This has nothing to do with a CBG, but the situation I was dealing with and how I overcame it could be helpful to someone as far as building technique/solutions are concerned.
I acquired a set neck body for a SG type guitar on FB Marketplace for a go
Read more…Yesterday, I got a new amp. Sweetwater had a sale going on the Orange Micro Terror amps at $200. I've been looking at these for awhile. They are small lunch box style amps with a 12AX7 preamp tube and Solid State power. They come in 2 forms, the Oran
Read more…I decided I was going to build one of these after seeing a video on youtube(www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qFxXhg6zwA) of a electric one, but you can also build an acoustic one too.
What is a Tres Cubano you may ask?
It's a short scale(23" to 24") 6 string
I bought some of these pickups for a project guitar. These pickups are close to the same output as the original Danelectro pickups. They don't use the same magnets. Dano used Alnico VI and then settled on Alnico V while these pickups use a ceramic ma
Read more…This could be git related or not. So, what's on your workbench at the moment?
I have 4 scarf joint necks in different stages of work.
A 25" scale pine 5 string neck for a Banjo-Res, A 25" scale Red Oak neck for my 6 string Strat-Res build, A 24 & 1/
Read more…If you have a hollow body guitar or hollow cigar box guitar, you can have unwanted noise from many reasons. Electrical wiring in your home can be an issue, fluorescent lighting, fans, window unit AC's, dimmer switches, computers/laptops, walwarts, ba
Read more…Stewmac.com has some great 6 string guitar kits out. They have the Strat, Tele, SG, LP and LP Jr. kits and just recently added Little guitar kits. Now they have 16.3" scale little guitar kits in Strat and Tele style for right at $140 USD.
The little
Read more…Like the title says, I was on the YT last night and found this band. They sound great. 1 guy sings and plays guitar and one guys plays drums while doing the bass lines on a keyboard. 2 guys and they produce a wall of sound. These guys are super tale
Read more…I picked up another Strat at the pawnshop for 79 bucks. Squier Bullet Strat by Fender. At that price, I couldn't resist. Problem is they had 2 other nice guitars that were beckoning to me and marked at the same price. Maybe another time. LOL
The gui
Read more…Check this out and say what you think about it.www.kickstarter.com/projects/boazinstruments/boaz-one-one-modular-guitar-50-combinations?utm_medium=referral&ref=qhs3lq&utm_source=16.backer.camp
Read more…www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0eACoei1eo&list=RDE0eACoei1eo&index=1
This kid is great, has lots of YouTube videos of him playing different songs. He is so good, it makes you think of burning all your guitars and picking up another hobby. LOL ;)
Read more…My local pawnshop had a certain guitar that I saw a couple months ago, but didn't have the money to get it. I finally got some ME money and went to see if they still had it, they did.
I took it off the wall and plucked the strings to see if it had a
Read more…www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuXIwsNmY6o
These guitars are pretty cool for a minimalist type guitar/travel guitar and they sound great. Sweetwater has them for about $650, but I'm thinking that a good 2 x 4 piece of wood and a few scraps you could make yo
Read more…I got a large cookie tin from my mother in law(4" x 12" x 9") and decided to do a resonator bass without frets.
Thinking about using a Uke type strip Piezo, P Bass Pickups, 3-way switch, 250k volume and tone pots with a .047uf cap. Was thinking of us
Read more…www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG_-dnjBGJo
Nancy Kat will like this one I'm sure.
Read more…Has anybody seen these yet? They are fascinating and I'm thinking about building one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJmPa1ci6NI
Love this cover of a great song.
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