May 2012 Blog Posts (29)

A weekend off...

So...a guitar free weekend ...a trip to Paris for me and my wife Jane.  This is where we ended up having lunch on Saturday...a bit rough but we put up with it....

And guitar free? Almost... on Sunday we were up at the Marche Aux Puces, Paris's massive (but massive) flea market....walking down the street we heard the unmistakable sound  of le Jazz…

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Added by ChickenboneJohn on May 8, 2012 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Charity gig funds Raised!

Hi,

Following on from my post gig report I can confirm that the total raised on Sunday for Help for Heroes and the MS Society Charity gig was 625 pounds!

Not a bad evenings work I think!

 

Many thanks,

 

Lead

Added by Leadfoot T on May 7, 2012 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Cigar Box Festival Event Cambridge

The incredibly talented Col from StumbleCol has today asked Leadfoot to play at the Cambridge Cigar Box Festival 11th August 2012. Col has been an inspiration to me from when I first got to see him "doin his thang" on YouTube. It's an incredible honor for me to be asked. Naturally myself and Fast Fingers will be attending to play a 30 min set! I hope the Nation get behind Col in promoting this event spreading the word and attending in droves. I'm sure once Col has finalised the events…

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Added by Leadfoot T on May 7, 2012 at 4:03am — No Comments

Post Gig Update

Last nights Leadfoot gig for Help for Heroes and The MS Society went down a storm. The cigar box genre and ethos was eaten up by all present with loads of questions regarding the guitars and suitcase drum. The Landlord tried to re-book us on the spot for tonight!

I personally had a blast belting out the Leadfoot grit & gravel rock blues live along with Fast Fingers Kev "The Bass"ment Dore. For a couple of the tracks a new face called Beetroot Steve joined in rocking out on…

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Added by Leadfoot T on May 7, 2012 at 12:35am — 2 Comments

OooHhhMmmYyyGggOooDdd!?!?!?

As of today, I have:

20 cbg's,

14 stick dulcimers,

4 lap dulcimers,

2 acoustic dreadnought guitars,

3 bass guitars,

4 electric guitars,

6 resonator guitars,  

2 parlor guitars,…

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Added by Clock The Wolf on May 4, 2012 at 10:00pm — 22 Comments

Build related links

These are some great sites that I have stumbled across that I dont want to lose. Hopefully others might find them useful. These are not specific CBG sites but rather amature luthier and Uke sites that I felt I could learn from and apply the information.  

This woman is a school teacher who builds guitars during her summer holidays. Awesome site with a tour of her workshop, links to luthier supply shops & Jig ideas I spent about an hour on this site and there is so much to go…

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Added by Penny Nelson on May 4, 2012 at 9:19pm — No Comments

More guitars going out

Slowly catching up with my backlog....2 Stellas just gone out after being with me for neck resets and general overhaul, a 1920's/30s Oscar Schmidt and a 1950s Harmony.

And this just finished today..a ResoCaster, flame maple over mahogany, Bill Lawrence blade humbucker…

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Added by ChickenboneJohn on May 3, 2012 at 11:22am — 5 Comments

Considerations for Selecting a Bottleneck Slide for Guitar

Considerations for Selecting a Bottleneck Slide for Guitar

Materials

Glass - In my opinion, glass…

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Added by Keni Lee Burgess on May 3, 2012 at 10:22am — 8 Comments

New Song - Time Stands Still (on the Burying Ground)

Last weekend I was alone walking around Boston's North End waiting for my wife and girls to arive in the city. I stepped into Copp's Hill Burying Ground and I was almost immediately inspired to write the following lyrics. Now I just need the appropriate tune to go with it.



Time Stands Still on the Burying Ground



Death heads on the stones

Marking spaces for ashes and bones

Was a young man walking…

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Added by Bad Finger (Eric) on May 1, 2012 at 3:00am — 19 Comments

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