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Amsterdam, NY
For those new to cb fiddle building, permit me to share some hard-earned tips to get you started right. 1. Getting Started: If you want to build a full-size (4/4) violin, it is critical that you get the correct measurements for the string length…
Read more…Having made a couple of CBG's and an amp, I decided to try my hand at a cigar box fiddle. I chose an La Aroma de Cuba box I had purchased, because it was the right depth for a chin rest attachment, and very nearly the correct width of a 4/4…
Read more…I'm new to electronics, CBG's, everything, but I'm excited and willing to learn. I can wire a disk piezo to a 1/4" jack and volume pot successfully, but I am struggling with using the rod piezo's I got from C. B. Gitty. I have searched…
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Hello Tim: I’m making a cigar box violin for my grandson. I ordered the uke pins for the strings and there is where my problem lies......unscrewing them and where does all the parts go as to the placement of installing them to properly work through the wood? I tried expanding your picture of yours with the uke pegs but I couldn’t tell which side all the pieces went on. Could you help me please? Thank you, Beverly
Tim, Thank you for the friendship on CBN. and the video complements as well. Very kind of you. I am Glad you posted several of your videos, your playing is A+++ Excellent.!!! I hope you do more videos as well. It would of been cool to have you there jamming with us that night. I think we would of all had a Great time, Thanks again, ~Ted