ONE DAY I WAS HAPPILY RETIRED MAKING CIGAR BOX INSTRUMENTS (SEE SOME OF MY STUFF ON MY PAGE HERE) AND THE NEXT I WAS HELPING MY WIFE IN HER NEW PRACTICE
EXCEPT FOR TOOLS AND LABOR YOU CAN START BUILDING TOMORROW - GUITARS, UKES, MANDOLINS, AMPS, PICK
here are pics of my first 6 string - it was commissioned by the supplier of my cigar boxes who is a long time dealer for fuente and other cigars - he presented it to carlos fuente jr., president of fuente cigars a week ago at a gathering in new orlea
i have been doing all my building with hand tools and am looking to buy a saw to make things a little easier on me - which would be more useful? it would be used exclusively for making cbgs - would these $125 or so jobs at lowes, etc. do the job?
iggy's post of the part list prompts me to tell you all of a great source of parts - i recently ordered 17 different parts including tuners, jack plates, tailpieces, pickups, knobs, etc. - one neck i ordered was broken in shipping and they promptly r
up until now (15 builds) i have done all my work with hand tools on my lap and my shopmate bench - i have a dremel xpr400 and think i would like to have a router to do grooves for nuts, saddles, truss rods, sound holes, etc., but i don't know enough
i already posted this in "it goes to 11", but thought i might get more response here - i just finished a ruby amp and it works just fine with my strat, but when i plug in my cbg w/2 piezos in series all i get is an obnoxious loud sound like an overlo
i just built a ruby amp and it works fine with my strat, but when i plug in my cbg w/2piezo pickups in series it just makes an obnoxious loud sort of hum - help!