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Glue up ....
....in duck weather sux!
I can't get anything done for waiting on the freakin' glue to dry!
With all the rain , the humidity is terrible, the wood ( neck blanks ) feel like they have been soaking in a creek.
ARGH!
AFKAM
Read more…Major update to my website ....
Hey folks.
As long as I've had it, I thought my site looked good, informative, and showed off my stuff well.
I decided a while back it needed to reflect Me, my thoughts on CBGs and the movement in general.
After dealing with tons of people at recent
Read more…Woodworking with allergies ....
SUX!
The temp isn't too bad today but the humidity is around 10 bazillion (+ -) percent.
5 minutes of sanding without a GOOD mask ( cloth respirator ) and I'm debilitated with a migrain the next day.
3 carved necks on the bench means lotsa sanding
Read more…Prayers for my family
My Mom received her reward last night. After several years of heart trouble and 2 years of fighting cancer we found her in her chair in front of the computer.
Pray for the family most of all ... My sis and her family are in England and we have to dea
Read more…Music movies
No, not musicals .... puhleeeeeze! not musicals.
I'm talking stuff like " It might get loud" "Honeydripper", even good movies with killer soundtracks.
"Barnyard" was cool ... even had a CBG in it.
I thought "Surfs up!" ( you know, the surfing penguin
Read more…I need advice
Ok guys, here's the deal.
I build CBG's and I am a drug dealer from Winston Salem, NC. My parents lived in Raleigh but have recently been arrested for cooking meth. They were also financially dependent on my two sisters, who are prostitutes in Charlo
Read more…Jimi Hendrix
Found this on a poster on a wall at my local Music shop/coffee house.
Look close to see what Jimi's playing.
AFKAM
Read more…If anyone here ....
....ever hears me claiming to be a carpenter, you have my permission to drive here, hunt me down , and shoot me in the head!
Our oven went out on the Sunday after christmas. What does this have to do with carpentry ?
The oven was a built-in w/ a sepa
Read more…Shop Heat
Ok guys, it's time for me to get back into the shop. But it's cold out there!
What are you guys doing for heat? I need safe, dependable, cost-wise with the emphasis on SAFE !
I had considered:
Propane tank top heater - but I have concerns about dust
Read more…Tab idea for slide CBG
Somebody try this out and tell me how it sounds and works.
3 string CBG tuned F#,C#,f#. This gives GDg with slide on 1st fret.
ALL notes and strums are played with slide. No open chords.
Chords used
G-1st fret
C-6th fret
F-11th fret
R=rest ( NO STRUM)
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Trim rings for bigger sound holes.
What are ya'll using? I've seen the door pulls but my sound holes are too big for that. I need to purdy up the holes. Ideas? Matt Outhouse Instruments
Read more…Disguise/cover a glue line?
Hey all. Need a bit o help.
I have a LP reso diddly in the works with a laminate neck.
Customer asked for exotic wood.
My first time using exotic wood (purpleheart).
The neck is ph/white ash/ph laminate ans the glue line is visible. (yes I know the wood
General Norman Johnson - RIP
The world of beach music lost a legend today.
The voice behind "The Chairman of the Board" who was known for the hits "Carolina Girls" and "Give Me Just a Little More Time"
Matt
For those of you who sell at festivals ....
How do yall pack multiple CBGs for travel?
When I say multiple, I mean 10+.
ANYONE have any ideas or suggestions?
Matt
1920's music ???
Ok, I have a festival coming up on what is called "The Great Gatsby Day" at a local tourist attraction.
Chinqua Penn Plantation.
It was built in the 1920s and I want to learn a "period" song or two.
I'm guessing "Tin Pan Alley" stuff.
Any suggestions?
Mat
Best complement ...
Well, quite obviously, the best complement is when somebody like your stuff enuff to pay for it.
Other than that ....
I get the usual ....
-those are cool
-very clever
-nice
-those are awesome
-what the hck are they?
But for the last 3 weeks I've been going
Help! I need a box!
I need one of the big Arturo Fuente Boxes with the red pieces on the ends.
Can anyone help a brother out?
Like the one on this 4 string.
Matt
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