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Welcome to my journey, just sharing a little bit about what I am doing and learning in hope you folks will jump in and share your tips and tricks with me..My first true serious attempt in the studio with a CBG. having a blast discovering all the things a feller can do on one of these fiddles, running most of my sound through a small Roland micro cube I found at a pawn shop for little of nothing, those fellers did not have a clue what it was worth, nope, I don't feel one bit guilty, diggin' the grit and gravel sound from it, not quite use to the steel slide, I been using a shot glass but I have to play it lap style and pick, need me a glass slide I reckon. using a Cajon with a kick pedal, took an old mic windsock and put over the beater to make it a little warmer sounding, then attached to a piece of siding I grabbed from my neighbors shack after the storm,hey it blew over next to my shack. Ha! sorta holds that box in place when I get to stompin', stuck a kick drum mic in the sound port, I also use an old butchers block with a piezo mic strapped to it for tappin and jinglin'..I reckon all I need now other than talent is a dancin' monkey and start my own side show...

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Comment by James O Lunsford on March 20, 2016 at 8:04pm: Looks like you got a good set up in your studio.I have to do my vid's in a small Bedroom now since I down size to My small cabin in the Blue ridge Mountains

Comment by Papa D on March 20, 2016 at 2:12pm: yea buddy...

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on March 20, 2016 at 9:50am: That looks awesome and also like it takes a whole set of multiple mad skills. I'm all at once in awe and terrified of your set up!

Comment by Jim Morris on March 20, 2016 at 9:22am: Nice set up! We need a sound sample of it all together! Micro Cube is one of my favorites if I'm gonna use an amp.

Comment by Dan Hoodoo Man on March 20, 2016 at 9:16am: I'll give then a look-see Uncle John, Thanks..

Comment by Uncle John on March 20, 2016 at 9:11am: PS: Me and a lot of others are fans of the Roland Micro Cube. Wes Carl, Maddog and others are makers of cool amps and their pics are worth a look. CB Gitty sells amp parts and kits. Cool to do, but without knowhow and bigger speakers, they are not gong to come close to sounding like your cube.

Comment by Uncle John on March 20, 2016 at 9:09am: Nice story, pics and cajon.

Seems like I like different slides on different songs. Overall, my favorite is a Dunlop tapered brass. Then some pretty ceramic slides made by Dave Lynas here on CBN. Then some bottle ends. I have an old metal socket of my dad's out in the shop.

Randy Bretz here on CBN is a master craftsman and makes bone slides. Worth a look at his photos. No knock on Randy, but any bone slide seems too grippy on the string to me. But many folks love the bone slides.