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Bart Blankenship liked Poorness Studios's event The Samantha Fish CBG Festival (formerly the New Orleans CBG Festival)

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Bart Blankenship liked Poorness Studios's event The Samantha Fish CBG Festival (formerly the New Orleans CBG Festival)

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CapnRons Lobo's left a comment for Bart Blankenship

"I started with 36" and changed later to 48" and cut them off a little so the strings would fit. The bass string is a 70 or 72. Tuning is B,B, F#, B. That's how Lenny taught me to tune them. Some of the artists who have them change to…"

Oct 28, 2019

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"Thanks CapnRon! One more question. What length dowel and what size string do you use for the base string. Also, I notice the neck is quite a bit longer than I use for my standard G tuned guitars. So what do you tune yours…"

Oct 28, 2019

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"Thank you for your interest in my guitars. The necks are 1 1/8 dia. dowels. Oak, Maple, and mahogany. I'm working on being more of a musician but I don't know the scale. A real good friend taught me how to make the guitars. I made them and…"

Oct 28, 2019

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Oct 28, 2019

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: On line

How many instruments have you built so far?: 20

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: Great sound, easy to play, fun to build and teach others to build, winding my own Flatpup style pickups.

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At 6:50am on October 28, 2019, CapnRons Lobo's said…: I started with 36" and changed later to 48" and cut them off a little so the strings would fit. The bass string is a 70 or 72. Tuning is B,B, F#, B. That's how Lenny taught me to tune them. Some of the artists who have them change to G. What ever you prefer. I haven't made one in a while. I don't have mine right now. I have just retired and moved to Mexico and my stuff is in transit. Mine is also the first one that i built. It's the shorter version.

At 3:07am on October 28, 2019, CapnRons Lobo's said…: Thank you for your interest in my guitars. The necks are 1 1/8 dia. dowels. Oak, Maple, and mahogany. I'm working on being more of a musician but I don't know the scale. A real good friend taught me how to make the guitars. I made them and can tune them and scratch out a little noise. I can't a song at all. Yet! I just retired and will be learning to play. Be sure to send me a pic when you finish your guitar.