Added by Loco on October 27, 2011 at 4:30am — No Comments
Today's Plan
Todays To Do List:
I started my second build last night.
I picked up the following materials
Poplar : 1/4"x8"x4'
Poplar : 1/4"x2"x4'
Poplar : 1/4"x3"x4'
Poplar : 1"x2x4"
I cut the desired lenghts that I wanted to make. Which was a box with
7-1/4"x10"x3"H
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ContinueOk well first thing is to get a box. I didnt know where to begin but then remembered about a cigar store near my parents area in Toronto. I went in one day and inquired about empty cigarboxs and he sold me 3 for $6. Not a bad deal. I picked 3 different sizes and eventually picked one for my 1st build. Since I play the Charango which is tuned GG,CC,Ee,AA,EE I naturally decided to build a Cigar Box Ukulele aka CBU. Once i got my desired box size i began to go assemble the materials from my own…
ContinueAdded by Loco on October 23, 2011 at 4:44pm — No Comments
Added by Dan Sleep on October 23, 2011 at 10:10am — 3 Comments
From Ira Glass . . .
“What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me . . . is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people…
Added by Jim Mitchell on October 22, 2011 at 12:49am — 7 Comments
Another steep learning curve...after sifting through the footage that Stan Newton had taken throughout the day I managed to assemble something that approached a film record of the day, figuring out how to add credits and titles. Then the task of actually putting it onto a DVD...converting it to the right format, adding menus, titles, music...blimey still I just about managed it. Of course then the next task is figuring how to actually burn it to disk..and then software tells me the whole…
ContinueAdded by ChickenboneJohn on October 21, 2011 at 10:44pm — 1 Comment
Well...it's all over for an other year...Boxstock that is. Just over two weeks on and I've got my office and workshop almost back to normal and I'm starting proper work again. I've got a long backlog of guitars to get on with, so sincere apologies to all my customers who are still waiting. The responsibility and culmination of a lot of work had taken it's toll on me both physically and mentally..so I'm just about surfacing again! This sort of thing just doesn't stop, as soon as it was over,…
ContinueAdded by ChickenboneJohn on October 18, 2011 at 6:20pm — No Comments
I've run into a slight setback with this guitar, which I've decided to name La pesada (double meaning: annoying and heavy). The problem lies in the frets. You boys with the planers... I hope you appreciate what you've got. I think my personal planing system - a few hours of sanding back and forth along the fretboard until all the cut marks disappeared - left a bit of a valley in the middle of the board. That's my theory at least.
That wasn't my only problem, however.…
ContinueAdded by John Schafer on October 18, 2011 at 3:30am — 2 Comments
I thought I'd post some pictures of the work process. The idea was to make a really cheap electric guitar. Expectations were pretty low since this was my first buld. I didn't have a clear view on what the finished product will look like. Only that it will have 3 strings and no fretboard. Everything else was decided on the fly.
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ContinueAdded by Juha K on October 17, 2011 at 10:00pm — No Comments
INTRO
In this Blog I will detailing the procedure I took in building my CBU.
I will be posting pictures and notes in the near future, stay tuned.
Loco
Added by Loco on October 17, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Added by Ted Crocker on October 17, 2011 at 6:02am — 1 Comment
(I found this old post on my computer of the Ugly Duckling/Beautiful Swan CBG Challence from the old Yahoo CBG group. I thought you'd enjoy it. BTW, I won the Challenge)
Crocker Ugly Duckling/Beautiful Swan…
ContinueAdded by Ted Crocker on October 17, 2011 at 5:30am — No Comments
Alright!! Proud to say that www.leavingmissblue.com is finally up! Check it out for another take on playing CBG. Thoughts/opinions welcome!!...
Willy
Added by Will Martin on October 16, 2011 at 2:05pm — No Comments
Finaly finished this Aluminium Tricone Resonator...technically it's not a cigarbox guitar, but it's made with the same spirit... apart from the tuners, strings and cones everything is handmade... .. went to the DIY store, bought some aluminium sheets and some other stuff then glued, nailed and hammered it together... 3 ukelele cones amplify the vibrations of the strings via the aluminium/ebony bridge... the coverplate made from a cymbal protects the bridge and cones... rosewood fingerboard,…
ContinueAdded by Ruben Poncia on October 14, 2011 at 9:07pm — 5 Comments
Hi.
I now have a little website up at:
Please feel free to pop in and have a look. Comments welcome. If you like it enough to spread the word I would be grateful for that too.
Thanks and all the best.
John…
ContinueAdded by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on October 13, 2011 at 9:00pm — 24 Comments
The Delta Box will be a Crocker production instrument. I'm creating all the templates, jigs, components and hardware so I can assemble many of these at a time. The complete opposite of what I usually do.
The box
Using a Forstner bit in the drill press to make holes for the 2 broomsticks neck…
ContinueAdded by Ted Crocker on October 13, 2011 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
Added by olly on October 13, 2011 at 7:17am — 2 Comments
haha - alrighty - J-Bone here - it was a busy week & weekend - we hit a least one new open mic and played some reg. spots - also played a rad show on sat. - well... heres the run down -
#24 monday oct. 3rd - Salt Creek Wine Bar - 8900 Fairview, Brookfield, Il.
#25 monday oct. 3rd - Miss Kittys Saloon - 634 E Ogden Ave Naperville, IL -
We went…
ContinueAdded by j bone on October 11, 2011 at 8:28am — No Comments
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