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At 8:23am on January 23, 2012, petey twofinger said…
hello sir , i noticed your message about leaving chicago . i am in downers grove and need supplies . you can get a hold of me here or at my email where i could give you a phone # if necessary . p e t e y t w o f i n g e r at yahoo dot com . i have transportation , willing to come whenever . please let me know , thanks , pete .
At 3:58pm on June 2, 2011, Diane in Chicago said…
Hey, thanks!  It plays really well, too - a bonus!
At 6:42am on April 7, 2011, Gary Simkins said…

Scotty,

Your Pearl Caddy looks great, but you are right. I am more into playing than building. What I am really looking for is a more traditional looking CB Bass made from a wooden CB with natural wood finish. I want it fretless and I think 4 strings. I am just starting to research this but am finding it difficult to find someone who is  currently building and selling this type of instrument. I can find many CBG makers but it seems basses are more rare. Maybe there is a higher degree of difficulty because of the higher string tension.   

At 6:19am on April 7, 2011, Gary Simkins said…

Hi Scotty,

Thanks for the comment. I have considered making one myself but I am just not quite sure of how to make sure that everything is going to end up right. I have heard that it takes several builds to make enough mistakes to get to a good one. What is your take on this.

At 3:50pm on March 25, 2011, Shelley said…

Hi Scotty!

Thanks for stopping by. F-hole secrets? Well, i cut them with this: http://www.madshrimps.be/files/images/howto/Budget_Shark_Cu-jmke-384.jpg

And i took it slow and easy and tried not to cuss too much!

At 2:11am on March 17, 2011, Diane in Chicago said…

Scotty, don't know if I'll ever go for the router.  I use that $6 scraper tool from Stanley for shaping the back of the neck and that plus sandpaper is about it.  But I do have a mind to look into spoke shaves and like that.

 

But I'll be looking to see yours done with a router at our next gathering!

At 12:13pm on March 11, 2011, Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw said…

Hi Scotty.

Thanks for the nice comments. I do angle the neck but I don't know what the angle is.If I give you the relevant dimensions I think it will make sense. Where the neck meets the box the neck is also level with the top of the box. The fretboard is higher and is 6mm thick. The frets are medium so I think they are about 1mm high so that makes the frets about 7mm above the top surface of the box. If I site along the neck from the nut towards the box the top of the fretboard is almost level with the top of the box, so that means that they neck is angled back by about 6mm from where it comes out of the box to where the nut is. I hope this makes sense. The height of the strings above the fretboard at the nut it just under 2mm and the height at the 12th fret is just under 4.5mm between the string and the fretboard (so just under 3.5mm from string to top of the 12 fret). The string height at the bridge is about 14mm.

Sorry but that's a lot of numbers and I hope they are helpful. I am pretty much a novice builder and only just starting to learn to play the thing. Having said that I seem to be finding this one quite easy to play so maybe the action is about right. I suppose time will tell. Good luck with the making.

All the best.

John

At 7:57pm on February 4, 2011, Skeesix said…
Yes, I have a very nice amp - Fender late 60's silverface tube amp.
At 10:51am on January 5, 2011, Robert Bear said…
Thanks.  Appreciate it.
At 8:37am on January 5, 2011, Robert Bear said…
All my squares are 9.75" wide by 16.75" long.  I go about it different than most.I use three pieces of lumber... Two that are 1/4" thick and one that is anywhere from 1.5 to 2 inches thick.  The thick one gets cut so that it forms the sides, neck pocket and base... then I essentially sandwich that in between the two 1/4 inch slabs.  Fairly easy process.
At 5:23am on January 3, 2011, Ben said…

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/bens-6string-lapsteel?context=user

The only real suggestion I'd make is to make sure it is plenty strong enough. 6 strings (especially reso strings or something thick) will sound best but put a hurtin' on it (especially if you're planning to tune it up to GBDgbd). I guess it doesn't really matter for action but you want your instrument to be as stable as possible. If you're going the traditional "plank-style" build there shouldn't be any problems there. Good luck! Oh yeah...get a nice heavy slide...it really makes a difference!

At 9:53am on December 30, 2010, Tres Seaver said…
I think a cutting board would be too rigid -- maybe a piece of 1/8" birch plywood from the craft store would do.
At 9:44am on December 30, 2010, Tres Seaver said…

The body of the banjo is a laminate of some blond wood:  I didn't make it, but found it in the kitchenware section at Goodwill.  You can see it better in this picture:

 

At 9:14am on December 13, 2010, Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said…

I appreciate that very much, bro.  The honest sharing of knowledge is important to me on a level of being sacred.  It makes me very happy to know that I can help others along by sharing what I have learned (or even more so what I have learned not to do).

Be cool.

At 7:19am on December 13, 2010, Wichita Sam said…

Scotty,

 

thanks for "friending" me!  If you ever need a hand, let me know...

 

the best,

 

Wichita Sam

At 5:53am on November 21, 2010, Ricky Martin said…
Scotty, send me an e-mail at gmartin5@stny.rr. com and I will pair you up with a soldier in afghanistan.
At 5:15pm on November 6, 2010, Kimmer Olesak said…
So far, I've been using some of the tools from building kayaks; mostly I trim out the bulk with the bandsaw then use my favorite micro-rasp. Then there's always the planers. There was a small chisel used to help form the shape at the top. I ended up with a lot of wood up there I didn't expect so I decided to add a little interest. Seemed to work out. I made a bunch of mistakes along the way so far but hope to just repeat a few of them on the next one.
Thanks for checking, adding and commenting. It is all much appreciated.
At 9:36pm on October 12, 2010, Roosterman said…
Hey man. I just broke the neck off the violin - the glue was pretty old and rubbish, so it came off pretty easy!
B
At 4:35am on October 6, 2010, Johnny Debit said…
I first saw Peter Howlett demonstrate it on Youtube. He makes his own dowels, but I pick mine up at my local True Value Hardware. They are mainly used in furniture building where the pieces need to be assembled and disasembled often. A video is worth a thousand words.
At 5:26pm on September 20, 2010, bairfoot cajun said…
glad if i can help,anytime, take care and let me know how things work out when you get going with the project.

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