first was a fretted acoustic/electric and a great success, but someone bought it from me almost right away. My second was a tinkering project that was slide Coffee Can Resonator and sounds much like a banjo. I
Read more…Looking for feedback on the feasibility of using frets on a guitar intended for slide. I am building a Fuentes CBG and would like to use a slide on it, but would also like to be able to fret. My intentions are to have a 24" scale on a poplar neck i
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