We just had a great thread about the (not) use of Gorilla Glue (not going there) which lead to how to secure a fretboard and some methods to keep the fretboard from shifting while gluing. Here are some suggestions/techniques that I gleaned from the o
Read more…All, There has been a GREAT thread on the forum about homemade wood stains. Please repost your "recipe" here.
Read more…Hopefully this will be a long running collection of easy to view diagrams of CBG picup wiring. If you have a NEW or unique diagram please post it here. PLEASE, if you reply to a post with a picture already in it, please remove the pic as to not dupli
Read more…I have a bunch of signatures on my CBG. Johnny Winter, Jimmy Vaughn, Mac Arnold, George Thorogood, pAt mAcdonald, Bob Margolin,etc and all of them are written in Sharpie marker. Sharpies are great in that they are thick enough and can be applied to a
Read more…Wanna know if anyone has used a volume pot (NOT tone pot) as a blend between two pickups. (+) from one pup to Lug 1, (+) from another pup to lug 3, Lug 2 is (+) out and casing is ground for the wiring.
Would it work to modulate between the two pups? P
If you are like me and are.. frugal [read: cheap] here is a great substitute for strap buttons -- assuming you use them
Hillman Brass Knurled Nuts 10-32 $1.75 from Lowes (US) and you will need to get the brass screws 10-32x1/2. Also $1.00
pic to come
-W
Right now, I have a 6 string electric, 2 humbuckers that can split between single and dual coil, a set of switches to control them, 2 tone pots, one 'blender' pot and one volume pot.
The issue is with the tone pots: I get no change in tone until a
Read more…Nation,
I'm currently reading Bill Jehle's One Man's Trash and it came to me in a startling epiphany -- we are making history in the sense of [modern] Cigar Box and homemade instruments. Do you guys realize that? Most all the references Bill cites
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I put up a blog post for anyone who sells at festivals. Plans for a CBG stand. Cheap, easy, fast
-WY
Guys, here is a link to some pics I took at Saturday's Blues Brews and BBQ Fest here in Simpsonville, SC. MAN what a show.
Mac Arnold and Plate Full of Blues
Chris Watson
Moreland and Arbuckle **Lee boys
Janiva Magness
~~~ BUDDY GUY & BB KING ~~~
Read more…The label on the head says (AFAIK) Slide King. Anyone know who might have built it with that moniker?
-WY
Read more…I need someone here who makes their own custom decals to make a few for a special build I'm doing.
Yes, I know there are decal transfer sheets you can buy to do this, but I only need a few from my artwork.I just don't want to buy a whole pack of the
Read more…So on the front page of the Stew-Mac website I see This. He he. And it seems they have taken my idea too!'
Oh well, what can ya do. So if any of you out there that think the Harbor Freight Japanese Flush Cut Saw won't be as good as the one listed h
Read more…One of the boys has left town.
Yahoo! News
LONDON – Bandmates say rock guitarist Gary Moore, a former member of influential Irish band Thin Lizzy, has died. He was 58.
Manager Adam Parsons told the BBC that Moore was found dead Sunday at a hot
Read more…So making a radius is not easy for the... tool challenged. That is, if you don't have the right tools and we all don't at one time or another. So I devised a clever tool to sand down a fretboard to the radius I wanted.
I picked this idea up from watc
Damn, I love this group. And the greatest thing is when we solve common problems with everyday solutions. Mind you, there are better [read: more costly commercial] solutions out there but if you really want to make your instrument in the hand made fa
Read more…I've searched the site here and have found reference to Krylon (or other brand) clear coat enamels, but has anyone thoughts on using spray enamel colors like Krylon on CBGs? I'm going to use a clear coat in any case. Thought is for coloring the neck.
Read more…Decision time. I am building a 4 string electric with a tone and volume. Two single coils with 3-way switch and the pots are 250K. I am using a single .022uf tone cap (green, polyester) but there is VERY little effect when I try to lower the tone - T
Read more…Was cutting sound holes and I tore the label -- which by the way was not glued on very well anyhow.
If anyone has a Havana Honeys Del Sol Corona (or similar) box or label, can you sell me one. Thanks! email me at: chronicbluesguitar@gmail.com
So, I don't usually make large bridges as you can see below. I make them so that they don't interfere with the other design elements or overpower the lid. However on a later build of mine, I did make one larger than shown. Under the one below I have
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