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3 Chord Ziggy replied to Big D's discussion The strangest thing happen to me on my birthday in the group Introduce Yourself!

Mar 1, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy commented on Cigar Box Nation's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Man, those are beauties!! You carve those neck? Love the headstocks!"

Feb 22, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy commented on Cigar Box Nation's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Whatever tuning it'll hold! No, I'm happiest playing slide in G, which is a bit easier on questionable necks. That 5th in the root on a 6-banger in G is annoying sometimes. Think Keif and his Tele. But standard is working OK,…"

Feb 22, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy commented on Cigar Box Nation's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"For what it's worth, my first build. Been wanting to do this for years and have a pile of boxes intended for said use. Then I found this one at the local smoke shop and, well, yeah, pretty much gotta use it!"

Feb 22, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy left a comment for Gary Mullens

"Well, I have a Champ X2, which also takes 6V6 tubes. I only got three 6V6s out of that mass of new old stock tubes. One is an old metal tube, which is less than optimal. One is used and not running at 100%. The remaining one is an RCA…"

Feb 18, 2020

Gary Mullens left a comment for 3 Chord Ziggy

"Hi,thanks for the reply on the tube for my amp. The tube # is 6V6GT for a Fender Champion 600. Let me know, and thanks."

Feb 18, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy commented on Cigar Box Nation's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Also wondering why Gary's question seems lost in the mist. Thanks, Mark Bliss, for the heads-up. As for Gary Mullens' question, I'd chime in with Paul Craig, a C-note seems pretty steep unless it's NOS from Europe or…"

Feb 17, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I did the filler bit with the shellac and even added some sawdust. I think it would work the same way as with the oil. I rushed it, I'm pretty sure, because I didn't get everything filled all the way..."Patience is a…"

Feb 16, 2020

Ben Ridgeway replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Oil finish on all my builds due to allergies The more coats the harder your surface If I'm working with a porous wood and need some filler I do a 120 grit sand and put on a couple coats of oil, then do my finish sanding and re-oil It's a…"

Feb 16, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Cool, what I needed to know. I suspected that the furniture polish had elements that might not be desirable. I'm a scientist by trade, but I'm retired and really don't feel up to running organic chemistry…"

Feb 16, 2020

ChickenboneJohn replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"We make our own fretboard treatments - a pure food grade mineral oil with essential lemon oil, and also a fretboard cleaner and conditioner with oil of Atlas Cedar. Don't use furniture polish as it usually has stuff you don't want such as…"

Feb 16, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Thanks for the info. Question: what are you using for lemon oil? Furniture polish stuff? Pure lemon essential oil? Specialized fretboard treatment stuff (eg: Dunlop)? Your own concoction? The Intergoogle is full…"

Feb 16, 2020

ChickenboneJohn replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"We use black walnut all the time as fretboards (when I say all the time, I mean hundreds and hundreds of them) and it's absolutely fine. It does not need a finish, just a light application of lemon oil or similar fretboard…"

Feb 15, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Note response to Matt above. The sewing machine oil worked nicely. And, yeah, we've somehow started on restoring old sewing machines, so we have about a gallon of the stuff lying around!"

Feb 14, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"You're referring to the oil or the lanolin? I'm guessing the oil...."

Feb 14, 2020

3 Chord Ziggy replied to 3 Chord Ziggy's discussion Walnut overload in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Yeah, I looked hard at the Tru-Oil. Seems easy to work with, relatively non-toxic, and easy to find, which is one of the crucial elements here in the middle of nowhere! I may still experiment with that. Right now this is all a…"

Feb 14, 2020

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What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: I like odd stuff. Am an odd guy. Love woodworking but pretty much suck at it, and these don't have to be perfect. Been playing slide for over 40 years and want to make functional, funky rigs for these cold Maine nights. And i have 120 board feet of walnut to play with!!

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At 1:11pm on February 18, 2020, Gary Mullens said…: Hi,thanks for the reply on the tube for my amp. The tube # is 6V6GT for a Fender Champion 600. Let me know, and thanks.