Gender
Male
Gender
Male
Location
Lake Elsinore, CA
Birthday:
September 12
Age:
46
One of my good friends, Josie Little, is defending her title this year on CXCW. This is the link for her entry: http://couchbycouchwest.com/josie-little-rain/ Please go check it out and hit the like button. She's a hell of a talent and deserves…
Read more…http://smokehouseguitars.com/blog/how-to-play-the-3-string-cigar-box-guitar/ An excellent introductory video to the 3 string guitar for the rest of us, as presented by John McNair. Click the link to read my review of his video. Or, just stop…
Read more…LINK: The Gut Bucket I don't often make fully acoustic instruments as it's so difficult to find boxes that will yield any kind of promising tone. Most times you have to put an acoustic pup in them just to cover your bases. I didn't do so on this…
Read more…For those of you who are curious about the process of making a guitar, I have a new "In the Shop" series at my site that shows many of my instruments changing from blocks of wood into finished…
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Comments
As a first-time builder, I can't tell you how humbling it is seeing your guitars. The tone and sustain is incredible. I'm almost done with my first build, which was probably a bit ambitious for my first one. The guitar itself wasn't terribly difficult, but the electronics are taking a bit of time. Piezo bridge with a single-coil neck pickup. It has a blend circuit that amplifies the piezo and allows a mix of piezo and magnetic. Still tweaking the circuit, but it works.
I wish I had read your Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Construction document before I had started, but hindsight and all.
I particularly like the guitar that you have on your website that you made for Mojo Perry. The combination of the box and the Harrison pickups just goes, if you know what I'm saying.
Hopefully, building won't turn into a burden. It would be a shame for someone with your talents to give it up.
I ordered a guitar from you sometime months back but haven't heard anything recently. Is it still happening? Can you let me what's going on?
Michael Spackman
Hope all is well with you. We have not touched base in a while - was wondering whether you were still interested in working with us. Hope to hear from you soon!
Best, Deb from Raising The Blues.
Hello! I LOVE YOUR GUITARS!!!! My name is Kevin M. Kraft, founder of the annual Kansas City Cigar Box Guitar Festival. This year's event will take place on August 26th, and once again I am accepting cigar box guitars and cigar box guitar-related donation, which will be raffled off during the festival, the proceeds to benefit Kansas City's Blues in the Schools program. If you have a guitar, accessory, CD, DVD--anything related to cigar box guitars that you would like to donate, please contact me at the Cigar Box Nation or email me at kevinmkraft@juno.com to learn where to send it.
Thanks for you time and consideration.
- Kevin
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/events/the-2nd-annual-kansas-city-cig...
I read your blog, and I totally understand where you are coming from. I am glad you are getting things under control. Not to compare my situation yours, but I constantly find myself saying, "I want to build because I want to build, not because I have to build".
Good luck!
Josh...I did and thanks so much for the info!! I can't wait to give it a try on my next CBG!!!!! Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Bill
Josh, thanks for coming out last night. I would love to check out your shop sometime in the near future. Hopefully you can make up to Hacienda Heights on April 30th.
You can download The Budrows eight song demo CD here, for FREEEEE.
hopefully talk to you soon about a show in Temecula or otherwise,
Jason.