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- At 3:21am on September 27, 2012, Savage Mojo CBG said…
Hmmm maybe I should look into using parallels, for my mac, I do like the word program, and that Wfret program seems neat.
Thanks again for the templates!Del
- At 10:22pm on December 28, 2011,
Tom Caneschi aka TC said… Doug I get them from ebay I found a bass bridge you might like better
here it is there are many listings ...
- At 8:16pm on April 6, 2011,
Richard Sanabia said… - Hi Doug. I play mandolin, so I try to incorporate the paired strings often. Rich
- At 7:13pm on March 12, 2011,
Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw said… - Hi Doug. It would be easy to adapt this to incorporate the tail function. Either by cutting keyholes in the plate (might need to extend the plate a little) or bending the back edge up with a bending brake (such as a vice brake) and putting holes in. All the best. John
- At 10:14pm on January 27, 2011,
Theo said… - Thanks man ..it makes me want to start the next one..
- At 10:54am on November 16, 2010,
Mama Mojo said… - Doug - thanks so much for your generous and thoughtful comments on my page! It's nice to connect with such a talented builder! best, MM
- At 6:02pm on November 14, 2010,
colin mcgrath said… - Yeah, I need a better cheap way to slot the nut's though, I might use your idea, not really. I think I might use a bar on the headstock to hold down the strings. Hey, just playing around till I find what works great. Thanks, take care.
- At 7:32am on May 16, 2010,
Bluesheart said… - NP. Now I think you have inspired me to try some woodburning on a future build.
- At 6:43pm on May 15, 2010,
The Valley Boys said… - Good question. I was a little vague. It's actually four parts. Two screws and two threaded posts
inside the box. Look closely at the picture. The holes are smaller than heads of the screws so the bridge is floating on the screws. It works very well. I have another design coming soon. Check stewmac.com and study the Tune-o-matic bridges. I found this was the missing link in the slide/
fingering transition. Hope this helped.
- At 6:53pm on May 14, 2010, Bluesheart said…
- Thanks for the nice comments Doug. It sounds very good w/ the nylon strings both unplugged and plugged in. The short scale keeps the tension low and it is very easy on the fingers, which is what I planned on since she is not a regular player, YET!
Bruce
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How Tight are Those Strings? What Scale Length Should You Use? - USTC Can Help You Figure it Out!
Posted on January 10, 2009 at 10:55pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I discovered the Universal String Tension Calculator program (see link above) for Windows by Doug Dieter on the web and have found it very useful. He makes some pretty impressive instruments; you can check them out at www.kennaquhair.com
Using the scale length, tuning, and string weight, USTC will calculate the… Continue
Creating Chord Charts for a Given Tuning - Fret can do it for you!
Posted on January 10, 2009 at 10:24pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
One of the challenges of cigar box guitar building is determining how you are going to tune the guitar and what the chords are especially if it isn't a 6-string with standard tuning.
I discovered the Fret program (see link above) for Windows by Danny Chapman on the web and have found it very useful. You determine the… Continue
Measuring Frets the Easy Way - WFret to the Rescue!
Posted on January 10, 2009 at 10:00pm 8 Comments 1 Like
I just thought I would use the blog feature to pass on some of what I have learned building cigar box guitars.
If you are still using a ruler to measure where to cut the frets on your fretboard or neck you are working way too hard!
I measured and marked (guesstimated really since my ruler lacked the… Continue
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