"They had to. People kept taking the speakers and turning them into guitar amps. : )
Nice looking build and amp John. SWEAT! "
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Jim Hensons's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Uncle John Dec 16, 2018. 7 Replies 4 Likes
Thought ya'll would like this.CBGs are everywhere!Continue
I love auctions! their like yard sales with an MC.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cause the Blue rat Dec 16, 2018. 14 Replies 4 Likes
I don't always have a chance to get to them. But when I do I can usually come home with a bargain or two. Last night was a good night. Paid $3 for a Ryobi drill. Works! Paid $12 for 329 CDs. Out of…Continue
My first real work bench.
Started this discussion. Last reply by BeetleJuice! Dec 18, 2018. 18 Replies 4 Likes
this is most of what's in the 'What's on your work bench' thread. Decided best to have this in a thread of it's own. Instead of highjacking the other thread. Don't want to loose the content from the…Continue
Bob Dylan's 'Knocking on Heaven's Door'.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Hans Sep 24, 2018. 3 Replies 2 Likes
Standard G,D.G tuning.Four chord song. Same progression for both verse and…Continue
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"Photo shop. :) just kidding. Like anything else worth doing it takes time and practice. Besides you shouldn't judge a CBG on how it looks. How it sounds is so much more important. "
"Yo can get pine teles right from Fender. But totally agree pine is not the best choice for a neck.
Still to cold in the shop. So I've been spending a lot of time with Logic Pro X. There's a lot of free stuff I've added to this…"
"Yes you can! It's really easy to turn a six string into a three or four. I go with the 5th, 4th and 3rd string positions when doing it to my guitars. You also have the added bonus of being able to set the intonation right with your bridge. It…"
"Swinging speaker? Try switching over to classical music the next time. The geist might get board and leave before you do. :)
Not knowing the history or physical layout of your shop I approached this from a physical and psychological stand point. By…"
"Is it a wall that moves?. How sturdy is this wall? Because this file has the least amount of friction between it and the wall it would be the first to move All the other tools have a wide area of friction wheres this one has only the slick…"
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"Awesome video Dave. Be cool to hear the guitar.
Jeff, like all youtube vids most of the channels opening comment is cut off. Click on the youtube link to get the full comment and all Dave's links."
"I'm not the only one!!!! Took a bit to figure out that if I clicked on the latest entry I'd go to the end of a thread. "
"Not only are bass strings expensive. They don't last as long as guitar strings. Unless your a player who likes the dull thud of dead strings. If you can try Ebay or Amazon for the strings."
"Timothy, the license is needed to validate the software. Without it I can't use it. So for $50+ a year I can use the free software? Not my understanding of free. What even more insane is non of the software they offer is unique. Not like…"
"Hey Taffy, sorry about that. let me know what you don't understand and I'll do my best to explain.
Live and learn. I've just learned that a huge set of free plugins I've downloaded are free to download. But I'll have…"
"I just learned there's good news for those of us who use Audacity. If you go to their site you can down load a boat load of free plugins. After doing this I opened Audacity to find it will also work with 90% of the free stuff I just got for…"
"Timothy, a three string bass would be awesome! And the EAD tuning would be great for walking bass lines.
We as it's still the holidays I'm still sitting back and watching that fretboard sanding block radius jig video over and over. And…"
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- At 6:06pm on November 2, 2018,
Michael Fred Johnson said…
Thanks for the comment Rat
- At 4:08pm on May 9, 2015,
c# merle said…
i totally dig your version of 'loner' on the NY disc. if some drums and bass kicked in at 1:14 i'd be in sonic nirvana. great sounds
- At 3:27pm on April 19, 2015,
Low Budget Luthier said…
Not just means, it's not a cbg, is all.
- At 9:51am on April 13, 2015,
Gary Wiese said…
Thanks for your comment on my lap steel guitar. The color is Sea Side Blue. Tried to get that 50`s look.
- At 11:07pm on July 19, 2014,
gary herget said…
glad you were able to make the club meet today, everyone enjoyed your new guitar. Spoke with Russ this evening and he said he really enjoyed playing guitars with you and Clark. Hope your schedule works out next month.
Gary
- At 12:24am on June 3, 2014,
Hey Rat, if you have a cordlees drill would you mind bringing it to the fest to use in building the kit guitars. Need #1 and#2 phillips bits if you have those as well. Be great if you can help with this. Oh yeah don't forget to charge the batteries the nite before.
Thanks Gary
- At 10:38pm on May 20, 2014,
The website address works just as is.
- At 10:27pm on May 20, 2014,
Hey Rat, there's a website for the fest, it kinda long but you can see what last years fest looked like. www.stlcigarboxguitarfestival.com you may need to spell out st. Louis don't remember give it a try if it doesn't work let me know.
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