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Dave Lynas commented on turtlehead's photo
Springtime for Keef
"Beautiful sound holes and design. I recommend a flatpup. I've used 3 of them and they all worked great and They sure are flat."
Dave Lynas left a comment for Mort"Hey Mort, i'm closing in on your build. I could use some more information. What string spacing do you like? Will you play it finger picking or slide or both? What strings do you use? Thick ones like the 46, 36, 17? or the thinner ones like 10,…"
Dave Lynas commented on Dave Lynas's photo
Headstock of #2
"Thanks Boxy, I like the binding. I needed to add it to make the fret ends friendly to touch and fill the gap from the narrow fretboard to the edge of the neck. I like the contrasting wood too. It speaks some quality into your build."
Boxy Music commented on Dave Lynas's photoHeadstock of #2
"Dave, thanks for posting this picture, I like the binding very much. I never considered it, but I'm making a tin uke right now which I may well do the same way (the guitar looks great so far by the way. I also like sturdy/over-engineered!)"
Dave Lynas left a comment for Mort"Hey Mort. There's more progress on your build. Pictures posted a few minutes ago. You can find all of the photos in my Squirrelworks album. ... Dave"
Dave Lynas commented on Careless John's video
Down and Out Blues.
"Great piece Careless. Buggery? I think i've got it. Lucky it's considered an attribute here in Duluth...."
Dave Lynas commented on Dave Lynas's photo
Parts is parts
"Thanks Mort. I've got the body glued up except for the top. That comes last. I'm changing plan a little. The way i glued it up the angle of the neck isn't right for my planned top. Not enough height for a bridge with the thick top…"
Dave Lynas left a comment for Turkeychicken"Hey Turkeychicken, that Mike Mulligan vid is awesome. I love the blue light in the cap. He's a good player and a good band. Sure is gratifying to see and hear your work played. Thanks for the show...."
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- How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?
- From Shane Speal and Sutton's Cigar Box Guitars book
I bought a Shane Speal Chugger 3 string, Then a Chris Weekly 4 string. Then started building my own.
Shane Speal, Chris Wheekly, Cigar Box books, you tube, have all influenced me.
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Comment Wall (107 comments)
- At 8:20pm on May 11, 2013,
David Clark said… Glad to be a friend. Any help and comments, positive or negative are appreciated as we can all learn from both.
David
- At 8:24pm on May 7, 2013,
Mort said… Howdy Dave, Missed yer message. A thousand apologies good sir! Yeah Winter sure as heck had me down! Man that Cabin fever was killin me! 8 months of snow, makes us Minnesotans who we are though. I'm still interested but the price is too high at the moment. There was a gas leak at work and we couldn't work, and then there was a few days I missed off of work, so money is tight this paycheck. No fun money right now. Gimmie a bit to get back on my feet and then I'm in! As far as the build. Yeah a nasty greasy pickup is preferred! You can go ahead and put it on a sturdy wood cigar box. I got a few great ones if ya wanna use those, including a thick bible box. I'm gonna bolt it onto a sculpture attached to a wood frame, so that'll make it easier. As far as the neck.... ummmm... whatever is cheaper for me and easier (or funner) for you! I will probably keep it a 3 stringer regardless. I like the simplicity. THANKS AGAIN, Talk to ya soon!
- At 7:04am on May 6, 2013,
david benham said… Thamks for the nice comments,
- At 7:12pm on May 5, 2013,
darren brown said… hi dave thanks buddy .
- At 12:06am on May 4, 2013,
JP Swenson said… Was it a Harmony Rocket you were looking for? Saw one in a guitar shop today. Cool old ax. Asking $650 I think. Ouch!
- At 6:32am on May 3, 2013,
Chris Thomas said… Hi Dave, you seem to have enjoyed looking through my pics which is great, the "Ashbone" git turned out really well and sounds awesome. My eldest son Guy claimed it and did me a demo vid, He wanted a fretless neck to do his slide guitar on, wish my playing was up to his standard but the building is more my forte. All the best Dave, have a good weekend, Chris. :)
- At 6:56pm on April 29, 2013,
Mike "Katfish" Karash said… Hey Dave, I'm back on the grid and saw your comment on the DoublHandy. Thanks for the kind words, they keep me inspired. I'm going to try to do a video as Uncle Toad suggested, It wails with a real player! I'm just a builder... so I've gotta go recruit one!
- At 9:50pm on April 27, 2013,
Ron Page said… Friends are always nice to have.
- At 4:34pm on April 14, 2013,
Elmar Zeilhofer said… Thanks Dave, very interesting for me to follow the progress pics. I'm very happy to see the Flatpups so far away from home :-)
- At 3:03pm on March 28, 2013,
Phillip Robert said… Thank you very much for your kind reply Dave...i found the Sun on your personal page here...°<[:-) [---]==={
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