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Reinforcing the box

I'm glad to see this question! I was wondering, myself. I'm no expert, but I seem to have seen somewhere that floppy boxes can also dampen sound. So on my one-and-only ever build, a somewhat flimsy R…

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Almost done (at last!) with number 1. Got numbers 2,3,4 on the table. Mar 23

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E. BigOldMan commented on Brian " BigB " Saunders's photo 'The outlaw 1'

The bullet-holes are the best part. Great!

May 3

E. BigOldMan commented on jason noon's photo 'the pan (3)'

Sweet. Is the body hand-carved, or found?

May 3

E. BigOldMan commented on Frank Paul Finecey's photo '2'

Thanks for the clear pics! What did you use to do work your lid?

April 7

E. BigOldMan commented on Frank Paul Finecey's photo '5'

Spring-mounted piezo for reverb? Zowie!

April 7

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If you have one of those colossal, bonehead, 'DOH' moments building, tell us about it here. Aw come on, admit it. You've done something completely inept. We wanna here about it.

April 6

E. BigOldMan and ani mcneice are now friends

April 6

E. BigOldMan commented on ani mcneice's photo '019'

Gotta say: Lucky Kat.

April 6

E. BigOldMan commented on Robert Edwin Keable's photo '30pence guitar tuners'

Very cool idea!

April 2

E. BigOldMan commented on smojo's photo 'IMG_5332 (Medium)'

I did the same thing, but still have to be a bit careful hitting the strings. Could you send a close-up of the saddle? Thanks, Eli

March 31

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March 31

E. BigOldMan commented on smojo's photo 'IMG_5332 (Medium)'

Do you find those strings pop off your saddle? If not, why not? Nice work, btw, Eli

March 29

E. BigOldMan commented on Ben Kimbler's photo 'guset'

That's real nice, all right. But if I'm not mistaken, your resonator is not connected to the bridge! Isn't that a kind of unusual design? (Although if it sounds good, that's the main point!)

March 24

Almost done (at last!) with number 1. Got numbers 2,3,4 on the table.

March 23

E. BigOldMan commented on Big Blowin' Blaze's photo 'Cbg électrique 3'

Pourquoi le papier alu?

March 22

E. BigOldMan commented on Phil Hall's photo 'Romeo y Julieta Diddley bow headstock'

That is very nice.

March 22

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At 12:22am on March 31, 2010, HENRY LOWMAN said…: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, and good luck on your projects!

At 10:36am on March 8, 2010, HERMIT said…: why thankyou sire!

At 4:05pm on February 16, 2010, Jim Mitchell said…: Well I decided to bind the headstock after I applied the fingerboard on my current build this is a beading plane and yes that is a jigsaw blade that I made into the cutter. Believe it or not it was very effective. You can see the results on my page and get more information about the tool @ http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?sku=66..... of course you could just make a simple handle and make your own tool. - Jim

At 3:22pm on January 8, 2010, Tres Seaver said…: Welcome aboard, Eli! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBB, CBU, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).

Most of all, have fun!

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