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Arturo Fuente Magnum R

This is made with all CB Gitty's parts: Mocha tuners gold strap buttons, 2 gold mini buckers and gold hardtail also the frets are the narrow gold ones. Figured I would call it Goldie in honor of the good the bad and the ugly.

Added by Myron Joe Hickel on July 12, 2020 at 3:49pm — 1 Comment

Home made tenor tele

So I am getting a lot of youtube recommendations of Fenders new tenor guitars. And once I saw the price of them ,,,,,, Well I had to make one instead of going and getting one.…

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Added by Myron Joe Hickel on July 3, 2020 at 12:20pm — 6 Comments

1st Resonator 4 string

I had some electric stove burner covers from when we bought the house. The small ones are 8" in diameter and I figured they would work out just fine. I have it tuned dgbd and to my ears it sounds great, almost like it is being played through an amp.

Now I need to learn how to play.…

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Added by Myron Joe Hickel on August 28, 2019 at 10:41am — 3 Comments

My first

I know it is ugly as sin but it is able to be tuned. So I am happy with it, she has already gone a few changes. The parts were ordered through cb gitty after I purchased Shanes book. I had 3 cigar boxes but they ended up being made of card board. So I made a box using the dimensions of a john ruskin cigar box. I made the guitar to be played right handed and without frets. The dark wood under the bridge was the bridge and the oak fret was not in place. I had about 3/8ths of a inch in action…

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Added by Myron Joe Hickel on August 11, 2019 at 2:13pm — 5 Comments

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