On the first episode of this season's "America's Got Talent" last week was a band of players using suit-case guitars and bass. Unfortuneatly, they were pretty bad and were booted off. That notwithstanding, there are obviously a number of very talen
Read more…Didn't really know where to post this, wanted to reach as many nation members as possible. I just posted this on Arlo.net and thought you all might enjoy it. Hopefully, there are some of you who are old enough to know who Arlo Guthrie is and enjoy h
Read more…Has anyone tried this? I got a fantastic deal on a Samsung DVD 5.1 surround system http://reviews.cnet.com/home-theater-systems/samsung-ht-c550/4505-6740_7-34052040.html
from my local BrandSmart outlet center ($40 brand new in box, just lacking cabl
Read more…I purchased some 2-watt amp kits from Qkits.com (FA602). These come with a "set it and forget it" trim pot for the volume (VR1- 10K). I want to have a volume control on the boxes I'm putting them in so I'll wire in a pot through the speaker lead an
Read more…I'm repurposing some Harbor Freight megaphones for amps. Everything is okay as far as switching out the mic for a jack, replacing the speaker, and adding a rotary volume control in place of the slide pot. Only problem I'm having now is an annoying
Read more…I just finished up my first mini amp kit - the 2.5 watter from Gitty, and am very pleased with it. Now I want to build more (of course). I'm new at this and wonder how big a speaker you can drive with 2.5 - 4 watts.
Also, how long would you think a
Read more…Probably a stupid question, but can a small amp be installed in a CBG to be used as a pre-amp? This kind of goes with my previous discussion of using amplified computer speakers as an amp. What I'm thinking is if I take the PCB guts from a set of p
Read more…I recently found a site of incredible content regarding every type of plucked string instrument in the world (Yes, the WORLD!), except one - our beloved CBG's. I dropped a line to Mr. Henny de Bruin who owns and runs the site http://www.atlasofpluc
Read more…{sigh} I just finished two (count 'em TWO) identical necks utilizing some 3-in-a-line tuners. I thought I had a nice design going until I mounted the tuners and thought about how the strings would run. Anyone see the problem?
In order to run
Read more…Came across these urban legends regarding cigars and thought you all might enjoy them, true or not:
An urban legend is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. The term is often used with
Anyone tried to use powered computer speakers for an amp? Any reason for them not to work? I'm thinking about getting a subwoofer set that has a microphone jack, pulling the guts and putting the whole thing into a (large) cigar box with a 1/4" jack
Read more…Would like input for installing a single or dual disc style piezo with both volume and tone controls. If I'm using 500 ohm audio taper pots, what value of capicitor should I use on the tone pot? Do disc piezos react to tone controls at all anyway?
Read more…I'm doing my first builds with the a rod-style piezo. It is 2.75" long. The piezo has 6 "bumps" in it, where the ceramic wafers are located.
Question 1 is: when you place the piezo under the saddle, do the strings have to line up over the bumps? It
Read more…I'm finishing up my first 4 stringer, and just learning how to play guitar at all. I will probably tune it ADgb (middle 4 strings of "standard" 6 string tuning). If I understand tabs correctly, I should be able to play a standard tab, just move one
Read more…I'm planning out my first strumst*ck and noticed that a lot of 3-string strummers look to have a narrower neck than the common 1-1/2" most use for a CBG. Is this an optical illusion due to the proportions, or are the necks narrower? I'm using a sma
Read more…So I stop in at a music store I happened to pass and I see they have a guitar repair shop. So I tell the guy that I've been building cigar box guitars and does he have any used parts I could get cheap? He reaches under the desk and pulls this out a
Read more…Need some help from the woodworkers out there. My wife brought some nice boxes back from a trip to Houston, and I want to start on projects, but I need to repair a bit of damage and don't know the right way to go about it. Hope someone here can help
Read more…What's your favorite material/combo? I've been using Corian nut blanks from Witchita Sam or the old steel nut and bolt combo.
Looking on ebay, I see a lot of pre-slotted bone nuts/saddles for ukes and 6 strings. Anyone use these? If you use a 6
Read more…Cleaning out some closets the other day I found some old corded phones. Tore them apart and saved the mic and earpieces. Anyone use these in a CBG? I'm thinking that old AT&T parts were pretty high quality to last for so many years and I remember
Read more…As I get further into this hobby, the more confused I am getting regarding tuning machines. For my first build, I picked up half a "set" of used tuners - 3 on a metal plate. For my second build, I got a new set of "classical" tuners (again 3 on a p
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