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Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood's 'Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly - Just Strange'

Started this discussion. Last reply by T-Gripped Oct 10, 2020. 1 Reply

A new book and museum exhibition celebrate the work of North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines. His handmade guitars are crafted from found materials and hunks of old wood, including some from a tree…Continue

Solidbody Electric Guitar From Plywood

Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Craig Mar 4, 2016. 20 Replies

Here's a nicely-done article about building a solidbody electric guitar from plywood. Total build: body, neck, fingerboard, everything. I'd call this a "found-material project", related to cigar box…Continue

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Kid reinvents wheel

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At first, I thought this was going to be a parody, but he actually pulls it off, using a lot of techniques that will be familiar to us.…Continue

Latest build - a six-string

Started this discussion. Last reply by Josh Thompson Apr 25, 2013. 1 Reply

I just put up a couple of photos of my latest build. I did it for my guitar instructor, who liked my four-string and asked me to make him a 6-string. He set some parameters by giving me two boxes, a…Continue

 

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Mexican folk bass (tololoche)

I found this in a small local museum in El Rosario, Baja California, Mexico. It's identified as a tololoche, which is a plucked folk instrument pitched between a double bass and a cello. In its traditional form, it has a cello-like body with a…
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T-Gripped replied to Busyhands Slim's discussion Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood's 'Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly - Just Strange'
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Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood's 'Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly - Just Strange'

A new book and museum exhibition celebrate the work of North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines. His handmade guitars are crafted from found materials and hunks of old wood, including some from a tree once used for a lynching.https://www.npr.org/2020/09/13/909213376/hanging-tree-guitars-the-woods-not-good-not-bad-not-ugly-just-strangeSee More
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Busyhands Slim replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion VIDEOS: How to Make Copper Wire Frets on a Cigar Box Guitar
"The big advantage of copper wire is that it's softer than steel, so easier to tie. Copper gets harder as you work with it (bending, hammering, etc), and softens after you heat it in a flame, unlike steel. So you can soften the ends in a flame…"
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