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I've been thinking recently about the design I use for my necks, which is currently neck-though, with a recess carved out. As I use homemade boxes with thin lids, I need to accommodate bracing on the underside of the soundboard, throw pickups
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Over the last week I've ventured into the fun and confusing world of winding magnetic pickups:
These are 2 which I am intending to fit into a couple of my 3 string builds. They are not quite ready as the still need to be potted, which is
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I'm considering treating myself to a new practice amp. The one I have currently is... pretty terrible. My main amp is a 100W Line6 Spider 2 digital amp, but it's a bit of an effort to bring it downstairs, which is where I do most of my pla
Read more…So, I finished this last week, and have been enjoying playing it:
Yesterday morning, before leaving for work I decided to stash it upstairs, in a bedroom and leant it against an external wall. When I got back from work, I picked it up to play and not
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I finished my first build with a home-made box a few weeks ago, and have been enjoying it immensely. I made the box from 1/8" spruce for the soundboard and 1/4" spruce for the back and sides, all solid wood.
I recently took the guitar over to
Hi all,
I finished my first build with a home-made box a few weeks ago, and have been enjoying it immensely. I made the box from 1/8" spruce for the soundboard and 1/4" spruce for the back and sides, all solid wood.
I recently took the guitar over to
Hi all, I've decided to have a go at building my own boxes as cigar boxes are so scarce in the UK and I've not been too happy with the tone on the basic plain craft boxes I've tried. I've found a supplier who does sheet wood in spruce and sapele and
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My current project is to build a mini dulci-tar which could be played by a very young child, have a look at this thread for more info:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/dulciworld/forum/topics/miniature-dulci-tar-for-young-child
One of m
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I was inspired to make my first CBG after seeing a cake pan ukulele on Boing Boing in May of this year. It probably won't come as much of a surprise that I am now hooked! Currently on build number 5...
I've been playing guitar for 14 year
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