I have what appears to be a very old small cigarbox that I cant find any info about. Its a Reynaldo wood box with faded red binding on the edges. On the side it has a label that says "bankers handmade long filler" Does anybody know where info on this
Read more…Since I can no longer build due to my own medical problems and my wifes recent death .I no longer need all the Cb boxes I had in stock.I have 2 very large boxes full, running over with cigar boxes that some one thats close is welcome to come by and p
Read more…I had been toying with the idea of making and selling some sort of inexpensive gig bags for my customers that wanted something to carry their CBG in.I have had some ask if we offered something in that area.
After a lot of thought I realized that I CA
I cant find the time to even get stock built,,,,,, but I had a request to build a CbG bass.
I have no idea how to go about building a bass neck,,,,,, any ideas on a neck thats fairly simple (read that time)? Other then yanking a neck off an existing
This past weekend we had 2 visitors that I have wanted to meet for some time.
On Friday Wes Yates stopped by to chat a bit and we had some fun talkin bout da "biz"
Saturday Diane from Chicago stopped by to chew the fat and talk shop for a while.Diane
with Ottie Noble and lost his phone number. Can some one help me out here?
Wanting to know if I had dropped off the face of the Earth LOL
Actually , I've been busier then ever before, with so many irons in the fire that I walk around with hot feet.
I am ok, as several have ask,just cant work the 28 hours a day that it seems
My partner and I have severed our working relationship and I have moved my operation up the hall closer to the entrance to that level in our MALL.
Any folks that have visited or bought from me will have no problem finding me in the MAll still.
My inve
I havent had much time to join in discussions in CBN.
One of my customers has offered me a Wolf pup and I'm studying state law in our state to make sure I'm legal if I take her up on her gracious offer.
If I DO take him I decided that he'll work in t
I'm thinking about carrying those little Can-jo's to add another choice for my customers.
WHat I'm thinking is having someone that has more time then I do to build enough to fill a box at a time.
The catch is they have to be priced for this market, i
Today I had a display set up in the hallway of our MALL where my instruments were securely hung on hooks ( if not lifted off the hook)
This after noon a young lady grabbed my newest camacha 3 string , didnt have a good grasp of it and I heard it hit
This afternoon while it was slow I started taking a quick inventory to see how much building I need to do this week to keep the store stocked.
I noticed that the amount of money I took in didnt match the inventory gone.
And it dawned on me why,,,,This
Are we going to run into trouble with the new anti tobacco laws ( depending on the laws wording) by building and selling CBG's or DB's ? A lot of my DB's are bought by parents for their kids. My question is, the laws will effect even the advertising
Read more…I"ve been looking for a longer table sander to help me get passed some
of the sanding/shaping on necks to help me stay on schedule and turn out
more necks then I can get out now per week.My problem is I dont have
the time to build all the necks I nee
Patented your CBG? LOL
I get this question almost every day from folks that come into our shop.
I just tell them that I didnt invent the concept , someone beat me to it a tick over a 100 years ago,,,,,,
WHat do you tell them?
I build 1 string sliders as well as 3 stringers normally.
But I'm thinking I want to build a 1 stringer different then what I have been.My little lap sliders are fine, but I want to try to build a 1 stringer that you hold like a normal guitar.
I don
Sometimes we spend a lot of time wondering where we can perform.
Take a look at your area. Are there regular shopping malls there?
Take a fresh look at possibilities,think outside the box.
Most of my customers never heard of a CBG before they hear mi
I picked up some white Eros boxes from Lori a while back.Their the 1st Ero's I've tried.I cant figure if I did soemthing wrong or what,did everything using my tried and normally true formula.But it just doesnt have any life to it. Do these Eros boxes
Read more…That some us us builders names seem to pop up in different parts of the country, which I think is a good thing. However it seems to me that we could do a better job ( make it easier to promote etc) our passion if the public could reach us easier. I g
Read more…Those weird pics of what appears to be kids in the pic section? Have we been hijacked or what SHANE????????????????
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