"Hi
I would go with the water slide off decal for the logo, used it in the past. Now I do mother of pearl inlau, it takes practice, but it worth it"
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My Version for the CBG - The CBGR
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R for revolution....Hey, all you out there,I'm new here and thought I share…Continue
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"You can use fine wood saw dust mixed with lacquer to the consistency of a paste, then it rubbed in the pores, let dry and sanded with 400 grid sandpaper. That should give you good surface for the finish, and it will meatch the wood since you use the…"
"Hi man,
Had this problem with my sound hole screen covers. Fixed it by placing rubber between the screen hole cover rim to the wood. Similar to point 2 in Dennis post. In my view, the cause for buzzing is vibrating metal on the wood and you want to…"
"A good alternative to traditional 6 string tuning is to tune the 3 low string or 2 low strings for a low E or low D tuning to simulate Bass lines and use the 3 or 4 high strings for other tunings for CBG style playing.
Don't let 6 strings…"
"Thank you for defying the forces of change and standing up for 6-strings."
"I love the detail, but don’t cut yourself short there are very good videos to help us learn on the 3 string instrument."
"Hi. I put it on the side, right next to the jack input.
if the material is too thick, use forstner drill to thine it from the inner side obviously"
"Nice job, very professional looking."
"The box is 195mm wide and 300mm long. Depth is 50mm"
"Nice.
What's the dimensions of the box?"
"Hi Amir if you was referring to the photo of the CBG in the thumbnail photo here, yes it is as you describe.
Its a CBG designed and built to acoustic guitar specs and considerations. It was an experiment to show me how much better a "box"…"
"I know it is great. I use the premade necks. I lack some important woodworking tools. "
"hi there
this is not a pre-made neck, I actually build it from scratch by laminating 5 pcs. sapele and maple.
Regards,
Amir
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- I'm a huge fan of old-time American music, blues, and folk.
Because I'm not much of a guitar player, I decided to build the cigar box like a 6 string standard neck. also, I don't have access to an actual cigar box, nor I gave it a try, I enjoy building the box from scratch
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- At 11:25am on February 11, 2019,
BrianQ. said…
Welcome to the nation Amir
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Song lyrics for Steve's new song
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