Mine was realy PONDAN cakepowder from Indonesia,and it includes PANDAN aroma maybee from the leafes you mention ! it is HALAL and baked whit lots of egg's and verry tasty, in indonesia  they use it for something called "Spekcake"its a build cake whit layer on layer olso verry tasty !! thanks for your info and thanks !

No!,Who was he ? a baker?

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Thank you, BrianQ. . I am pretty excited about all this. You all look like a great bunch. But I have a question, please: Is there a teacher or mentor who can help me get started? I live in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. I'd love some help from an experienced player to speed me along on this exciting journey. Thanks for any help. Les Potter

My First CBG is going to be made with a snapper turtle shell, 3 strings, poplar neck ( I already have these things ). Haven't decided how i'm going to close up the back of the shell yet, maybe just a 1/4 inch birch ( from 1 of my flooring jobs) cut to fit. Any ideas would be helpful. Also have not decided on what kind of pickup to use. Thanks, Bob.

Thanks for letting me join.I'm only interested in the 6 strings models.

Thank you for the warm Welcome!

I am sure as the time goes by I will have boat loads of questions !

Awesome! Thanks!

Many thanks, looking foerward to asking plenty!

Thank you

Thanks BrianQ!  i thought as much , but somtimes we try to cheat reality,

whit cheap solutions,that do not work ,to find out what we allready knew! thanks for reminding me ! Greeeeeettsszzz A.D.

 Thanks Brian Q,,thanks everybody for so much helkp,,especially Nick for being there to talk about the tin pan alley i ordered,,,i have order and recieved another neck,,fret board and other essential parts,,,making to more 3 string guitar,,so much and and a blast to strum and play,,learn,,,great to be part of this,,,even though,,,,it is kinda like Wilkl Rogers,,or Mark Twain,,on or the other,,i would not want to belong to a group or org thta would have me as a member,,,gotta keep a sense of humor,,,larry

Thanks for the welcome Brian.  Great resource for the community.

Thank you Brian! I look forward to learning much from this awesome website. So much talent!!!

Thank you

Hi Brian, Thanks for the welcome. I have been watching videos from Glenn and Dell and enjoy their videos very much. I have been looking at everythin I could find on cigar box guitars. I hope to find more time to work on my build and on my playing. Thanks again.

Thank You. I look forward to checking out that video.

Thank you Brother, glad to be here !!!

Thanks. I am feeling VERY confident about the lap steels. I think there is the potential for me to turn out some pretty nice pieces.

Caveat... These are NOT going to be furniture woodworker quality, but they will not be hacked junk either. I'm looking at it as half folk art...