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Male
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Concord, NC
Birthday:
January 4
I've been using the Acoustic Guitar String Size Calculator at wahiduddin.net to calculate string sizes for various scale lengths and tensions. You enter your scale, tension, tuning and octave and it will calculate the theoretical string size. You…
Read more…We are planning a meeting to talk about starting a Club for building and playing CBGs. Our initial focus will be on slide 3 or 4 string guitars making some Blues music. We will meet at: Southern Piedmont Woodturners shop, Clearwater Artist…
Read more…Has anyone wax potted a Teisco Del Ray pickup? I have wax potted a Mini Humbucker with good results. I didn't have to take the cover off. The air bubbled out for 10 or 15 minutes. After potting, I could not force coil sourced, micro-phonic…
Read more…Magnetic pickups, both single-wound and humbucker, are becoming a more and more popular addition to a CBG build. Both are now inexpensive and offer several advantages in terms of tone and absence of unwanted box noise. Installation is relatively…
Read more…The next Carolinas Box Guitar Club meeting, #46, will be Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 10:00 am to 2:00+ pm in the horse barn at Scoggins Farm, 7209 Concord…
The next Carolinas Box Guitar Club meeting, #45, will be Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 10:00 am to 2:00+ pm in the horse barn at Scoggins Farm, 7209 Concord…
At our meeting on July 6, we had 3 guests all with CBG builds. We had a show and tell of all the guitars. There is some very nice work. Fred brought several jigs used to build guitar body boxes and examples of several…
New Venue and New Time and bring your lunch
The next Carolinas Box Guitar Club meeting, #42, will be Saturday, July 6, 2019 from 10:00 am to 2:00+ pm in the horse barn at Scoggins Farm, 7209 Concord Rd Hwy, Monroe, NC. On 601, the…
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Will this be held again April 2017? I'm already comitted for something else first Saturday of March.
Hey Uncle Fred, Sorry I am so late getting back to you. It would be cool to get together some time to compare notes and jam. I only know of one other in the Charlotte area (and have only seen him on Facebook). At any rate, see you around and good luck on your builds.
Thanks for friending. I agree with you about placement. I'm behind on this stuff since most of my builds have been acoustic instruments. I'm slowly catching up!
Hi, thanks for the friend add, the neck was just a random bit of wood I had. Just measured it and it's 2.4cm X 3.4cm. The scale length is 30"
Good luck with yours!