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Scandinavian CBG headquarters

Welcome CBG players from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Let's share our “arctic” experiences and ideas. Broaden your CBG network in this corner of the world. Friends and fans around the world are more than welcome to join!

Location: Scandinavia / Northern Europe
Members: 34
Latest Activity: on Wednesday

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Finding red oak/poplar/maple in norway

Started by Vini Machado. Last reply by Brakken May 25, 2012. 2 Replies

I moved to bergen, norway a few months ago and have had a hard time finding wood for necks. When i lived in boston i could just go to home depot and get oak and poplar at the right size but here it…Continue

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Comment by ED (Bad Finger) on September 7, 2011 at 10:43am

Hello to my friends from Finland.  My great-grandparents were immigrants to the USA - family name Pietila.  My great grandmother spoke little English and my grandfather, unfortunately, did not pass much of any Finnish language to his children.  We learned the important things like sauna and Sisu, but that's about it.

 

I have a set of old wooden skis brought over from Finland and they have become unusable and damaged over the years of changing hands.  Maybe I can find a way to make a guitar neck or several from them.  :)

 

Kiitos!

Comment by Jarmo Katajisto on October 29, 2010 at 6:08am
Thanks Kari, yes , few working partners hear that interview but probably they are not intresting CBG´s.
Comment by Kari O. Kantola on October 29, 2010 at 2:29am
Jarmo: nice interview!!! :-) Hope that it gives some publicity...
Comment by Kari O. Kantola on October 29, 2010 at 2:16am
In Graceland there is:
Sunday 5.12. Gangster of Love, one band from Turku!
Saturday 11.12. Erja Lyytinen, my favorite blues artist from Finland!!!
Comment by Jarmo Katajisto on October 21, 2010 at 4:21am
my interview in local radio station in Finland

http://areena.yle.fi/audio/1371175
Comment by Jarmo Katajisto on October 21, 2010 at 1:13am
Comment by Jarmo Katajisto on October 7, 2010 at 6:15am
Ok Justin :)

and your finnish typing is better than my english typing
Comment by Justin Everett Rice on October 6, 2010 at 4:25pm
Jarmo, morro
Yeah my Finnish typing is not so good, but I can say it. It was American slang that I brought to my Finnish friends and we translated it.
Comment by Jarmo Katajisto on October 6, 2010 at 3:50pm
Hi Justin

Well Forssa is not far away from here where i live, place name is Lieto, it is about 70km to Turku from Forssa.

Judge Bone a.ka. Hannu "Tuomari" Nurmio.
I saw some pictures from him and his guitar looks like CBG.

:D What is that ?

" Mita, onko sulla heikka pillusa? "
Somebody told you that Finnish aphorism?
I have never heard it, but it is quite fun :)

Little correction:

it is going in Finnish " Mitä, onko sinulla hiekkaa pillussa? "
and if you not know what that word means in English ....

"What, do you have sand in your pussy? "

:D
Comment by Justin Everett Rice on October 6, 2010 at 2:09pm
I was an exchange student living in Forssa, Finland in 2000. I went back to visit friends in 2008 and saw Judge Bone play in Helsinki, I am pretty sure he was playing a 6 string cigar box. Since then I have been obsessed.
Mita, onko sulla heikka pillusa?
 

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