"Thanks for the Welcome Eric! I'm in the process of buildig another Krar for my friend and will post pics when it's finished."
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Adam Crofts commented on Adam Crofts's photo
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"I put a short video of the krar on my page a few hours ago; it shows my friend playing and everyone else dancing. Good times!"
Eric Townsend left a comment for Adam Crofts"hey man, I tried to find your 'introduce yourself' link from my email --- but weird, sometimes the CBGN link sends me to the 'introduce yourself' page but no way to see or find the comment that was in my email that I was hoping…"
Adam Crofts replied to Huntz Meyer's discussion Chicago Daily Southtown article - plug for CBN!"It's great that UPI catagorized the story under "odd news". We're all a little odd here, aren't we? :)
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Adam Crofts commented on Adam Crofts's photo
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"The strings are usually strummed while the left hand mutes those that you don't want to vibrate. Definitely a unique sound! You can actually find a lot of people playing them on youtube."
Rand Moore commented on Adam Crofts's photoIMG_0319
"It looks like a neat instrument. How is this played? Maybe plucked like a harp or played with a pick like a guitar? It vaguely looks like a Greek lyre.
-Rand."
Liam Stirling commented on Adam Crofts's photoIMG_0319
"That's phenomenal! I Love seeing unconventional instruments on here, keep up the work and I hope to see more soon."
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We wanna know who you are! Where ya from? What'cha buildin'? This is a place for new members to introduce themselves and old 'uns to show 'em around.I'm Shane & I run the Nation. I'm glad you're here. Come on in and tune up!See More
Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman left a comment for Adam Crofts"WELCOME to the madnesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss...!"
Adam Crofts added a discussion to the group Baritone Guitar (cbg)
Baritone a la fender bass VI
Hi all,I just joined up and am looking forward to building some instruments! I thought I might start with a 3 or 4 string baritone strung with strings for a Fender bass VI (or Jaguar Baritone). Any sugestions on pickups, tuning, which strings out of the 6-string set to use, etc.? I'm kind of going for a Robert Smith /Cure vibe with a little Morphine (the band, not the drug:)) mixed in. Thanks!See More
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- At 6:09pm on January 12, 2011, Eric Townsend said…
- hey man, I tried to find your 'introduce yourself' link from my email --- but weird, sometimes the CBGN link sends me to the 'introduce yourself' page but no way to see or find the comment that was in my email that I was hoping to link to...
anywho. glad you're onboard with CBG. I made my first CBG from an unfinished, super light basswood cheapo 'cigar/jewelry box' from a crafts store, came out way better than expected, but now have been building my own boxes...so not sure if they count as CBGs...i still call them that though.
Digging on your lyre-style build. I've been planning a harp type thing, but thought I'd build the whole harp neck as a soundboard (or with chambers, etc) and have a separate neck for a 2 or 3 string to do 'lead/melody' lines on. I don't know. But seeing yours and other alt folk builds gets me so filled with ideas...bumming I can't just build them for a living (although there's an idea)
peace to you --- and will look for more of your builds later. ET
- At 12:57pm on January 10, 2011, Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman said…
- WELCOME to the madnesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss...!
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