So a while ago a very nice bloke whom many of you know on here (David L) gave me an almost full car load of instrument related goodies. In one of the boxes was a strip of what looked like capacitors. I do remember him mentioning something about them
Read more…So my partner and I have been working on reworking a few tunes, redoing them with a twist. Few on the cigar box guitar, few on the 6 string but we'd both certainly appreciate you having a listen to em and liking them if you do. Let me know what you t
Read more…So how many people on here use soundcloud? Figured it might be worth starting a group or a list if there's enough of us so we can all have a listen to each others, share them about and generally share that cigarbox vibe... Just a thought.
Dan
Read more…Thinking of doing a reso conversion on an acoustic guitar seen as I have a reso plate and a few old acoustics knocking about. Unfortunately all the guitars I have are originally nylon strung. Seems a little pointless having a nylon strung reso? Quest
Read more…Hi guys. Waiting for my machine heads to arrive before I can carry on with my first build so with christmas coming up I thought I'd make some presents. Seen the beer can mic's some people make and thought I'd give it a bash. My cousin is in to beatbo
Read more…Hello Nation.
I'm collecting bits for a budget 5 string banjo, just a 12 inch tambourine and a neck through. Thing is I'm flat broke and the only lump of lumber I have that's suitable is English Oak. Lovely looking bit of wood, I've made a ukulele n
Read more…May seem like a dumb question but this is my first time using pickups I haven't wound myself. On covered humbuckers you've got those six pole screws that run right through them as can be seen here.
Now on the buckers I've got those screws stick o
Read more…Got given this today, my mate pulled it out of a skip because he knows I love stuff like this. Its a huuuge dictaphone from the 60's made by a company in England that went bust ages ago. Probably be worth something to someone somewhere but unles
Read more…Has anybody tried this? Not sure if this would be strong enough but it certainly seems easier than a scarf joint. Basically glue a block to the underside of the neck, let set then cut the out the profile.
Excuse the crude .bmp
Any thoughts?
I call it my Puke!
This started as a freindly wager with a guy at work after he bought a low end tenor ukulele for £200, I decided I could build one for a tenth of that and the bet was on. Unfortunatley after buying strings, fret wire, machine heads
Read more…hi guys.
well thats a pretty steep learning curve, thanks to all you who gave me advice without even knowing. Can't imagine I'd have got past cutting holes in the box without these forums!
Ok it's an 8 string concert scale ukulele. 1 piece bolt on sa
Read more…O.k so I'm embarking on my first build, not technically a CBG as I'm building an 8 string ukulele (four strings paired an octave apart) already got my box its an Oliva 25 cigar box (wasn't even going to buy one but I've just had a son called Oliver a
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