I finished my long-threatened swiss-army kalimba today. The Rumba Stick (see the album for details on the pictures) is a rake-tine kalimba mounted on the top of a previously-rejected Carlos Toraño Ovation box. I rejected the box because the "pretty"
Read more…A backing track of drums and bass for a rhumba-style blues in E, 120 BPM.
The form is 4 12-bar verses (swing temp), an 8-bar bridge (straight time), another 12-bar verse (swing) and a 4-bar tag.
Read more…I just picked up a white pine wine box at the local wineseller's: it is about 12" x 20" x 6", with no top. I'm thinking maybe to put a thin birch plywood soundboard on it -- does anybody have experience with such a setup?
I have a 6ft length of clos
Following on to Diane's "sourdough" topic, I'm going to attach a "starter" project for Audacity. The project contains only a metronome count-in plus a simple timekeeping drum track, generated from the Hydrogen drum machine software. Hydrogen is Linu
Read more…I strung up the box i posted about (see the angled shim discussion), configured for low-action fretless play. The fingerboard looks nicely parallel to the strings, with a comfortable, low action. However, to my dismay the thing is unplayable (with fi
Read more…I'm working on a build where I (deliberately) cut the slot on the neck side "lower" than the tail side, in order to get a bit of neck angle: my goal is to use a higher bridge than usual (more vibe transferred to the top). I plan to lay a 1/4" fingerb
Read more…Originally posted at: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/musicianswanted/forum/topics/slow-blues-audacity The .aup file is the "bare starter", with only a count-in and a simple timekeeping drum track. The "drum only" MP3 is exported from that star
Read more…I found a couple of really cool items at Goodwill the other day which I would like to use in a build (or maybe more than one).
First was a 10" diameter x 5" deep x 1/2" thick solid wood salad bowl.
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Read more…What is up with that -- I picked up a couple of interesting boxes today (Trilogy Corojo Ovation, Carlos Toraño Virtuoso Maestro) which are marred by the use of a lacquer / plastic like finish (yellow, white) and have a black pseudo-velvet on the bott
Read more…I'm working out the design for a new build (see this blog entry for details) and am worrking a bit about the 3/4" high bridge I'm planning to use: I think the action will be too high for fretting, even with a fingerboard added (I"m debating making th
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