I saw some great videos on YouTube of an épinette des Vosges, a French cousin of the Mountain Dulcimer. It has a very sweet sound.
Does anyone know a suitable cigar box for me to attempt to build one? It looks like the common design is rectangular o
Read more…I just finished my second build. It is a fretless through-neck with a 22.5 inch scale. I have it tuned GDg with 42/32/24 light Daddario strings.
Anyway, I'm a beginning builder and player. When I use the slide (copper) to fret, the top string clan
Read more…The mom of the kid I'm making a CBG for doesn't want it amplified. I've done some research and tinkered around, and I think the thinner bottom of the box I'm going to use would make the tone/volume better for acoustic. Therefore, I'll attach the neck
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I have some 5/16 " black steel threaded rod from C.B. Gitty that I had planned to use for the nut and bridge on my first build. I had wanted to glue a 1/4" fretboard onto the neck for a through-box design. I was going to affix the nut right w
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I've found some old threads on removing the paper on the outside of the boxes, but do you all routinely remove paper on the inside lid?
As you can see, I started to remove it with a Stanley Knife, but it's tedious. Will leaving it on deade
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Can anyone who has built/played both a neck through (or thru) and neck-on-top of box style (Crow style), compare and contrast the pros/cons of each way, sound-wise? I'm especially interested in how these distinct styles sound acoustically.
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