Miss all ya'll.
Funny thing happened on the way to the nation...
We lost internet access a few weeks ago, and I broke my hand about the same time, in a shop accident.
At the library typing one-handed and only have time for short message.
Read more…Southern Ray's Discussions (21)
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Missed the Mark On Zero Fret
Well, now I gone and done it. I missed the mark on my zero fret by somewhere between .030 and .040 of an inch. Everything must've slipped on me. The cut is square and pretty, but way off.
I spent quite some time searching for options here, and on
Read more…Ready for testing.
I built this box several months ago in anticipation of building my first LM386-based amp. Well, I built about a dozen and I tried to build about a half-dozen fuzz pedals and I am still in anticipation of my first LM386-based amp and fuzz pedal. Sooo
Read more…Dave Lynas hit 700 videos!
Just noticed.
Wow! Thanks for all the music and fun!
Uncle John is at 496. Thank you too, Unc!
Read more…Rechargeable Batteries
Hey everybody!
Trying to save some money and I am in need of some advise, leads, tips or what-have-you on AA, 9V, D and other rechargeable batteries and where to buy them. Applications vary from guitar amps and pedals that I will be building. Perha
Read more…License Plate Guitar
Hey everybody.
I've been hoping, since I started this addiction, to build an LPG, but just can't seem to find a decently priced one when I had the cash at hand. I hope to soon find one, but it appears the price of these things have doubled in abou
Read more…Matching Speakers to LM386
After lots of searching and reading and in an effort to avoid unleashing the wretched blue smoke, I would like to ask if I have this straight.
IF I have two 2.5 watt 3.2 Ohm boombox speakers and if the LM386 has a 4 Ohm to 8 Ohm range, can I assum
Read more…Strings - How much is too much?.
My first actual CBG is the one below. The neck is a hefty 1.64 inch x .754 hunk of wood. I built it with a Low D Med A and Med D strings. It's as flat as Kansas from nut to tailpiece.There's enough room for another tuner... Questions: I plan on addi
Read more…What's with the strings?
I was watching a video of Northern hill country blues legend Kenny Brown and noticed his strings were hooked into the pickup poles. Is that what I am seeing, and if so, what is this for? Take these strings out of commission, similar to Richard's fiv
Read more…C.B. Gitty Fretted Neck
Uh, boy.
I have spent hours searching again, (my search skills suck). Looking for any info I can about cutting the headstock and adding a zero-fret to a C.B. Gitty fretted neck. There are several firsts here in my build history. First pre-made nec
Read more…Low-Z pickup and components values
Hello all,
I prefer to do my own research rather than to hound people with questions, but sometimes I just can't find the answer. This is another one of those times. that I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere, so I thought I'd put it to you e
Read more…Upside down speaker?
Hey everybody, hope all are well.
Just wondering if a C.B. Gitty 4 watt speaker can be installed upside down. The way I built my amp, it would be neater, wiring-wise, to install it upside down. I looked around here and elsewhere on the net and found
Read more…Suggestions wanted for easy amp build
Hey all.
I have been watching this speaker for awhile now. They are American Vintage model G8Cs, 20 watt, 8 ohm speakers. They are on sale for about 20% off and are supposed to sound bluesy. I listened to a a few sound clips for it and so I bought
Read more…Help with amp, Please?
Hey everybody,
I recently got this little Fender Frontman 15R project from a nice fellow that had an ad in Craigslist. Free. Sweet! He told me it wouldn't come on and that he had poked around looking for an obvious short, but didn't really have the kn
Oops
Sorry 'bout the 200+ private messages. Was trying to post here about choosing a soldering iron...
Read more…How to stop videos from auto-play
Does anybody know how to stop your videos from autoplay in your video page? Mine scare the crap out of me when I am not paying attention. I tried to find it in the forums and search to no avail, but I really suck at search.
Thank you in advance.
Ray
Read more…Thank you!
Hello everybody! I'm not good at talking about myself, but here goes...
Not sure if this is the place for this, but...
First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for your contributions to this place.
I am an old medically retired fellow that neede
Very interesting reading
I stumbled across this doing some research for something else. Thought it might be helpful to some here.
https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/strings.html I read some of it. I need more free time...
Read more…Pickup winding - Scavenger style
Just letting those that I told I would make a blog about how I wind primitive pickups that the blog is "finished" I may "new and improve" it later on, but for now it's done.
Thank you all,
Ray
