"Thats a great idea for a resonator!! I'd been thinking of trying those cake baking tins that have a raised cone in the middle,but couldn't seem to get the right size.
I'm off to the farm suppliers in the morning!!"
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Sleepy John replied to DrByte's discussion Blue Haze CBG Resonator Style--"Chicken Feed" in the group Home Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0
DrByte replied to DrByte's discussion Blue Haze CBG Resonator Style--"Chicken Feed" in the group Home Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0"Tom, I'm not sure how to post a sound sample but I'll look into it. Thanks!"
Tom Walters replied to DrByte's discussion Blue Haze CBG Resonator Style--"Chicken Feed" in the group Home Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0"Now that is very cool. Any chance of a sound sample?"
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This group is opened to everyone that builds, plays or just likes the sound of a dulcimer. Both the strum and lap types, it`s all in the fretting.
DrByte added a discussion to the group Home Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0
Blue Haze CBG Resonator Style--"Chicken Feed"
Latest from the Blue Haze Cigar Box Guitar shop. This one is a resonator style. Four strings for ‘slide’ playing only. The resonator is a chicken watering pan that normally screws on a mason jar to supply chicks with water. Two pickups are in this one with a blend pot, one under the wooden (Bubinga) bridge and one under the metal pan. Metal pan and top are free floating, they do not touch the neck (hopefully for better resonance). Nut is white corian. Neck is one solid piece of cherry, no scarf…See More
DrByte joined Rand Moore's groupHome Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0
Beginning Box Building. Nothing too fancy, but functional. For people who don't have easy access to cigar boxes. Other home made non-rectangular box resonator discussions are also welcome.See More
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Fret Scale Template-Accurate! Cheap!--How To Make
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:43am 20 Comments 0 Likes
Here's my first CB building blog. It's just a short one to get the hang of it. It's about making an accurate fret scale template for about 3$US as opposed to buying one for 40+$US. It has sub-millimeter accuracy with just a little care taken in its making. First, you need a 3$ 'Swanson' yardstick from Lowes i.e. (http://ity.im/07nkn). Of course it can be another quality brand from somewhere else as long as it has mm marked its full length. After completion…
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- At 2:11pm on February 20, 2011,
wes carl said… My wife works for the House Of Reps here in Pa. She does the room scheduling for the Chief Clerk. Im a boiler inspector the the Stete. Seam to be in the same line of work :)
- At 10:42am on February 16, 2011, wes carl said…
- cool article Dr
- At 5:37am on February 9, 2011,
Dianne Woods said… - Hey DrByte, Very nice builds.
- At 1:06pm on May 7, 2010,
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates said… - Welcome aboard, DrByte! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBU, CBB, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).
Up in the Free Resources menu at the top, you will see a number of plans for building and playing cigar box guitars/ukuleles/banjos/dulcimers/violins. I encourage you to download any of the plans, take a look at them, and ask questions from there. Also our site is VERY searchable. I bet you your questions have already been asked, so take a few moments and look around.
Join our Chat sometime (see the bar at the bottom of your browser page). Keep in mind that tho the chat window says there are X number of people online, not all may have the chat window up.
Most of all, have fun!
-Wes
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